USC
Sacramento State
Trojans Rout Sacramento St. 51-36
December 08, 2009 | Men's Basketball
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dwight Lewis scored 16 points and Southern California raced to commanding leads in both halves of a 51-36 victory over Sacramento State on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing skid.
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Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, and Alex Stepheson had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Trojans (3-4), who were coming off consecutive blowout losses at No. 2 Texas and Georgia Tech.
Sultan Toles-Bey scored eight points for the Hornets (4-6), who shot a season-worst 23 percent in losing their second straight and fourth in last five.
The Hornets shot 6 of 32 in the first half as USC raced to an 18-6 lead but outscored the Trojans 10-2 to get within four before USC made the final two baskets to lead 24-16 at the break.
USC committed a season-worst 25 turnovers but controlled the boards 49-29 for the fifth consecutive game and had 12 blocked shots which tied the school record set on Nov. 30, 1982 vs. Santa Clara.
USC held Sacramento State to 23.0 percent shooting from the floor, the lowest percentage by a USC opponent since holding Loyola Marymount to 22.4 percent shooting on Dec. 9, 1998.
