USC
Stanford
Trojans Take The Farm, 69-53
February 19, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2011
Stanford, Calif. (AP) - Nikola Vucevic scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and Alex Stepheson added 15 points Saturday night, leading Southern California to a 69-53 victory over Stanford and completing a Bay Area sweep for the first time since 1992.
Donte Smith had 13 points, while Maurice Jones came off the bench for the second time this season and scored 10 for the Trojans (15-12, 7-7 Pac-10), who beat Stanford at Maples Pavilion for the first time since Feb. 21, 2002, and swept their regular-season series.
Josh Owens scored a team-high 13 points, while Jeremy Green and Josh Huestis each scored 11 for Stanford (13-13, 6-9). Dwight Powell had 10 rebounds.
The Trojans and Cardinal are both fighting to finish among the top six teams in the Pac-10 and escape a play-in game for the conference tournament. USC moved into a tie for fourth place with Oregon, while Stanford fell to eighth.
