Jan. 21, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nikola Vucevic tallied 20 points and nine rebounds, lifting USC to a 65-42 victory over Stanford on Thursday night at the Galen Center.
Alex Stepheson added 10 points and 11 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the year as USC (11-8, 3-3 Pac-10) made 7-14 three-pointers and shot 56 percent from the field.
Meanwhile, Stanford (10-7, 3-3 Pac-10) scored its fewest points since a 39-37 win over Washington State back on Feb. 25, 2006. The Cardinal also shot just 22.2 percent from the field, its worst showing since the shot clock was introduced during the 1985-86 season.
Anthony Brown netted nine points to lead Stanford, which scored only seven points in the first 13 minutes of the second half.
Jeremy Green finished with just five points, but his short jumper during the first minute of the second half put him over the 1,000-point mark for his career. Green now has 1,001 points in 83 career games.
However, the Cardinal was without a double-digit scorer for the first time since Dec. 16, 2006, when Mitch Johnson poured in a team-high nine points in a 62-46 loss against Santa Clara.
Stanford scored the first basket of the game when Josh Owens hit a turnaround jumper, but made just two of its first 14 shots to trail 16-5.
USC built a 20-point first-half lead and cruised to a 37-22 advantage at intermission.
The Trojans' biggest lead was 34 points, reaching 65-31 following a free throw from Garrett Jackson with 2:08 remaining in the contest.
NOTES: Stanford is 0-5 all-time at the Galen Center, shooting 40 percent or lower in four of those five games ... Stanford made just 14 field goals, its fewest total since making 14 buckets against Santa Clara on Dec. 16, 2006 ... In five career games against USC, Jarrett Mann is 1-16 from the field. He made his first basket against the Trojans on Thursday night ... Stanford has now forced at least 15 turnovers in 12 games this year ... The Cardinal received 12 points from its starters and 30 from the bench ... Stanford attempted 63 shots compared to USC's 45 ... Gabriel Harris made his second start of the year. He was 0-2 from the field in 10 minutes ... Josh Huestis and John Gage made the most of their extended minutes. Huestis added a season-high six points to go with four rebounds in 11 minutes while Gage scored a season-best four points (all off free throws) in 12 minutes ... Stanford closes out its road trip on Saturday, Jan. 22, against UCLA in a nationally-televised game on CBS. Tip is 11 a.m.