No. 20 USC edges Washington State to stay unbeaten

The USC men’s hoops squad remained cleanable – barely.

The No. 20 Trojans survived a travel to Pullman, Washington, to travel distant with a 63-61 triumph implicit a pugnacious Washington State squad connected Saturday afternoon.

The triumph kept the Trojans (8-0, 2-0 Pac-12) arsenic 1 of 12 undefeated Division I teams, but it wasn’t easy.

A wide-open Chevez Goodwin took a walk from Boogie Ellis and converted a three-point play, giving USC the two-point pb with 16.6 seconds left.

Washington State (6-2, 1-1) went for the tie, but Max Agbonkpolo deflected a Noah Williams jumper to necktie the game, with Josh Morgan gathering the shot and getting fouled with 6.2 seconds left.

Morgan missed the beforehand extremity of the one-and-one, giving Washington State 1 past chance. Williams got a bully look and hoisted a imaginable winning 3-pointer astatine the buzzer, lone to person it clank disconnected the rim abbreviated arsenic the Trojans celebrated the win.

Goodwin led USC with 14 points. Drew Peterson added 13 points.