USC-UC Irvine Live Game Blog
posted by Scott Hood, Friday, December 28, 2007
9:22 - UCI misses shot. But they grab the rebound! Travel on UCI! Wow. USC calls timeout with 20.7 secs left. They don't need to take a shot. UCI will likely foul here. Fouls on DD in the backcourt. 18.9 secs left. DD needs to make both here. Good. Good. USC 64-60. 2 possession game now.
9:20 - Good defense by USC. DD fouled. 2FT. USC leads 62-60. 55.9 secs left. UCI t/o. Shot clock at 17. This matches USC's biggest lead of 2H.
9:17 - 2 FT by UCI. 60-57. 3P by Downey! Scored tied 60-60. 2 mins left. Blocking foul on Archie. 2 FT for UCI. Missed. Missed. But UCI wins the battle for the rebound. Timeout UCI. 1:55 left. 60-60.
9:12 - HS by Gray, 57-56 USC. UCI basket in repsonse. 58-57. Less than 4 min. left. UCI has answered well tonight. Blocked shot! Muldrow. ZF misses a shot. He commits a foul in the scramble. Final media t/o. UCI leads 58-57 with 2:51 left.
9:10 - USC calls 30-sec t/o. UCI leads 56-55. 4:40 left. UCI led by as many as 11 inther 2H before USC's rally.
9:08 - DD driving layup good plus the foul! USC leads 55-53. First lead for USC since early in the 1H. But UCI hits a 3P. 56-55.
9:05 - It's 53-51 UCI. USC has chance to tie the game. ZF no good. Not many second chances tonight for USC. Gray jumper good! Scored Tied at 53-53.
9:00 - USC is within 2 at 48-46! 3-ptr by Archie after a disputed GT call on BRR at the other end. 9:27 left.
8:50 - USC creeped to within 4 at 44-40 with a 7-0 run but UCI has hit 2 FT to make it 46-40 with 12 mins left.
8:40 - First media t/o of the 2H with 15:21 left. UCI leads 44-33. Downey just scored his second basket of the night. It's been a slow night for him offensively. DD just turned the ball over.
8:35 - USC calls t/o with 16:45 left. UCI has taken a 42-31 lead. USC is offerirng little resistance underneath. A UCI just blew past Archie in the low post. A loss to UCI would be the low point of the season. USC needs a COC-like rally to win this game.
8:30 - The 2H is underway. UCI gets the first basket on a dunk. USC is now 0-for-6 on 3P's.
8:25 - First Half Stats:
Team Shooting: UCI, (16-35) 45.7%, USC (13-27) 48.1%
Leading Scorers: UCI, Sanders 13 pts; USC, Holmes, 8.
Rebounding: Tied 17-17.
3P Shooting: UCI 3-14; USC 0-5.
Turnovers: UCI 4, USC 7.
Steals: UCI 4, USC 3.
Points in Paint: UCI 24, USC 14.
8:15 - Halftime. UCI leads 36-29. Muldrow had a couple of baskets for USC late inthe first half. UCI grabbed its largest lead at 33-23 before USC managed to cut it to 7 by halftime. We'll have stats in a few minutes.
8:10 - UCI is steadily gaining control of the game. They lead 30-23 with 3:05 left in the 1H. 4th media timeout was just called. UCI is getting a lot of baskets underneath. USC's weakness along the front line is quite evident in the contest so far. Fredrick has the last 2 baskets for USC. He has 6 pts, Downey still has only 2 pts. He;s not involved in the offense right now.
8:03 - T/O UCI. The Anteaters lead 22-21 with 5:46 left in thr 1H. Holmes has 8 points, while Archie has 7. Downey only has 2 points. Transition basket by UCI plus the foul. It's 26-21 UCI with 5:12 left in 1H. Third media timeout called. USC has been outscored 21-11 since it led, 10-5.
7:58 - The USC offense has stagnated here in the middle portion of the 1H. USC has just 3 points in the last 5 mins. UCI leads, 18-15, with 9 mins left.
7:55 - Second media timeout. USC leads 14-12. Not much happened in that second segment. Both teams missed a bunch of shots. 11:58 left.
7:45 - Archie with the block! UCI has rallied to tie the score at 12-12 with 14:37 left in ther 1H. Holmes had 6 pts for USC, while Archie had 4 and Downey 2. We have the first media timeout of the 1H.
7:40 - We're underway at the CC. Holmes scored USC's first basket. It's 2-2 with 18:44 left. 2 FT by Archie. 4-2 USC.
7:15 - We're live at the Colonial Center for tonight's USC-UC Irvine basketball game. We're about 15 minutes from tipoff. BJ McKie and Larry Davis will be honored at halftime of tonight's game. McKie, as you may know, had his jersey retired two years ago. He's one of 5 former Gamecocks to have his number retired. Grady Wallace, John Roche, Kevin Joyce and Alex English are the others. McKie is also USC's all-time leading scorer with 2,119 points. New staff writer Roger Olivieri will have a profile of McKie tonight on the website. He spoke with McKie yesterday.
