Ellis scores 17, Southern Cal beats Utah 71-56
LOS ANGELES (AP) Boogie Ellis scored 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting, Tre White added 13 points and Southern California beat Utah 71-56 Saturday night.
USC (13-5, 5-2 Pac-12) has won nine consecutive home games, the longest single-season streak of its kind since the Trojans won their first nine games at the Galen Center to start the 2016-17 season.
Reese Dixon-Waters and Drew Peterson each had 11 points, six rebounds and four assists for Southern Cal.
Branden Carlson returned from a one-game absence (non-COVID illness) for Utah (12-7, 5-3) and finished with 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting (3 of 5 from 3-point range), nine rebounds and three blocks. Rollie Worster added 12 points.
Worster made a layup to trim Utah's deficit to 39-34 at halftime. Carlson made two free throws and then threw down a dunk before Gabe Madsen hit a 3-pointer to cap a 7-0 run to open the second half and give the Runnin' Utes a two-point lead. Ellis answered with a 3-pointer to give USC the lead for good and Dixon-Waters hit a 3-pointer in an 11-2 spurt that made it 59-49 with eight minutes to go.
Utah shot 34% (21 of 61) from the field and made 8 of 25 (32%) from 3-point range.
Ellis has scored in double figures in each of the last eight games following a three-game stretch in which he scored a total of 18 points on 7-of-28 shooting, 2 of 15 from behind the arc.
The Utes have lost three games in a row.
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Utah heads north to play Thursday at Washington State
USC hits the road to take on No. 9 Arizona on Thursday
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | Branden Carlson vs. Joshua Morgan (Ben Carlson gains possession) | Â | |
19:39 | Â | Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
19:37 | Â | Ben Carlson offensive rebound | Â | |
19:31 | Â | Joshua Morgan shooting foul (Marco Anthony draws the foul) | Â | |
19:31 | +1 | Marco Anthony makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 1-0 | |
19:31 | +1 | Marco Anthony makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-0 | |
19:17 | Â | Joshua Morgan turnover (lost ball) (Gabe Madsen steals) | Â | |
19:09 | Â | Marco Anthony turnover (lost ball) | Â | |
19:01 | Â | Drew Peterson misses two point jump shot | Â | |
18:59 | Â | Branden Carlson defensive rebound | Â | |
18:50 | Â | Tre White personal foul (Gabe Madsen draws the foul) | Â | |
18:34 | Â | Branden Carlson misses two point jump shot | Â | |
18:32 | Â | Marco Anthony offensive rebound | Â | |
18:25 | Â | Gabe Madsen misses two point layup | Â | |
18:23 | Â | Gabe Madsen offensive rebound | Â | |
18:16 | +2 | Branden Carlson makes two point layup | 4-0 | |
17:56 | +3 | Boogie Ellis makes three point pullup jump shot | 4-3 | |
17:30 | +2 | Ben Carlson makes two point hook shot | 6-3 | |
17:08 | +2 | Tre White makes two point hook shot | 6-5 | |
16:50 | +3 | Gabe Madsen makes three point jump shot (Rollie Worster assists) | 9-5 | |
16:30 | +3 | Drew Peterson makes three point jump shot (Joshua Morgan assists) | 9-8 | |
16:00 | +2 | Rollie Worster makes two point layup | 11-8 | |
15:51 | Â | Drew Peterson misses two point layup | Â | |
15:49 | Â | Branden Carlson defensive rebound | Â | |
15:43 | Â | Ben Carlson turnover (bad pass) (Boogie Ellis steals) | Â | |
15:36 | Â | Branden Carlson blocks Boogie Ellis's two point layup | Â | |
15:35 | Â | Trojans offensive rebound | Â | |
15:35 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
15:32 | +2 | Drew Peterson makes two point jump shot | 11-10 | |
15:13 | Â | Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:11 | Â | Branden Carlson offensive rebound | Â | |
15:08 | +2 | Branden Carlson makes two point hook shot | 13-10 | |
14:47 | Â | Boogie Ellis misses two point jump shot | Â | |
14:45 | Â | Vincent Iwuchukwu personal foul | Â | |
14:36 | Â | Rollie Worster turnover (lost ball) (Boogie Ellis steals) | Â | |
14:30 | Â | Reese Dixon-Waters misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:28 | Â | Rollie Worster defensive rebound | Â | |
14:19 | Â | Reese Dixon-Waters personal foul (Branden Carlson draws the foul) | Â | |
14:12 | +3 | Wilguens Jr. Exacte makes three point jump shot (Marco Anthony assists) | 16-10 | |
13:48 | Â | Rollie Worster personal foul (Vincent Iwuchukwu draws the foul) | Â | |
13:46 | +3 | Boogie Ellis makes three point jump shot (Vincent Iwuchukwu assists) | 16-13 | |
13:18 | +3 | Rollie Worster makes three point jump shot (Lazar Stefanovic assists) | 19-13 | |
12:50 | +2 | Drew Peterson makes two point pullup jump shot | 19-15 | |
12:28 | Â | Lazar Stefanovic misses two point jump shot | Â | |
12:26 | Â | Boogie Ellis defensive rebound | Â | |
