Arizona 75-61 USC (11 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

USC Trojans

23-11, 12-6 conf

	1	2	T
USC	33	28	61
ARIZ	30	45	75

TIME	USC	ARIZ
20:00	Jump Ball won by Arizona	0	0
19:45	Parker Jackson-Cartwright made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dusan Ristic.	0	3
19:27	Jonah Mathews missed Three Point Jumper.	0	3
19:27	Deandre Ayton Defensive Rebound.	0	3
19:11	Deandre Ayton missed Jumper.	0	3
19:11	Dusan Ristic Offensive Rebound.	0	3
18:58	Rawle Alkins Turnover.	0	3
18:58	Chimezie Metu Steal.	0	3
18:30	Foul on Allonzo Trier.	0	3
18:30	Jonah Mathews made Free Throw.	1	3
18:30	Jonah Mathews made Free Throw.	2	3
18:16	Allonzo Trier Turnover.	2	3
18:16	Jordan McLaughlin Steal.	2	3
18:11	Jordan McLaughlin missed Layup.	2	3
18:11	Nick Rakocevic Offensive Rebound.	2	3
18:05	Jonah Mathews made Jumper. Assisted by Nick Rakocevic.	4	3
17:47	Parker Jackson-Cartwright missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
17:47	Deandre Ayton Offensive Rebound.	4	3
17:42	Allonzo Trier missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
17:42	Deandre Ayton Offensive Rebound.	4	3
17:26	Dusan Ristic missed Jumper.	4	3
17:26	Deandre Ayton Offensive Rebound.	4	3
17:19	Deandre Ayton made Layup.	4	5
17:09	Elijah Stewart made Layup. Assisted by Chimezie Metu.	6	5
16:49	Rawle Alkins missed Three Point Jumper.	6	5
16:49	USC Defensive Rebound.	6	5
16:39	Foul on Rawle Alkins.	6	5
16:34	Nick Rakocevic made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	8	5
16:17	Deandre Ayton made Dunk. Assisted by Dylan Smith.	8	7
16:01	Foul on Dylan Smith.	8	7
15:58	Jonah Mathews made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	10	7
15:42	Dusan Ristic made Jumper.	10	9
15:21	Nick Rakocevic missed Layup.	10	9
15:21	Dylan Smith Defensive Rebound.	10	9
14:56	Dylan Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	10	9
14:56	Dylan Smith Offensive Rebound.	10	9
14:50	Allonzo Trier made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Parker Jackson-Cartwright.	10	12
14:29	Jordan McLaughlin missed Layup.	10	12
14:29	Nick Rakocevic Offensive Rebound.	10	12
14:26	Nick Rakocevic made Jumper.	12	12
14:26	Parker Jackson-Cartwright Turnover.	12	12
14:26	Chimezie Metu Steal.	12	12
14:26	Chimezie Metu Turnover.	12	12
14:11	Official TV Timeout	12	12
13:50	Deandre Ayton Turnover.	12	12
13:50	Nick Rakocevic Steal.	12	12
13:50	Jump Ball won by USC	12	12
13:33	Chimezie Metu Turnover.	12	12
13:18	Rawle Alkins Turnover.	12	12
13:18	Chimezie Metu Steal.	12	12
13:13	Jonah Mathews missed Three Point Jumper.	12	12
13:13	Deandre Ayton Defensive Rebound.	12	12
12:48	Dylan Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	12	12
12:48	Elijah Stewart Defensive Rebound.	12	12
12:35	Jonah Mathews made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	15	12
12:14	Deandre Ayton missed Jumper.	15	12
12:14	Nick Rakocevic Defensive Rebound.	15	12
12:05	Jordan McLaughlin missed Three Point Jumper.	15	12
12:05	Nick Rakocevic Offensive Rebound.	15	12
11:44	Chimezie Metu missed Layup.	15	12
11:44	Keanu Pinder Defensive Rebound.	15	12
11:37	Foul on Jordan McLaughlin.	15	12
11:37	Official TV Timeout	15	12
11:37	Rawle Alkins missed Free Throw.	15	12
11:37	Arizona Deadball Team Rebound.	15	12
11:37	Rawle Alkins made Free Throw.	15	13
11:22	Nick Rakocevic Turnover.	15	13
11:10	Keanu Pinder missed Layup.	15	13
11:10	Shaqquan Aaron Defensive Rebound.	15	13
11:00	Jordan McLaughlin made Layup.	17	13
10:37	Allonzo Trier made Jumper.	17	15
10:22	Jonah Mathews made Layup.	19	15
10:12	Arizona Timeout	19	15
9:58	Deandre Ayton Turnover.	19	15
