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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Southern California 100, Lafayette 64
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Where: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: # John Higgins, # Kipp Kissinger, # Steve Olsen
Attendance: 3215

Sophomore guard Elijah Stewart tied his career high with 27 points and sophomore guard Jordan McLaughlin flirted with a triple-double, leading USC to a 100-64 victory over visiting Lafayette on Wednesday night at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

Junior guard Katin Reinhardt had 26 points for USC (11-2), which has won six in a row. Freshman forward Chimezie Metu had 15 points and eight rebounds. McLaughlin had 14 points, 16 assists and eight rebounds, and junior forward Nikola Jovanovic added 12 points and eight rebounds.

Junior guard Nick Lindner scored 18 points to lead Lafayette (3-8).

USC raced out to a 17-6 lead over the first six minutes of the contest, but Lafayette mounted a 9-0 run to cut the deficit to four on a 3-pointer by freshman forward Paulius Zalys with 11:54 to play in the opening period. The Trojans were up by three with 8:15 to go when Reinhardt made a 3-pointer to spark an 11-4 run that gave them a double-digit lead.

USC led 45-37 at the break and started the second half with an 11-0 run to take a 56-37 lead with 16:45 to play. The Trojans later mounted a 12-0 run to take a 94-62 lead with 2:32 remaining.
Top Game Performances
 
Lafayette   Southern California
Nick Lindner 18 Scoring Elijah Stewart 27
Monty Boykins 3 Assists Jordan McLaughlin 16
Ben Freeland 5 Rebounds Nikola Jovanovic 8
Nick Lindner 2 Free Throws Made Elijah Stewart 3
Bryce Scott 2 Steals Darion Clark 2
Ben Freeland 1 Blocks Nikola Jovanovic 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Lafayette 64 36.1 9-28 3-4 14 30 2 4 11
Southern California 100 54.7 13-21 5-6 27 41 3 8 7