Boogie Ellis scored 21 points, Reese Dixon-Waters and Kobe Johnson had 15 points each, and the Southern Cal Trojans beat the Colorado Buffaloes 84–65 in Boulder, Colo., on Thursday night.
Drew Peterson added 11 points and Tre White finished with 10 for Southern Cal (20–8, 12–5 Pac-12 Conference). The Trojans have won three straight.
KJ Simpson scored 18 points and Luke O’Brien had 12 for Colorado (15–14, 7–11).
The Trojans led 18-16 midway through the first half but started to pull away. Ellis made a layup, Peterson fed Johnson for a 3-pointer and then hit a jumper to give Southern Cal a nine-point lead.
Ellis hit a 3-pointer that made it 38–23 with 4:42 left, the Buffaloes trimmed their deficit to 10 a minute later but the Trojans took a 43–30 lead into the break….