Johnson punctuates USC comeback as Trojans down Oregon State

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Johnson scored 17 factors capturing 7 for 10 and USC’s methodical second-half comeback led to a 63-62 win on Sunday night time over Oregon State.

Dzmitry Ryuny’s 3-pointer early within the second half gave the Beavers their final double-digit lead of the night time at 37-27. The Trojans (6-3, 2-0 Pac-12) then began their persistent climb again when down 53-50 with lower than three minutes to go, Johnson made a layup and a 3 in a 17-second stretch and USC held on.

Jordan Pope’s 3 with three seconds left introduced Oregon State (4-5, 1-1) to 63-62. Dexter Akanno fouled the Trojans’ Jordan Morgan who missed each foul pictures however Oregon State did not get off a shot.

Johnson’s 5-0 outburst marked USC’s first lead since Morgan’s jumper with 7:19 earlier than intermission put the Trojans up 14-13.

Backup Glenn Taylor Jr’s. 3 with 6:24 earlier than halftime broke a 15-all tie and began an 11-0 run for Oregon State over the subsequent minute-and-a-half. The Beavers went to halftime capturing 14 for 25 together with making half of all 12 3 makes an attempt. USC was 1 for six from past the arc earlier than intermission.

Morgan scored 15 factors and Drew Peterson 10 for USC. Morgan entered second within the nation with 29-blocked pictures and smacked three extra towards Oregon State. The Trojans didn’t assist themselves offensively going 4 for 16 from 3-point vary and 13 for 21 from the foul line.

Akanno scored 17 factors for Oregon State, Pope 11 and Taylor 11.

USC has gained 11 of its final 14 video games towards the Beavers. USC leads the all-time collection 78-66 (USC vacated two wins attributable to NCAA penalty).

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