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  Saturday, Dec. 23 8:00pm ET
Usc 70, Byu 67
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

LAIE, Hawaii (AP) _ Sam Clancy and Brian Scalabrine each scored 26 points to help No. 13 Southern California's rally from a 20-point deficit to defeat BYU 70-67 Saturday in the third-place game of the Yahoo! Sports Invitational.

The Trojans (9-1), who dropped a heartbreaking 84-83 overtime loss to No. 24 Mississippi on Friday, appeared to be headed for their second straight defeat.

The Cougars (7-4) led 41-23 at halftime and USC coach Henry Bibby had already been ejected after receiving his second technical foul with 2:53 left in the first half.

After falling behind 43-23 just 13 seconds after the start of the second half, Clancy and Scalabrine went to work, scoring 35 of USC's 47 second-half points.

Two free throws by Scalabrine tied it at 64 with 3:50 left and Clancy put the Trojans ahead for the first time with a basket 45 seconds later. USC never relinquished that lead.

David Bluthenthal added a pair of free throws and Terrell Lyday countered with a 3-pointer for BYU to make it a one-point game, but Brandon Granville closed it out with a driving layup with seven seconds left.

Trent Whiting's 3-point attempt from the corner fell short.

After shooting 27 percent (8-for-29) in the first half, the Trojans shot 61 percent (14-of-23) in the second.

Wesley led the Cougars with 19 points, 15 coming in the first half. But he sat out more than 10 minutes of the second half after picking up his fourth foul less than two minutes into the second half. Lyday added 17 points.

 


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