No. 5 USC, still struggling to catch up, loses to visiting Oregon
under the basket and let loose a lob toward the Trojans’ top scorer … who let it float untouched out of bounds.
Oregon’s Franck Kepnang and Rivaldo Soares react to a foul call on USC’s Isaiah White during the first half.doing the vast majority of the damage. The Ducks guard dominated from inside out, driving to the hoop with reckless abandon and sinking shot after shot from long range. After giving up 27 to Oregon State’s Jarod Lucas, USC’s backcourt had no answer for Oregon’s leading scorer, as Richardson finished with 28 points, including five three-pointers.
By halftime, USC was down 16 points. Even as its defense improved in the second half, USC never cut that deficit to less than nine. Four games back from their lengthy layoff, the Trojans still were dragging their feet. The defense that had been the backbone of their undefeated start now looked sluggish, as Oregon opened with a torrent of jumpers, hitting seven of its first 11 from deep. The balanced offensive attack that overwhelmed the opposition early in the season was now sporadic and inconsistent, left to jack up late three-pointers and scramble at the end of the shot clock.
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