Stanford Beats USC, 59-47

Filed under Game Recap on February 13th, 2012

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On February 12th on their home court, the Trojans fell to the Cardinal, 59-47.

Some notes regarding this matchup: Stanford was ranked much higher in the RPI (#101 to #222). Playing at home gives the Trojans no advantage, but the Cardinal were slumping, having lost 4 of their last 5. The Trojans had lost to the Cardinal earlier this season, 51-43.

Stanford exploited USC in rebounding and added a solid performance in three pointers.

Stanford created many more second chance opportunities with a total of 45 rebounds to only 19 by USC. Stanford got too many quick points off threes, with 18 points of its total coming from three-point range and 12 points for USC.

Byron Wesley and Greg Allen were leading scorers against the Cardinal, tied with 13 points each.

STAN Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A A. Zimmerman 18 7 7 1 0 0 1 B+ Chasson Randle 27 16 2 1 3 0 1 B+ Josh Owens 34 15 5 2 0 1 4 B Jarrett Mann 25 8 5 2 1 0 2 C+ Andy Brown 8 2 3 0 0 1 1 C+ Dwight Powell 18 2 7 0 0 0 1 C+ Anthony Brown 27 8 5 0 0 0 2 C Josh Huestis 13 1 3 1 0 1 2 C- Aaron Bright 19 0 3 3 0 0 3

USC Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B Byron Wesley 37 13 3 2 1 1 1 B Maurice Jones 37 10 2 4 2 0 2 B- Greg Allen 32 13 1 0 0 0 0 C Garrett Jackson 31 7 6 0 0 0 2 C- Alexis Moore 20 3 3 1 0 0 2 C- James Blasczyk 28 1 3 1 0 0 1 - Daniel Munoz 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 - Eric Strangis 5 0 0 0 0 0 1

The Trojans now drop to 6-20. They're still 12th in the Pac 12 and their conference record falls to 1-12. They've now lost 4 in a row.

Next on the schedule is Trojans on UCLA on February 15th.

• In 100% of losses this season, USC has recorded 19 or fewer rebounds.
• Greg Allen has led the team in scoring in 3 out of 26 games this season.
• The Trojans have lost 100% of the time this season (0-3) after having a field goal percentage of 31.3% or worse.
• This is the 15th game at home this season--USC has a -5.5 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
• In 85% of losses this season, the Trojans have a field goal percentage of 31.3% or worse.

• The top two scorers (Chasson Randle and Josh Owens) accounted for 52.5% of the points.
• Chasson Randle has 4 straight double-digit point games.
• Chasson Randle has led the team in scoring 6 times in 25 games this season.
• Anthony Brown set a career high with a 100% three point percentage.

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Tags: Byron Wesley, Greg Allen