UCLA's basketball team secured a decisive 15-point victory over USC at the Galen Center, snapping a five-year losing streak on their rival's home court and ending coach Mick Cronin's 0-for-4 drought at the venue. The win is a turnaround after recent improvements, contrasting with USC's fifth straight loss, worsening their season record to 8-12. The match was the first time since February 25, 2004, that both teams had losing records when they faced off.
UPDATED: Dylan Andrews and Adem Bona deliver UCLA to victory over rival USC, ending coach Mick Cronin’s 0-fer streak at Galen Center. https://t.co/1AvssR2CBU
It's over. Mick Cronin and UCLA have finally beaten USC at the Galen Center, snapping Cronin's 0-for-4 drought and a five-year losing streak on the Trojans' home court. https://t.co/1AvssR2CBU
UCLA just rolled USC by 15 at the Galen Center. Bruins have shown signs of life in recent weeks after the embarrassment at Utah -- USC, on the other hand, drops to 8-12 after its fifth straight loss. Trojans are 4-11 since opening with four wins in their first five games.
Bill Walton's insistency on believing like 5+ Pac-12 teams will make it into the NCAA Tournament each season is something else.
Bill Walton's insistency on believing like 5+ Pac-12 will make it into the NCAA Tournament each season is something else.
Bill Walton got a flat tire on his way out of Corvallis after calling OSU’s upset win over Arizona. @nickdaschel has the story of the Beavs assistant who saved the day by driving Big Red to nearly 100 miles to PDX. “It was an enlightening two hours.” https://t.co/qUZbW0IErK
It may seem hard to believe, but USC basketball once went more than a decade without losing to UCLA. Before Alcindor, Walton and Wooden, there were Guttero, Vaughn and Barry: https://t.co/3kK9CWTazv
KenPom gives UCLA a 30% chance of beating USC tonight at the Galen Center, where Mick Cronin is 0-4. It's the first time the rivals have met with losing records since Feb. 25, 2004 (!), when UCLA was 11-12 and USC was 11-13. USC won, 78-77, in OT at the Sports Arena.
Bill Walton: “That’s why we’re alive, because you never know what’s going to happen.” Beavers were 18.5-point underdogs at home.