9:58	Jordan Usher Steal.	19	15
9:36	Jordan Usher missed Layup.	19	15
9:36	Dusan Ristic Defensive Rebound.	19	15
9:16	Deandre Ayton made Layup. Assisted by Dusan Ristic.	19	17
8:54	Chimezie Metu missed Jumper.	19	17
8:54	Deandre Ayton Defensive Rebound.	19	17
8:34	Deandre Ayton made Layup.	19	19
8:34	Foul on Chimezie Metu.	19	19
8:34	Deandre Ayton made Free Throw.	19	20
8:15	Foul on Emmanuel Akot.	19	20
8:15	Chimezie Metu made Free Throw.	20	20
8:15	Chimezie Metu made Free Throw.	21	20
7:54	Rawle Alkins missed Jumper.	21	20
7:54	Nick Rakocevic Defensive Rebound.	21	20
7:39	Chimezie Metu missed Jumper.	21	20
7:39	Deandre Ayton Block.	21	20
7:39	Rawle Alkins Defensive Rebound.	21	20
7:27	Emmanuel Akot Turnover.	21	20
7:27	Chimezie Metu Steal.	21	20
7:20	Foul on Rawle Alkins.	21	20
7:20	Official TV Timeout	21	20
7:20	Jordan McLaughlin made Free Throw.	22	20
7:20	Jordan McLaughlin missed Free Throw.	22	20
7:20	Rawle Alkins Defensive Rebound.	22	20
6:55	Dusan Ristic missed Jumper.	22	20
6:55	Deandre Ayton Offensive Rebound.	22	20
6:50	Deandre Ayton missed Layup.	22	20
6:50	Dusan Ristic Offensive Rebound.	22	20
6:47	Dusan Ristic made Layup.	22	22
6:13	Foul on Dylan Smith.	22	22
6:13	Nick Rakocevic made Free Throw.	23	22
6:13	Nick Rakocevic missed Free Throw.	23	22
6:13	Deandre Ayton Defensive Rebound.	23	22
5:43	Parker Jackson-Cartwright missed Three Point Jumper.	23	22
5:43	Chimezie Metu Defensive Rebound.	23	22
5:29	Jonah Mathews missed Layup.	23	22
5:29	Rawle Alkins Defensive Rebound.	23	22
5:27	Jump Ball won by Arizona	23	22
5:05	Dusan Ristic missed Layup.	23	22
5:05	Jonah Mathews Defensive Rebound.	23	22
5:02	Jump Ball won by USC	23	22
4:49	Nick Rakocevic made Jumper.	25	22
4:29	Foul on Chimezie Metu.	25	22
4:11	Dusan Ristic made Jumper.	25	24
3:53	Jonah Mathews missed Three Point Jumper.	25	24
3:53	Rawle Alkins Defensive Rebound.	25	24
3:33	Rawle Alkins missed Three Point Jumper.	25	24
3:33	Jordan McLaughlin Defensive Rebound.	25	24
3:18	Nick Rakocevic made Jumper.	27	24
2:46	Dusan Ristic made Jumper. Assisted by Parker Jackson-Cartwright.	27	26
2:34	Elijah Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.	27	26
2:34	Rawle Alkins Defensive Rebound.	27	26
2:32	Rawle Alkins Turnover.	27	26
2:32	Nick Rakocevic Steal.	27	26
2:27	Jordan Usher made Layup. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	29	26
2:08	Deandre Ayton made Jumper.	29	28
2:06	Arizona Timeout	29	28
1:54	Nick Rakocevic made Layup. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	31	28
1:19	Foul on Deandre Ayton.	31	28
1:19	Deandre Ayton Turnover.	31	28
1:01	Jordan Usher Turnover.	31	28
0:48	Dylan Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	31	28
0:48	Arizona Offensive Rebound.	31	28
0:32	Deandre Ayton made Jumper. Assisted by Allonzo Trier.	31	30
0:25	USC Timeout	31	30
0:06	Nick Rakocevic made Layup. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	33	30
0:00	End of 1st half	33	30

Arizona's Alkins posterizes USC defender

0:31

Ayton with one more alley-oop slam

0:31

Ayton throws down another alley-oop

0:43

T-Mobile Arena

3:00 AM, 11 March 2018

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 16,501

Referees:
Randy McCall
Tony Padilla
Mike Reed

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	15-5	-	27-9
Washington State	14-6	1	25-10
Colorado	13-7	2	26-11
Oregon	12-8	3	24-12
UCLA	10-10	5	16-17
Utah	9-11	6	22-15
Washington	9-11	6	17-15
California	9-11	6	13-19
USC	8-12	7	15-18
Arizona State	8-12	7	14-18
Stanford	8-12	7	14-18
Oregon State	5-15	10	13-19

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