Late Rally Helps Usc Knock Off Stanford

College basketball

Brandon Martin scored 17 points, including a 3-pointer to give Southern California the lead with 5:52 remaining, and the Trojans (2-2 Pac-10, 9-6) went on to beat No. 24 Stanford (2-2, 8-4) 84-80 Sunday at Los Angeles.

Martin’s long-range shot was part of a 17-2 run that rallied the Trojans from a nine-point deficit to a 67-61 lead with 5:10 left. Stais Boseman had seven points and Martin six in the spurt that put the Trojans ahead.

Southern California 84, Stanford 80

STANFORD (8-4) - Allaway 7-9 1-2 15, Poppink 4-8 3-5 11, Cross 4-16 4-5 16, Knight 7-19 6-7 20, Harbour 3-9 5-8 11, Seaton 0-0 0-0 0, Sauer 2-4 0-1 4, Lee 1-2 0-0 3, Weems 0-2 0-0 0, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals-28-69 19-28 80.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (9-6) - Wilson 7-11 0-0 14, Boseman 5-9 12-15 22, Jones 3-5 1-4 7, Martin 5-8 6-7 17, Murray 0-0 0-0 0, Reuter 3-4 2-2 9, Crouse 4-11 7-12 15, Strong 0-0 0-0 0, Dawson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals-27-49 28-40 84.

Halftime-Stanford 37, Southern California 33. 3-Point goals- Stanford 5-22 (Cross 4-12, Lee 1-2, Sauer 0-1, Weems 0-1, Knight 0-2, Harbour 0-4), Southern California 2-4 (Martin 1-1, Reuter 1-2, Boseman 0-1). Fouled out-Poppink, Jones. Rebounds-Stanford 44 (Allaway 13), Southern California 27 (Crouse 7). Assists-Stanford 13 (Knight 5), Southern California 11 (Boseman 6). Total fouls- Stanford 29, Southern California 24. A-2,461.

(1) UMass 65, St. Bonaventure 52

The top-ranked Minutemen overcame the loss of star center Marcus Camby and stayed undefeated with the victory over the Bonnies (5-7) in Olean, N.Y.

Inus Norville replaced Camby at center for the tipoff, but Tyrone Weeks saw most of the action and had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Dana Dingle led Massachusetts (14-0) with 17 points and Donta Bright added 15 points.

(9) Memphis 60, S. Florida 59 (OT)

Lorenzen Wright made four clutch free throws and scored six of his 15 points in overtime as the Tigers (3-0 Conference USA, 11-2) shrugged off its road woes and held on for the victory over the Bulls (0-3, 7-6) at Tampa, Fla.

(10) N. Carolina 86, (16) Clemson 53

At Chapel Hill, N.C., Antawn Jamison and Jeff McInnis each scored 17 points as the Tar Heels (3-1 Atlantic Coast Confernece, 12-3) maintained its home-court mastery of the Tigers (2-1, 11-1) with the victory.

(14) Syracuse 81, Rutgers 80

At Syracuse, N.Y., John Wallace scored seven of his 25 points in the final 3:05 as the Orangemen (4-1 Big East, 13-2) beat the Scarlet Knights (1-3, 4-8) in the first Big East game between the teams.