Balanced Cougars Clobber Visiting Trojans, 84-64

Isaac Fontaine scored 20 points to lead Washington State to an 84-64 victory over Southern California Thursday night.

Washington State (11-7 overall, 6-4 Pac-10) took early control of the game, 18-4.

The Trojans (7-13, 2-8), trailing 35-23 with 2:46 left in the first half, couldn’t get any closer than 35-27 at halftime on a dunk from Lorenzo Orr and a Stais Boseman layup.

The Cougars opened the second half with a 9-2 run and closed the game with a 13-8 run as Southern Cal struggled defensively.

Washington State got 19 points from Tavares Mack, 18 from Mark Hendrickson and 13 from Shamon Antrum.

Jaha Wilson led the Trojans with 15 points and collected 13 rebounds. Orr added 13 and Brandon Martin scored 11.

Washington St. 84, Southern Cal 64

SOUTHERN CAL (7-13)

Orr 6-12 1-4 13, Wilson 7-7 1-4 15, Boseman 2-10 3-4 7, Martin 4-8 2-2 11, Harris 0-3 0-0 0, Green 3-9 0-0 8, Reuter 1-4 0-0 2, Slaughter 0-1 0-0 0, Murray 0-3 0-0 0, Crouse 3-4 2-4 8, Douglas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-61 9-18 64.

WASHINGTON ST. (11-7)

Hendrickson 9-11 0-0 18, Mack 9-11 1-2 19, Fontaine 9-14 1-3 20, Antrum 5-11 2-3 13, Ellison 1-10 4-5 6, Warmenhoven 0-0 0-0 0, Topper 0-0 0-0 0, Bortles 0-0 0-0 0, Daniel 0-1 0-0 0, Corkrum 2-2 0-0 4, Vik 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 37-62 8-13 84.

Halftime-Washington St. 35, Southern Cal 27. 3-Point goals- Southern Cal 3-19 (Boseman 0-3, Martin 1-1, Harris 0-3, Green 2-6, Reuter 0-3, Slaughter 0-1, Murray 0-2), Washington St. 2-10 (Fontaine 1-1, Antrum 1-5, Ellison 0-4). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Southern Cal 36 (Wilson 13), Washington St. 36 (Mack 9). Assists-Southern Cal 8 (Harris, Murray 3), Washington St. 20 (Ellison 13). Total fouls-Southern Cal 17, Washington St. 12. A-6,733.