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Ohio State Buckeyes at USC Trojans

Feb 27, 2025, 3:30 AM · NCAA Men's Basketball
16-13, 4-6 Away
Final
87 - 82
14-14, 11-7 Home

Parrish, Thornton lead balanced Ohio State attack and hold off USC 87-82

John Mobley Jr. scored 18 points and Devin Royal scored 13 points for Ohio State (16-13, 8-10 Big Ten).

Wesley Yates III scored 27 points, Chibuzo Agbo scored 17 points and Desmond Claude 12 for USC.

Trailing 52-36 at halftime, USC began the climb back and Rashaun Agee tied it at 80 on a jump shot with 1:07 remaining. On the following play out of a timeout, Royal drove baseline, spun into the lane and banked in a shot drawing a foul on Sean Stewart with 56 seconds left. The foul shot made it 83-80 and Ohio State led the remainder.

The Buckeyes made 19 of 26 shot attempts (73.1%) including 8 of 9 (88.9%) from 3-point range, and were 6 of 8 (75%) from the foul line in the first half. Thornton scored 14 points, Parrish 13 and Mobley 11 by halftime.

USC turned the tables after the break shooting 15 for 23 (65.2%).

The Trojans (14-14, 6-11) now have lost four straight and six of its last seven.

Ohio State hosts Nebraska on Tuesday. USC faces Oregon on the road on Saturday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 87 - 82
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 87 - 82
2nd 0:00 USC Deadball Team Rebound. 87 - 82
2nd 0:01 Wesley Yates III missed Three Point Jumper. 87 - 82
2nd 0:02 John Mobley Jr. made Free Throw. 87 - 82

Statistics

OSU USC
27-50 FG 27-45
54.0 Field Goal % 60.0
11-20 3PT 7-18
55.0 Three Point % 38.9
22-26 FT 21-26
84.6 Free Throw % 80.8
19 Rebounds 20
7 Offensive Rebounds 4
12 Defensive Rebounds 16
18 Assists 21
7 Steals 6
3 Blocks 1
12 Turnovers 14
1 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 14
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Off Turnovers 18
4 Fast Break Points 12
24 Points in Paint 32
22 Fouls 22
17 Largest Lead 3

Game Information

Galen Center
3:30 AM, Thu, Feb 27, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 5,720 | 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 19-14
Northwestern 7-13 10 17-16
Iowa 7-13 10 17-16
USC 7-13 10 17-18
Minnesota 7-13 10 15-17
Penn State 6-14 11 16-15
Washington 4-16 13 13-18
Full Standings