Friday, February 20, 2009

College Basketball Roundup - Washington Pt. 3

UCLA - The Bruins gained a game on the conference-leading Washington Huskies by defeating those same Huskies 85-76, their 9th Pac-10 win of the season. Washington shot a season-low 10 free-throws, a direct opposite of when the two teams met earlier in the season where they took 43 trips to the charity stripe. Alfred Aboya fought flu during the week, and still suffered the effects from it, but still finished with a double-double, 13 points and 11 rebounds. Josh Shipp led the Bruins with 20 points, Darren Collison scored 17, and Nikola Dragovic added 15. Justin Dentmon led the Huskies with 22 points and Jon Brockman finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds.

USC - The Trojans defeated Washington State 61-51, their 7th conference win and 16th of the season. USC nearly lost its 14 point second-half lead to just a one-point lead with 6 minutes left, but held on and increased the lead. Dwight Lewis scored 17 points for the Trojans, and Taj Gibson added 16 points and 8 rebounds. Taylor Rochestie led the Cougars with 16 points, and Caleb Forrest added 12.

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