Joshua Morgan scored 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds and powered a stingy Southern California defensive effort with seven blocked shots as the Trojans used a 20–0 second-half run to roll past host Cal 66–51 in the Pac-12 opener for each team on Wednesday in Berkeley, California.
USC (5–3, 1–0 Pac-12) raced out to a 13–2 lead after holding Cal scoreless for the game’s first 4:59, but the Golden Bears—seeking their first win of the season—clawed back in the second half.
Lars Thiemann’s lay-in midway through the second half pulled Cal (0–8, 0–1) to within three points, then after a USC missed shot, Kuany Kuany misfired on a jumper that would have cut the Golden Bears’ deficit to one point….