12:17 | Â | Keba Keita personal foul (Vincent Iwuchukwu draws the foul) | Â | |
12:14 | Â | Drew Peterson turnover (bad pass) (Lazar Stefanovic steals) | Â | |
12:06 | Â | Wilguens Jr. Exacte misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:02 | Â | Trojans defensive rebound | Â | |
11:43 | +2 | Reese Dixon-Waters makes two point hook shot (Drew Peterson assists) | 19-17 | |
11:26 | Â | Rollie Worster turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
11:26 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
11:03 | +2 | Tre White makes two point jump shot (Reese Dixon-Waters assists) | 19-19 | |
10:34 | Â | Lazar Stefanovic misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:32 | Â | Trojans defensive rebound | Â | |
10:14 | Â | Reese Dixon-Waters misses two point jump shot | Â | |
10:12 | Â | Jaxon Brenchley defensive rebound | Â | |
9:44 | Â | Lazar Stefanovic misses two point jump shot | Â | |
9:42 | Â | Kijani Wright defensive rebound | Â | |
9:34 | Â | Reese Dixon-Waters misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:32 | Â | Malik Thomas offensive rebound | Â | |
9:30 | Â | Ben Carlson personal foul (Malik Thomas draws the foul) | Â | |
9:28 | +2 | Tre White makes two point layup (Malik Thomas assists) | 19-21 | |
9:10 | +3 | Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Gabe Madsen assists) | 22-21 | |
8:36 | Â | Malik Thomas misses two point jump shot | Â | |
8:34 | Â | Tre White offensive rebound | Â | |
8:31 | +2 | Kijani Wright makes two point dunk (Tre White assists) | 22-23 | |
8:12 | Â | Branden Carlson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:10 | Â | Reese Dixon-Waters defensive rebound | Â | |
7:56 | +3 | Tre White makes three point jump shot (Drew Peterson assists) | 22-26 | |
7:29 | +2 | Branden Carlson makes two point hook shot | 24-26 | |
7:04 | Â | Malik Thomas misses two point jump shot | Â | |
7:02 | Â | Marco Anthony defensive rebound | Â | |
6:46 | Â | Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
6:44 | Â | Malik Thomas defensive rebound | Â | |
6:24 | Â | Kijani Wright misses two point jump shot | Â | |
6:22 | Â | Marco Anthony defensive rebound | Â | |
6:07 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
6:05 | Â | Gabe Madsen misses two point jump shot | Â | |
6:03 | Â | Joshua Morgan defensive rebound | Â | |
5:47 | +2 | Joshua Morgan makes two point layup (Kobe Johnson assists) | 24-28 | |
5:19 | Â | Marco Anthony misses two point jump shot | Â | |
5:17 | Â | Keba Keita personal foul | Â | |
4:55 | Â | Oziyah Sellers misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:53 | Â | Tre White offensive rebound | Â | |
4:51 | Â | Jump ball. Tre White vs. Keba Keita (Trojans gains possession) | Â | |
4:45 | +2 | Tre White makes two point jump shot (Oziyah Sellers assists) | 24-30 | |
4:23 | Â | Keba Keita misses two point layup | Â | |
4:21 | Â | Kobe Johnson defensive rebound | Â | |
4:16 | Â | Tre White misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:14 | Â | Joshua Morgan offensive rebound | Â | |
4:10 | Â | Boogie Ellis misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:08 | Â | Wilguens Jr. Exacte defensive rebound | Â | |
4:03 | Â | Utes 30 second timeout | Â | |
4:03 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
3:55 | Â | Kobe Johnson personal foul | Â | |
3:43 | Â | Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
3:41 | Â | Joshua Morgan defensive rebound | Â | |
3:24 | +2 | Boogie Ellis makes two point jump shot (Reese Dixon-Waters assists) | 24-32 | |
2:58 | +2 | Branden Carlson makes two point dunk (Bostyn Holt assists) | 26-32 | |
2:32 | Â | Drew Peterson misses two point jump shot | Â | |
2:30 | Â | Bostyn Holt defensive rebound | Â | |
2:10 | Â | Gabe Madsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:08 | Â | Reese Dixon-Waters defensive rebound | Â | |
2:00 | Â | Branden Carlson blocks Reese Dixon-Waters's two point layup | Â | |
1:58 | Â | Branden Carlson defensive rebound | Â | |
1:50 | Â | Drew Peterson blocks Gabe Madsen's two point hook shot | Â | |
1:48 | Â | Reese Dixon-Waters defensive rebound | Â | |
1:43 | Â | Bostyn Holt personal foul (Drew Peterson draws the foul) | Â | |
1:37 | +2 | Joshua Morgan makes two point layup (Drew Peterson assists) | 26-34 | |
1:18 | Â | Drew Peterson personal foul (Ben Carlson draws the foul) | Â | |
1:15 | +3 | Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Lazar Stefanovic assists) | 29-34 | |
0:59 | +2 | Boogie Ellis makes two point jump shot | 29-36 | |
0:43 | +3 | Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Lazar Stefanovic assists) | 32-36 | |
0:15 | +3 | Drew Peterson makes three point jump shot (Boogie Ellis assists) | 32-39 | |
0:03 | +2 | Rollie Worster makes two point driving layup | 34-39 | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |