Brothers Evan and Isaiah Mobley each combined a double post for 32 points and 23 rebounds in Saturday’s Southern California 73-64 win over Arizona State in a Pac-12 game in Tempe, Ariz.
Evan Mobley finished with 19 points, 13 rebounds and six closed hits, while Isaiah Mobley had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The win gave the Trojans (8-2, 3-1) their first road trip against Arizona and ASU since the 1984-85 season. The Trojans, who won their first game of 2007-08 at Arizona on Thursday, broke a seven-game losing streak at ASU.
The Sun Devils (4-5, 1-2) missed four players for the second game in a row.
Remy Martin has not returned from his grandfather’s funeral. Taeshon Cherry and Jaelen House have been ruled out again due to COVID-19 protocols and Jalen Graham is out due to mononucleosis.
Holland Woods, starting in Martin’s place, was on 16 of his 18 points in the first half and Alonzo Verge Jr. 17 points for Arizona State. Marcus Bagley had 11 points and 13 rebounds and Josh Christopher had 11 points.
Drew Peterson, who finished with 11 points, scored the same 3-point at USC in the second half to put the Trojans up 65-61 with less than two minutes left. They lost their first nine attempts from outside the arc in the half.
After a 3-point loss by Verge, Evan Mobley made two free throws to give USC a 67-61 lead with 1:27 left.
After another 3-point failure by Christopher, Tahj Eaddy made a jersey to increase the lead to 69-61.
Eaddy finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
After USC took a 36-18 lead with 2:08 left in the first half, ASU scored 14 unanswered points to end the half.
Woods scored 11 of those points including a 3-point late to cut the half-time deficit to 36-32.
USC outscored ASU 28-15 in the first half but as a result of 10 conversions by the Trojans the Sun Devils were awarded 16 points.
The Trojans won the rebounding battle 50-30 and scored 32 points in the paint. They only had six turns in the second half.
–Field Media Level