Ellis, Peterson lift Trojans over Utah
Boogie Ellis scored 16 points, Drew Peterson added 14 and USC picked up its fourth straight win with a 62-49 victory over Utah on Saturday night.
USC ties No. 7 Arizona for second place in the Pac12 Conference with the win. Arizona State stunned the Wildcats 89-88 earlier Saturday on Desmond Cambridge's 55-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Ellis made 6 of 12 shots, including 4 of 8 from 3-point range, for the Trojans (218, 13-5). Peterson hit two 3-pointers and added eight assists and seven rebounds. Kobe Johnson finished with 12 points and three steals. Reese Dixon-Waters contributed nine points and six rebounds off the bench.
Marco Anthony scored 11 points to lead the Utes
THE SCORE
USC 62, UTAH 49
Up next: Arizona at USC, Thursday, 8 p.m., ESPN
BOX SCORE USC (21-8)
Morgan 1-3 0-0 2, Ellis 6-12 0-1 16, Johnson 4-9 0-2 12, Peterson 5-13 2-2 14, White 0-1 2-2 2, Dixon-Waters 3-7 2-3 9, Iwuchukwu 2-4 3-4 7, Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Wright 0-0 0-0 0.
UTAH (17-13)
Be.Carlson 1-2 0-2 2, Br.Carlson 4-17 0-0 10, Anthony 4-13 3-6 11, Exacte 0-6 0-0 0, Stefanovic 3-5 0-0 7, Brenchley 1-4 0-0 3, Saunders 3-8 1-3 8, Holt 1-4 0-0 2, Keita 3-4 0-0 6.
Totals 20-63 4-11 49. Halftime: 3-Point Goals:
USC 34-28; USC 11-23 (Johnson 4-7, Ellis 4-8, Peterson 2-5, Dixon-Waters 1-2, Thomas 0-1), Utah 5-22 (Br.Carlson 2-8, Stefanovic 1-2, Brenchley 1-3, Saunders 1-3, Anthony 0-1, Be.Carlson 0-1, Holt 0-1, Exacte 0-3); USC 32 (Peterson 7), Utah 32 (Br.Carlson 10);
USC 11 (Peterson 8), Utah 10 (Anthony, Brenchley 3); USC 12, Utah 13; 10,134 (15,000).
Assists:
A:
Totals 21-50 9-14 62.
Rebounds:
Total Fouls:
(17-13, 10-9), who have lost four straight. Branden Carlson totaled 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Ellis sank three 3-pointers and scored 11 points, Peterson added 10 and USC built a 34-28 lead at halftime. The Trojans shot only 39% overall, but they made 8 of 15 from beyond the arc. Utah shot 34% overall and missed 9 of 11 attempts from distance. The Utes had six turnovers to USC's five, but the Trojans had an 11-0 edge in points off those turnovers.
Ellis buried a 3-pointer to open the second half and a dunk by Vincent Iwuchukwu gave the Trojans a 43-36 lead with 13:51 left to play. Anthony followed with a layup and Mike Saunders Jr. hit a 3-pointer to pull the Utes within two, but Johnson answered with a 3-pointer and USC maintained a two-possession lead the rest of the way.
The Trojans shot 42% overall but made 11 of 23 from beyond the arc (64%). Utah shot 32% and made 5 of 22 attempts from distance.
Charisma Osborne scored 11 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to lift the No. 17 UCLA women to a 70-62 home win over Washington on Saturday to close the regular season.
The Bruins were coming off Thursday's upset loss to Washington State, which earned its first-ever victory at Pauley Pavilion.
KiKi Rice added 15 points Saturday for UCLA (22-8, 11-7 Pac-12).
Haley Van Dyke scored 12 points for the Huskies (15-13, 7-11).
The Bruins scored the first seven points of the third quarter to take a 4034 lead. Later, Rice made two free throws to make it 48-39. The lead was seven heading into the fourth.
Washington pulled within 57-53 midway through the final quarter on a Ladine 3. Osborne then hit a jumper and a 3-pointer and had nine points in an 11-2 run for a 13-point lead with less than two minutes to play.
Washington shot only 39% but was 8 of 18 (44%) from 3-point range and 14 of 14 from the foul line. The Huskies had 17 turnovers. UCLA shot 48% with six 3s.
UCLA led by 10 on a Jones layup late in the first quarter but the Huskies scored the last seven points to pull within 16-13. After a Bruins bucket to open the second quarter Washington scored seven more, taking a 20-18 lead on a 3-pointer by Ladine. Stines hit a 3 in the final minute of the quarter to give Washington a 34-33