Boogie Ellis scored 25 points to eclipse 2,000 for his career and ninth-seeded USC survived two late turnovers to pull out an 80-74 win over eighth-seeded Washington in the opening game of the Pac-12 Tournament on Wednesday.
The Trojans face league champion and fifth-ranked Arizona in Thursday’s quarterfinals.After the Huskies failed to capitalize on the giveaways, Ellis got free for a breakaway dunk for a 74-67 lead with 40.7 to play. Washington got a quick basket after that and another after Isaiah Collier made two free throws and it was 76-71 with 27 seconds to go.
After Wood’s 3-pointer with 8:11 remaining, his fifth of the game, the Huskies missed their last seven to finish 11 of 24. Brooks, the league’s leading scorer at 21.3, was 4-of-16 shooting, 1 of 8 behind the arc.The game was tied at 65 with 3:29 to play when James was fouled on a 3-point attempt and he made all 3. Ellis followed with a 3 and it remained a two-possession game the rest of the way.Wood scored 14 points in the last 5 1/2 minutes of the first half to give the Huskies a 42-37 lead.
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