USC advances to the Elite 8 for the first time since 2001 with an 82-68 win over Oregon.
Isaiah White led the way for the Trojans with 22 points, including 4 of 5 from three-point range. Tahj Eaddy had 20 points, including three three-pointers. Overall, USC made 57% of its shots and 58% from three-point range.
Eugene Omoruyi led all scorers with 28 points and teammate Chris Duarte had 21 for the Ducks, who shot 38% from the floor and 24% from three-point range.
USC 82, Oregon 68 (final)
Evan Mobley delivered a monstrous, two-handed dunk.
Eugene Omoruyi makes two free throws to keep Oregon within 12 with less than 3 minutes remaining. Evan Mobley made two free throws. Frank Kepnang and Max Agbonkpolo exchanged dunks on either end of the floor.
Tahj Eaddy made a pair of free throws for an 80-64 lead with under 2 minutes remaining. Kepnang got a layup and was fouled at 1:30. He missed the free throw, USC up by 14.
Max Agbonkpolo made two free throws. Kepnang got a dunk to close out the scoring.
USC 72, Oregon 60 (3:20 left in second half)
Franck Kepnang pulls Oregon to within 13 with a layup. Eugene Omoruyi tips it in for the Ducks, who are on a 9-0 run. Omoruyi got another tip in to bring Oregon to within nine points, but Tahj Eaddy hit a three-pointer to break a Trojans scoring drought that lasted more than five minutes.
USC 69, Oregon 54 (7:35 left in second half)
Isaiah Mobley got a third-chance layup. Eugene Omoruyi made two free throws. Isaiah White hit a layup. Isaiah Mobley got fouled on a layup and completed the three-point player for a 21-point USC lead with less than 10-minutes remaining.
USC is leading by 21 with 10 minutes left. Only Gonzaga has been this dominant in the tournament.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
Omoruyi made a jumper and free throw. Max Agbonkpolo hit a layup for USC, Oregon’s Chris Duarte got a three-pointer and Agbonkpolo answered with a three-pointer of his own. Duarte made three free throws. Omoruyi got a tip shot for Oregon.
USC 57, Oregon 41 (13:01 left in second half)
LJ Figueroa made a jumper and Chris Duarte got a layup to pull Oregon to within 52-39. Isaiah White got a fast-break layup on a goal-tending call, then hit his fifth three-pointer of the game. Eugene Omoruyi hit a layup before an Oregon timeout.
Isaiah White has 20 points already. He had just one 20-point performance before tonight this season.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
USC 52, Oregon 35 (15:37 left in second half)
Will Richardson opened the second-half scoring with a three-pointer for Oregon. Isaiah Mobley got a second-chance basket for USC. Chris Duarte drove for a layup. Tahj Eaddy hit a running layup and drew the foul. He completed the three-point play. Duarte hit a jumper for Oregon. Isaiah White hit another three-pointer for a 49-32 USC lead at the 17-minute mark.
USC absolutely running Oregon off the floor.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
Drew Peterson added a three-pointer to put the Trojans up by 20. USC is hitting 58% from three-point range. Eugene Omoruyi hit a three-pointer for the Ducks.
USC 41, Oregon 26 (halftime)
Tahj Eaddy went quick to the basket for a layup, giving the Trojans a 15-point lead at halftime. He has 12 points tonight, as does Isaiah White .
What a half for USC. The Trojans lead the Ducks 41-26. They shot 59 percent and held Oregon to 30 percent shooting.
Tahj Eaddy and Isaiah White leading all scorers with 12.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
USC 39, Oregon 26 (0:56 left in first half)
Evan Mobley hit a jumper for a 14-point Trojan lead. Oregon’s Eugene Omoruyi made three of three free throws. Tahj Eaddy drove in for a layup. Isaiah Mobley got a putback for a 15-point USC lead with just over 1:30 left. LJ Figueroa hit a jumper.
Evan Mobley might just be in triple-double territory tonight. Six points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists with 1 minute left in the half.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
USC 33, Oregon 21 (3:47 left in first half)
Drew Peterson made a three-pointer for a 12-point Trojan lead. Tahj Eaddy got a layup for a 12-0 USC run. Oregon missed 11 of last 12 shots before got a steal and a dunk.
USC on a 17-2 run. The defense is suffocating Oregon. The 3-point shooting is on point again. Trojans couldn’t have hoped for a better start.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
He hit 6 3’s in USC’s previous win over Oregon. He has two already today.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
USC 28, Oregon 19 (5:57 left in first half)
Isaiah White fed by Evan Mobley for a layup. Tahj Eaddy drained another three-pointer.
He hit 6 3’s in USC’s previous win over Oregon. He has two already today.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
USC 23, Oregon 19 (6:40 left in first half)
USC’s Ethan Anderson hit a falling, underhand layup. Chris Duarte hit a layup to break a 3-minute drought for Oregon. Evan Mobley answered with a dunk.
USC’s defense is ferocious again tonight. Oregon now shooting 34 percent after missing 6 of its last 7 shots.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
USC 19, Oregon 17 (10:20 left in first half)
Chris Duarte hit a three-pointer for Oregon, and USC’s Isaiah White followed with a putback and completed the three-point play, 10-9 Oregon. Will Richardson hit a straight-away three-pointer. USC’s Isaiah Mobley got a dunk on an assist from his brother. Duarte and Mobley exchanged layups. Tahj Eaddy hit a three-pointer for USC’s first lead of the game, 16-15. Eric Williams Jr. got a layup for Oregon, and USC’s White answered with a three-pointer. He has 10 points already.
Isaiah White from deep again. He’s feeling it tonight. 10 points for him in the first 9:30.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
Isaiah White has scored in double figures just twice since the start of February. He has 10 points already tonight.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021
Oregon 7, USC 6 (15:20 left in first half)
Oregon’s Eugene Omoruyi scored the first five points of the game on a three-pointer and a layup. Isaiah White has four points for the Trojans, including a three-pointer at 15:43.
USC opens 1 of 5. Some nervous energy, for sure. It’s 7-6, Oregon at the under-16 timeout. Both defenses looking strong so far.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) March 29, 2021