With Joshua Morgan sidelined by a foot injury, the center plays a career-high 22 minutes, blocks four shots and adds a transition dunk with 37 seconds left to help the Trojans close out an 80-70 vi…
LOS ANGELES — When USC center Joshua Morgan left the first half of Thursday’s game against Washington State with a foot injury, the Trojans were presented with a conundrum. Beside an array of unreliable post options was freshman Vincent Iwuchukwu. Seven games into his comeback after undergoing cardiac arrest over the summer, Iwuchukwu remains on a minutes restriction and it was unclear how much he could help.
The Trojans were in total disarray to begin the game. Mouhamed Gueye scored Washington State’s first 11 points as the Cougars got what they wanted, either on trips to the rim or on kickouts to shooters. The USC half-court defense was such a mess that the Trojans attempted a full-court press, only for it to result in an open corner 3-pointer for WSU.
But the tide began to turn with an innocent Reese Dixon-Waters jumper. Drew Peterson followed with his own fadeaway, then a Dixon-Waters steal resulted in a two-handed Tre White dunk, and USC had life. On the next possession, Peterson stepped back into a 3-pointer that swished through the net, and the Trojans had retaken a 30-28 lead, going on to close the half with a two-point edge after holding the visitors to 2-for-12 shooting across the last nine minutes.
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