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USC Trojans at Rutgers Scarlet Knights

· NCAA Men's Basketball
14-13, 3-5 Away
Final
85 - 95
14-14, 10-5 Home

Freshman Dylan Harper scores 25 to lead Rutgers to 95-85 victory over Southern Cal

Harper made 9 of 13 shots with four 3-pointers and all three of his free throws for the Scarlet Knights (14-14, 7-10 Big Ten Conference), who have won two straight following a three-game slide. He added nine assists.

Ace Bailey had 14 points for Rutgers. Jamichael Davis went 8 for 8 at the foul line and scored 13 off the bench. Lathan Sommerville and reserve Tyson Acuff both scored 10.

Desmond Claude scored 30 on 12-for-21 shooting to lead the Trojans (14-13, 6-10), who have lost three in a row and five of six. Wesley Yates III had 23 points and made three 3-pointers.

Claude scored six to help USC jump out to a 15-8 lead. Harper had a three-point play and a 3-pointer and Zach Martini connected from beyond the arc to cap a 9-2 spurt and pull Rutgers even at 17. By the time the first half ended, there were six lead changes and nine ties with Rutgers up 44-39. Harper and Yates both had 16 points at the intermission.

Dylan Grant sank a jumper to give Rutgers the game's first double-digit lead at 50-40 less than two minutes into the second half. The Scarlet Knights took their largest lead at 82-65 on two free throws by Jeremiah Williams with 4:48 remaining. Claude scored four and Yates hit a 3-pinter in an 13-4 run to get the Trojans within 91-85 with 15 seconds left. Jamichael Davis went 4 for 4 at the foul line from there to wrap up the win.

USC will host Ohio State on Wednesday. Rutgers plays at No. 12 Michigan on Thursday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 85 - 95
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 85 - 95
2nd 0:00 Clark Slajchert Offensive Rebound. 85 - 95
2nd 0:02 Desmond Claude missed Three Point Jumper. 85 - 95
2nd 0:07 Jalen Shelley subbing in for USC 85 - 93

Statistics

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34-66 FG 30-54
51.5 Field Goal % 55.6
7-15 3PT 9-20
46.7 Three Point % 45.0
10-14 FT 26-28
71.4 Free Throw % 92.9
34 Rebounds 27
18 Offensive Rebounds 10
16 Defensive Rebounds 17
10 Assists 16
8 Steals 10
2 Blocks 8
16 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Off Turnovers 22
13 Fast Break Points 26
48 Points in Paint 28
21 Fouls 15
7 Largest Lead 17

Game Information

Venue: Jersey Mike’s Arena

Location: Piscataway, NJ
Attendance: 8,000 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Michigan State 17-3 - 30-7
Maryland 14-6 3 27-9
Michigan 14-6 3 27-10
Wisconsin 13-7 4 27-10
UCLA 13-7 4 23-11
Purdue 13-7 4 24-12
Oregon 12-8 5 25-10
Illinois 12-8 5 22-13
Indiana 10-10 7 19-13
Ohio State 9-11 8 17-15
Rutgers 8-12 9 15-17
Nebraska 7-13 10 18-14
Northwestern 7-13 10 17-16
Iowa 7-13 10 17-16
USC 7-13 10 17-17
Minnesota 7-13 10 15-17
Penn State 6-14 11 16-15
Washington 4-16 13 13-18
Full Standings