Their first video games as individuals of the Giant Ten Convention did not cross as deliberate for USC or Washington.
The Trojans (5-4, 0-1) misplaced at house to No. 12 Oregon 68-60 on Wednesday, an evening after the Huskies (6-2, 0-1) fell 69-58 throughout the town at UCLA.
The previous Pac-12 opponents are scheduled to satisfy Saturday afternoon in Seattle.
“In an effort to win a Giant Ten sport, we’re going to must play laborious like (Wednesday) and we’re going to must make some pictures,” first-year Trojans trainer Eric Musselman stated. “We led for 30-plus mins towards a staff that is ranked twelfth within the nation and towards an undefeated staff. I believed we gave ourselves an opportunity to win the sport.”
USC led 53-46 with 6:40 ultimate earlier than the Geese closed with a 22-7 run.
Desmond Claude led the Trojans with 22 issues and Chibuzo Agbo added 18, making all 10 of his free-throw makes an attempt.
“I feel this staff is needless to say going to win some Giant Ten video games,” Agbo stated. “We could have dropped this one, however we’ve Washington at the highway. We are going to dial it again in and get again to paintings. That is all it’s.”
The Huskies’ loss ended a five-game profitable streak, which integrated a 79-69 victory towards Santa Clara within the championship of the Acrisure Invitational in Palm Barren region, Calif.
Nice Osobor led Washigton with 14 issues, 9 rebounds and 4 assists towards UCLA, but additionally dedicated 8 turnovers. Teammate Tyler Harris had 12 issues and 11 forums.
“We did sufficient defensively and rebounding,” first-year Huskies trainer Danny Sprinkle stated in a postgame radio interview. “We were given sufficient stops as a way to win the sport. We were given to be higher offensively.”
The Huskies shot 38.8 p.c from the sphere (19 of 49), together with simply 3 of 16 on 3-pointers, towards the country’s No. 1 scoring protection (53.1 ppg).
“You’ll be able to handiest get stops for see you later,” Sprinkle stated. “Sooner or later, you were given to make pictures.”
–Box Degree Media
