Tubelis’ 25 points power No. 8 Arizona past USC, 87-81

LOS ANGELES — – Azoulas Tubelis scored 25 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 8 Arizona ended USC’s 14-game house win streak with an 87-81 victory Thursday night time.

It was the Wildcats’ first sport since they had been upset by rival Arizona State on an unbelievable half-court shot on the buzzer, 89-88. Arizona has not misplaced back-to-back video games within the two seasons Tommy Lloyd has been its coach.

Arizona took management halfway via the primary half. After Reese Dixon-Waters hit from behind the arc to tie the sport at 12-12 with 13:29 to play within the first half, Tubelis and Pelle Larsson sandwiched layups round Courtney Ramey’s second 3-pointer to open a 19-12 benefit. By the point Kerr Kriisa hit from behind the arc with 16 seconds left, the Wildcats held a 43-31 benefit.

USC’s Kobe Johnson picked up his third foul early and went to the bench for the ultimate 9 minutes of the half after scoring simply two factors. Dixon-Waters and Boogie Ellis scored 25 of USC’s 31 first-half factors.

Arizona’s inside sport with Tubelis and Oumar Ballo gave the Trojans hassle all night time and the pair completed with 35 factors and 15 rebounds, plus every had three assists, a steal and a blocked shot.

The Wildcats (25-5, 14-5 Pac-12) prolonged their result in as many as 15 factors halfway via the second half, however Ellis poured in 16 factors over the ultimate 9 minutes to get the Trojans inside 5 factors within the remaining minute.

Ellis scored 35 factors to steer the Trojans (21-9, 13-6), hitting 11 of 20 pictures from the sector, together with 6 of 11 from 3-point vary. Dixon-Waters scored 17 factors and grabbed six rebounds and Johnson had 12 second-half factors to complete with 14.

Ramey hit 3 of seven from lengthy vary and scored 16 factors for Arizona. Kriisa transformed 3 of 6 from distance so as to add 11 factors whereas Kylan Boswell had 14 factors off the bench.

SEEDS

The victory assures Arizona the No. 2 seed into subsequent week’s Pac-12 Convention Match in Las Vegas, USC would be the No. 3 seed.

RECORD START

The win was Lloyd’s 58th in his two seasons as Arizona’s coach, tying him with former North Carolina coach Invoice Guthridge for essentially the most wins by a school coach in his first two seasons.

UP NEXT

Arizona performs its regular-season finale at No. 4 UCLA on Saturday.

USC performs host to Arizona State on Saturday.

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