Western Kentucky 79-75 USC (20 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

26-10, 8-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WKU	18	22	19	20	79
USC	23	16	19	17	75

TIME	WKU	USC
10:00	Jump Ball won by Western Kentucky	0	0
9:41	Dwight Coleby Turnover.	0	0
9:27	Jordan Usher missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:27	Lamonte Bearden Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:17	Justin Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:17	Shaqquan Aaron Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:08	Victor Uyaelunmo made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	0	2
8:49	Justin Johnson made Jumper.	2	2
8:21	Jordan Usher Turnover.	2	2
8:21	Lamonte Bearden Steal.	2	2
8:14	Lamonte Bearden Turnover.	2	2
8:14	Jonah Mathews Steal.	2	2
8:10	Jonah Mathews made Layup.	2	4
8:02	Dwight Coleby made Layup.	4	4
7:45	Victor Uyaelunmo missed Layup.	4	4
7:45	Justin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
7:34	Lamonte Bearden made Jumper.	6	4
7:14	Jordan Usher missed Three Point Jumper.	6	4
7:14	Lamonte Bearden Defensive Rebound.	6	4
6:58	Dwight Coleby Turnover.	6	4
6:42	Elijah Stewart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	6	7
6:25	Darius Thompson missed Dunk.	6	7
6:25	Shaqquan Aaron Defensive Rebound.	6	7
6:13	Elijah Stewart missed Layup.	6	7
6:13	Nick Rakocevic Offensive Rebound.	6	7
6:08	Elijah Stewart made Layup. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	6	9
5:52	Justin Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taveion Hollingsworth.	9	9
5:32	Elijah Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.	9	9
5:32	Darius Thompson Defensive Rebound.	9	9
5:13	Lamonte Bearden missed Jumper.	9	9
5:13	Western Kentucky Offensive Rebound.	9	9
5:07	Dwight Coleby made Jumper.	11	9
4:38	Nick Rakocevic missed Jumper.	11	9
4:38	Western Kentucky Defensive Rebound.	11	9
4:34	Foul on Jonah Mathews.	11	9
4:34	Official TV Timeout	11	9
4:09	Darius Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.	11	9
4:09	USC Deadball Team Rebound.	11	9
3:54	Jonah Mathews made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	11	12
3:28	Taveion Hollingsworth missed Three Point Jumper.	11	12
3:28	Nick Rakocevic Defensive Rebound.	11	12
3:16	Elijah Stewart made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan McLaughlin.	11	14
3:00	Justin Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Darius Thompson.	13	14
2:47	Jonah Mathews missed Layup.	13	14
2:47	Nick Rakocevic Offensive Rebound.	13	14
2:43	Jonah Mathews missed Jumper.	13	14
2:43	Derryck Thornton Offensive Rebound.	13	14
2:31	Elijah Stewart made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jonah Mathews.	13	17
2:13	Justin Johnson missed Jumper.	13	17
2:13	Nick Rakocevic Defensive Rebound.	13	17
2:08	Foul on Lamonte Bearden.	13	17
1:47	Derryck Thornton made Jumper.	13	19
1:18	Dwight Coleby missed Jumper.	13	19
1:18	Taveion Hollingsworth Offensive Rebound.	13	19
1:18	Taveion Hollingsworth made Two Point Tip Shot.	15	19
0:57	Jordan McLaughlin made Layup.	15	21
0:29	Justin Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Darius Thompson.	17	21
0:29	Foul on Nick Rakocevic.	17	21
0:29	Justin Johnson made Free Throw.	18	21
0:05	Jordan McLaughlin made Layup.	18	23
0:00	End of 1st Quarter	18	23

Stewart, McLaughlin taking over

0:21

Stewart hits the buzzer-beater

0:20

Trojans' Usher pulls off old school move for the bucket

0:19

Galen Center

3:30 AM, 20 March 2018

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 2,130

Referees:
Jeff Wooten
D.G. Nelson
David Hall

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	0-0	-	12-1
Louisiana Tech	0-0	-	11-2
Middle Tennessee	0-0	-	9-3
UTEP	0-0	-	9-3
Western Kentucky	0-0	-	9-3
Jacksonville State	0-0	-	7-5
Kennesaw State	0-0	-	7-5
New Mexico State	0-0	-	6-6
Sam Houston	0-0	-	6-6
Florida International	0-0	-	5-7

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan State	2-0	-	10-2
UCLA	2-0	-	10-2
Michigan	2-0	-	9-3
Oregon	1-1	1	11-1
Maryland	1-1	1	10-2
Penn State	1-1	1	10-2
Nebraska	1-1	1	8-2
Iowa	1-1	1	9-3
Northwestern	1-1	1	9-3
Indiana	1-1	1	9-3
Illinois	1-1	1	8-3
USC	1-1	1	9-4
Ohio State	1-1	1	8-4
Purdue	1-1	1	8-4
Rutgers	1-1	1	7-5
Wisconsin	0-2	2	10-3
Washington	0-2	2	8-3
Minnesota	0-2	2	7-5

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