Southern California Trojans vs Colorado Buffaloes Box Score on Jan 20, 2022

Chevez Goodwin scored all of his 14 points in the second half and grabbed 18 rebounds as the No. 16 USC Trojans beat the Colorado Buffaloes 61-58 in Boulder, Colo., on Thursday night.

Isaiah Mobley scored 13 points and Boogie Ellis and Max Agbonkpolo added 11 each for the Trojans (15-2, 5-2 Pac-12), who ended a seven-game losing streak to the Buffaloes.

Jabari Walker scored 13 points and Evan Battey and Tristan da Silva scored 10 each for Colorado (12-5, 4-3).

USC led by as many as seven in the first half, but the Buffaloes closed the half on an 8-2 run to make it 25-25 at intermission.

Walker opened the second half with a layup, Goodwin dunked and da Silva hit a 3-pointer to put Colorado ahead 30-27.

Agbonkpolo and Goodwin made layups and Drew Peterson hit a jumper to put the Trojans ahead 43-37, and Nique Clifford's dunk ended a 3:18 scoring drought for the Buffaloes. Luke O'Brien drained a 3-pointer to put the Buffaloes in front 44-43 with 8:51 left.

Peterson missed a layup on the other end and Clifford hit another 3-pointer to give Colorado a 47-43 lead and force a Trojans timeout with 8:15 remaining.

Goodwin's layup broke a nearly five-minute drought for USC, da Silva answered with a 3-pointer and Agbonkpolo's layup made it 50-47 with 6:11 left. Goodwin split two free throws to make it a two-point game; and, after the Buffaloes missed, Mobley dunked to tie it at 50 with 5:05 left.

K.J. Simpson put Colorado back in front with two free throws, but a three-point play by Boogie Ellis gave USC a 53-52 lead. Battey split a pair of free throws to tie it again, and Goodwin's layup with 2:18 left put the Trojans ahead by two.

After Walker split a pair of foul shots, Ellis made a layup to stretch the lead to three. Walker made two free throws with 1:15 left to cut it to 57-56 but missed a go-ahead layup with 41 seconds remaining.

Colorado failed on two tries to tie it and USC closed it out.

--Field Level Media