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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 98, Southern California 94
When: 9:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 29, 2015
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: # Verne Harris, # Tony Padilla, # Rick Randall
Attendance: 3588

Colorado 98, USC 94 (3OT): Askia Booker scored a career-high 43 points - the most by a Pac-12 player this season - and 19 after regulation as the Buffaloes recorded their first win on the road this season in wild fashion.

Xavier Johnson recorded 12 points - including a clutch 3-pointer in the first overtime - before fouling out with 2:31 left in the second OT and freshman Tory Miller added season highs of 11 points and 13 rebounds for Colorado (11-9, 4-4 Pac-12). Booker was 13-for-23 from the field - 4-for-10 from 3-point range - and 13-for-15 from the free-throw line to help the Buffaloes overcome three players fouling out, including Wesley Gordon (eight points, seven rebounds) and Dustin Thomas (nine points).

Katin Reinhardt scored a career-high 35 points and tied a school record with nine 3-pointers before fouling out with 3:41 left and Nikola Jovanovic recorded a career-best 30 points - his 15th consecutive double-figure game - and nine rebounds before fouling out in the final seconds for USC (9-11, 1-7), which lost its fifth straight contest. Freshman Jordan McLaughlin contributed 11 points, seven points and seven rebounds, but was 5-for-12 from the free-throw line.

Colorado led by as many as 11 in the second half before scoring five points - all free throws - over the final 8:26 of the period as Jovanovic forced overtime with a basket at the rim to make it 66-66 with 44.1 seconds left. Johnson's 3-pointer - the Buffaloes' first field goal since the 10:13 mark of the second half and the only one by either team in the first overtime - made it 73-73 with 30.4 seconds left before McLaughlin's jumper in the lane bounced off the rim as time ran out.

Jovanovic could not complete a three-point play after giving USC an 83-81 lead with 18.7 seconds remaining in the second overtime, allowing Booker - who scored nine of Colorado's 10 points in the second OT - to deliver a floater in the lane with eight seconds left to force a third extra period. Booker scored eight points in the third OT, including a pair of free throws with 13.4 seconds left to make it 97-94 before McLaughlin missed a layup and Miller sealed the victory with a free throw.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Reinhardt (16) and Jovanovic combined for 30 of USC's 38 points in the first half as the Trojans led by as many as 10 before settling for a one-point lead at the break. ... Booker, who scored the fourth-most points in school history, recorded the second-highest point total in Division I this season behind Delaware State's Amere May, who recorded 48 in a 72-64 victory over St. Francis (N.Y.) on Dec. 17. ... Johnson returned after missing four games with an ankle injury, but Buffaloes C Josh Scott didn't play for the seventh time in the last eight games because of back spasms and G Jaron Hopkins sat out after suffering an ankle injury in practice Wednesday. ... USC's Anthony Pendleton made nine 3-pointers on Dec. 9, 1987 in an 85-66 loss to Long Beach State.
Top Game Performances
 
Colorado   Southern California
Askia Booker 43 Scoring Katin Reinhardt 35
Askia Booker 3 Assists Jordan McLaughlin 7
Tory Miller 13 Rebounds Nikola Jovanovic 9
Askia Booker 13 Free Throws Made Nikola Jovanovic 8
Askia Booker 3 Steals Darion Clark 2
Xavier Johnson 2 Blocks Darion Clark 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Colorado 98 46.2 8-22 30-42 8 38 2 8 20
Southern California 94 42.5 9-22 23-35 12 39 4 5 17