Chad Baker-Mazara scores career-high 26 to lead Southern Cal to 114-83 victory over Manhattan

Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 of his career-high 26 points successful the archetypal fractional to pb 7 Southern California players successful treble figures and commencement the Trojans disconnected and moving to a 114-83 triumph implicit Manhattan

LOS ANGELES -- Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 of his career-high 26 points successful the archetypal fractional to pb 7 Southern California players successful treble figures and commencement the Trojans disconnected and moving to a 114-83 triumph implicit Manhattan connected Sunday.

Baker-Mazara made 7 of 13 shots, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and each 9 of his escaped throws to assistance the Trojans (2-0) people much points than they've had since 1998. He added 7 rebounds.

Ezra Ausar scored 17 points connected 7-for-10 shooting for USC and Rodney Rice pitched successful with 14 points, six rebounds and 4 assists. Jacob Cofie totaled 10 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, portion Terrence Williams II added 10 points and 7 boards. Reserves Jaden Brownell and Jordan Marsh scored 13 and 11, respectively.

Southern Cal jumped retired to a 7-2 pb earlier Anthony Isaac's layup capped a 5-0 spurt for Manhattan to necktie it. From determination neither squad had a two-possession pb until Baker-Mazara deed a 3-pointer to enactment USC up 28-23 with 7:48 near earlier halftime. The Trojans sank 4 of their adjacent 5 shots to propulsion their vantage to treble digits and upped it to 55-37 astatine the break.

USC led by arsenic galore arsenic 35 successful the 2nd fractional and topped the period people connected a layup by Brownell with 6:16 near to play.

Junior defender Jaden Winston scored a career-high 29 to gait the Jaspers (1-1). The fifth-year elder defender made 9 of 14 shots with 3 3-pointers portion going 8 for 8 astatine the foul line. Terrance Jones had 18 points and chap reserve Isaac scored 16.

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