National Basketball Association
Bradley 64, Southern California 63
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Where: MassMutual Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
Officials:
# Ken Clark, # Kipp Kissinger, # Gregory Nixon
Attendance:
7352
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Sam Maniscalco scored 17 points, including three foul shots with one second left, to lead Bradley to a thrilling 64-63 victory over USC as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament in Springfield, Mass. on Saturday.
Bradley (4-0) trailed by as many as nine in the second half but stayed within range, eventually cutting the deficit to 56-54 on a 3-pointer by Maniscalco with 2:52 remaining. After a Donte Smith trey put USC back up by five, the Braves scored the next seven points, taking the lead at 61-59 on another Maniscalco 3-pointer with 57 seconds left.
The Trojans (2-2) reclaimed the lead, 63-61, on four straight free throws by Nikola Vucevic with 39 seconds left, but Vucevic missed two more foul shots with 11 seconds remaining that could have iced the game. The Braves called a timeout to set up a final shot for Maniscalco, who was fouled on a 3-pointer with one tick still on the clock.
Andrew Warren added 14 points for the Braves, while Walt Lemon Jr. finished with 13.
Vucevic led USC in defeat with 22 points and 15 rebounds.
Top Game Performances
Southern California |
|
Bradley |
Nikola Vucevic 22 |
Scoring |
Sam Maniscalco 17 |
Bryce Jones 5 |
Assists |
Sam Maniscalco 4 |
Nikola Vucevic 15 |
Rebounds |
Andrew Warren 5 |
Nikola Vucevic 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Andrew Warren 7 |
Bryce Jones 5 |
Steals |
Sam Maniscalco 3 |
Marcus Simmons 1 |
Blocks |
Walt Lemon Jr 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Southern California
|
63 |
42.1 |
8-21 |
7-13 |
17 |
34 |
2 |
6 |
|
Bradley
|
64 |
41.5 |
8-19 |
12-19 |
12 |
23 |
2 |
6 |
|