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9:24 - UCI hits a 3-pointer from the corner. It's 64-63 USC with 14.1 secs left. Archie has 17 pts. DD has 15 now after a slow start. DD fouled with 11.9 secs left. FT good. FT Good. 66-63. UCI needs a 3 to tie. Miss. Foul. 4.7 secs left. Archie going to the FT line. Needs 1. Good! Miss. Layup at the buzzer by UCI. It doesn't matter. USC WINS 67-65.
9:22 - UCI misses shot. But they grab the rebound! Travel on UCI! Wow. USC calls timeout with 20.7 secs left. They don't need to take a shot. UCI will likely foul here. Fouls on DD in the backcourt. 18.9 secs left. DD needs to make both here. Good. Good. USC 64-60. 2 possession game now.
9:20 - Good defense by USC. DD fouled. 2FT. USC leads 62-60. 55.9 secs left. UCI t/o. Shot clock at 17. This matches USC's biggest lead of 2H.
9:17 - 2 FT by UCI. 60-57. 3P by Downey! Scored tied 60-60. 2 mins left. Blocking foul on Archie. 2 FT for UCI. Missed. Missed. But UCI wins the battle for the rebound. Timeout UCI. 1:55 left. 60-60.
9:12 - HS by Gray, 57-56 USC. UCI basket in repsonse. 58-57. Less than 4 min. left. UCI has answered well tonight. Blocked shot! Muldrow. ZF misses a shot. He commits a foul in the scramble. Final media t/o. UCI leads 58-57 with 2:51 left.
9:10 - USC calls 30-sec t/o. UCI leads 56-55. 4:40 left. UCI led by as many as 11 inther 2H before USC's rally.
9:08 - DD driving layup good plus the foul! USC leads 55-53. First lead for USC since early in the 1H. But UCI hits a 3P. 56-55.
9:05 - It's 53-51 UCI. USC has chance to tie the game. ZF no good. Not many second chances tonight for USC. Gray jumper good! Scored Tied at 53-53.
9:00 - USC is within 2 at 48-46! 3-ptr by Archie after a disputed GT call on BRR at the other end. 9:27 left.
8:50 - USC creeped to within 4 at 44-40 with a 7-0 run but UCI has hit 2 FT to make it 46-40 with 12 mins left.
8:40 - First media t/o of the 2H with 15:21 left. UCI leads 44-33. Downey just scored his second basket of the night. It's been a slow night for him offensively. DD just turned the ball over.
8:35 - USC calls t/o with 16:45 left. UCI has taken a 42-31 lead. USC is offerirng little resistance underneath. A UCI just blew past Archie in the low post. A loss to UCI would be the low point of the season. USC needs a COC-like rally to win this game.
8:30 - The 2H is underway. UCI gets the first basket on a dunk. USC is now 0-for-6 on 3P's.
8:25 - First Half Stats:
Team Shooting: UCI, (16-35) 45.7%, USC (13-27) 48.1%
Leading Scorers: UCI, Sanders 13 pts; USC, Holmes, 8.
Rebounding: Tied 17-17.
3P Shooting: UCI 3-14; USC 0-5.
Turnovers: UCI 4, USC 7.
Steals: UCI 4, USC 3.
Points in Paint: UCI 24, USC 14.
8:15 - Halftime. UCI leads 36-29. Muldrow had a couple of baskets for USC late inthe first half. UCI grabbed its largest lead at 33-23 before USC managed to cut it to 7 by halftime. We'll have stats in a few minutes.
8:10 - UCI is steadily gaining control of the game. They lead 30-23 with 3:05 left in the 1H. 4th media timeout was just called. UCI is getting a lot of baskets underneath. USC's weakness along the front line is quite evident in the contest so far. Fredrick has the last 2 baskets for USC. He has 6 pts, Downey still has only 2 pts. He;s not involved in the offense right now.
8:03 - T/O UCI. The Anteaters lead 22-21 with 5:46 left in thr 1H. Holmes has 8 points, while Archie has 7. Downey only has 2 points. Transition basket by UCI plus the foul. It's 26-21 UCI with 5:12 left in 1H. Third media timeout called. USC has been outscored 21-11 since it led, 10-5.
7:58 - The USC offense has stagnated here in the middle portion of the 1H. USC has just 3 points in the last 5 mins. UCI leads, 18-15, with 9 mins left.
7:55 - Second media timeout. USC leads 14-12. Not much happened in that second segment. Both teams missed a bunch of shots. 11:58 left.
7:45 - Archie with the block! UCI has rallied to tie the score at 12-12 with 14:37 left in ther 1H. Holmes had 6 pts for USC, while Archie had 4 and Downey 2. We have the first media timeout of the 1H.
7:40 - We're underway at the CC. Holmes scored USC's first basket. It's 2-2 with 18:44 left. 2 FT by Archie. 4-2 USC.
7:15 - We're live at the Colonial Center for tonight's USC-UC Irvine basketball game. We're about 15 minutes from tipoff. BJ McKie and Larry Davis will be honored at halftime of tonight's game. McKie, as you may know, had his jersey retired two years ago. He's one of 5 former Gamecocks to have his number retired. Grady Wallace, John Roche, Kevin Joyce and Alex English are the others. McKie is also USC's all-time leading scorer with 2,119 points. New staff writer Roger Olivieri will have a profile of McKie tonight on the website. He spoke with McKie yesterday.
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