Boogie Ellis, No. 24 USC beat St. Joseph’s at Wooden Legacy

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Boogie Ellis scored 17 points connected 8-of-14 shooting, Joshua Morgan added 13 and No. 24 Southern California bushed St. Joseph’s 70-55 connected Thursday nighttime astatine the Wooden Legacy.

Chevez Goodwin had 10 points and 8 rebounds for USC (4-0).

Ellis scored 7 points successful a 19-4 tally that made it 23-9 midway done the archetypal fractional and the Trojans led the remainder of the way.

Ejike Obinna was 9 of 13 from the tract and finished with a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds for St. Joseph’s (2-2). Taylor Funk added 12 points and 8 rebounds.

Erik Reynolds II deed 2 3-pointers and Funk added a 3rd for the Hawks successful the archetypal 4 minutes of the 2nd fractional to trim their shortage to 44-37. Isaiah Mobley, successful the high-post, slipped a bounce walk to Morgan connected the baseline for a two-handed dunk, Max Agbonkpolo made a jumper successful the lane and Morgan added a layup to widen the pb 13 astir 90 seconds aboriginal and the Hawks trailed by treble figures the remainder of the way.

Mobley, whose younger member Evan was the No. 3 prime successful the 2021 NBA draft, had conscionable 4 points connected 2-of-8 shooting but added 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 bargain and 1 block.

The Trojans went into the crippled averaging 9.2 turnovers per crippled — eighth fewest successful the NCAA this play — and committed 7 Thursday and scored 16 points disconnected 15 St. Joseph’s turnovers.