Feb. 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP)- USC had the late-game heroics this time against Stanford, avenging an earlier one-point road loss by scoring the game's final six points Saturday for a 54-49 victory.
Nikola Vucevic scored on a put-back after a missed Marcus Johnson drive with 26.4 seconds left. That bucket came after four USC tip-in attempts and gave the Trojans (14-9, 6-5 Pac-10) the lead for good at 50-49. Free throws from Johnson and Dwight Lewis iced the game after that.
Stanford (10-13, 4-7 Pac-10), which is now 0-10 on the road this year, missed a jump shot and a free throw down the stretch.
The Cardinal received another standout performance from Landry Fields, who registered his second straight double-double and 10th overall with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Playing all 40 minutes for the fourth time this year, Fields made 10-19 from the field to keep Stanford within striking distance.
USC took its biggest lead at the 9:04 mark of the first half, going up 21-7 following a jumper from Alex Stepheson. But the Cardinal rallied back just before halftime, cutting USC's lead at intermission to 27-26.
A pair of free throws from Fields with 7:43 remaining in the contest put Stanford in front 44-40, only to see USC grab a 48-46 lead with 2:49 left to play after a lay-up from Mike Gerrity.
Stanford was limited to a season-low 30.4 percent shooting from the field, making only 26.9 percent in the second half. The Cardinal was 8-19 from beyond the arc, but the Trojans owned a 38-35 rebounding edge. USC also racked up 10 blocks.
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NOTES: USC now leads the all-time series 119-118 ... Stanford has now lost four straight games. This is just the Cardinal's second four-game losing streak over the last 17 years ... Emmanuel Igbinosa's three-pointer at the 12:13 mark of the first half represented the first points from a Stanford bench player since Jan. 30 against Arizona State ... The Pac-10's leading scorer, Landry Fields is now averaging 23.0 points per game and shooting 48.2 percent from the field. Fields has scored at least 20 points in all but six games and has finished as the game's leading scorer 12 times ... Jack Trotter knocked down the first two three-pointers of his career. He is now 2-4 lifetime from beyond the arc ... Jeremy Green was just 1-10 from the field, but his only bucket was a three-pointer that put Stanford in front 49-48 with 1:55 remaining ... USC held a 32-12 edge in points in the paint ... Da'Veed Dildy dished out a career-high five assists.