National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Southern California 59, Texas 53
When: 5:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Where: Lahaina Civic Center, Lahaina, Hawaii
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # Bernard Clinton, # Ryan Wells
Attendance: 2400

Southern California 59, Texas 53 (OT): Dewayne Dedmon’s blocked shot late in regulation led to the tying basket and his three-point play in overtime gave the Trojans the lead for good in the consolation round at the Maui Invitational.

Eric Wise led the Trojans (3-1) with 13 points, Jio Fontan had 11 points and six assists and Byron Wesley contributed 10 points and seven rebounds.

Julien Lewis scored 17 points to lead the Longhorns (2-2), who were coming off Monday's shocking 13-point loss to Division II Chaminade. Sheldon McClellan added 11 points and Ioannis Papapetrou had 10 for Texas.

Neither team led by more than three points in the second half of regulation. Texas had the ball leading by two with less than 20 seconds left in regulation but Dedmon blocked Javan Felix’s shot and J.T. Terrell scored on a breakaway dunk on the other end to tie the score and eventually send the game into overtime.

Dedmon was fouled while making a basket with 1:27 remaining in overtime and converted the free throw to push USC’s lead to three points. Fontan then made one of two free throws with 46 seconds remaining to give USC a four-point lead, its biggest since early in the first half.

GAME NOTEBOOK: USC had lost its previous five overtime games dating to February 2009. … Fontan, the team’s second-leading scorer (10.5) two years ago, went 3-for-13 from the field and is 8-for-33 on the season (24.2 percent). Terrell went 2-for-9 and is 14-for-48 (29.1). … Texas freshman center Prince Ibeh blocked four shots and Felix had six points, eight assists and six rebounds.
Top Game Performances
 
Texas   Southern California
Julien Lewis 17 Scoring Eric Wise 13
Javan Felix 8 Assists Jio Fontan 6
Jonathan Holmes 9 Rebounds Dewayne Dedmon 8
Ioannis Papapetrou 4 Free Throws Made Jio Fontan 5
Javan Felix 2 Steals Eric Wise 4
Prince Ibeh 4 Blocks Dewayne Dedmon 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Texas 53 37.0 2-11 11-14 15 35 7 3 17
Southern California 59 34.4 2-11 13-20 14 33 4 7 10