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FINAL
Feb 23, 2023

Game Recap

Ellis scores 21 to help USC cruise past Colorado 84-65. Boogie Ellis scored 21 points and Southern California breezed to an 84-65 victory over Colorado on Thursday night.

Box Score

12T
USC434184
COLO303565
Usc Trojans logoUSCMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
24Joshua Morgan224-50-00-16013118
22Tre White274-51-11-260111310
0Kobe Johnson366-92-41-170202315
5Boogie Ellis297-162-75-612002021
13Drew Peterson375-121-40-066001011
33Kijani Wright92-30-00-23010004
3Vince Iwuchukwu90-00-00-02100110
4Oziyah Sellers80-00-00-00100010
2Reese Waters235-82-33-552000415
TOTAL33-5856.9%8-1942.1%10-1758.8%36125481384
Colorado Buffaloes logoCOLORADOMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
23Tristan da Silva352-90-42-24110206
0Luke O'Brien294-71-33-452201412
34Lawson Lovering224-60-01-27000139
32Nique Clifford293-100-31-10102037
2KJ Simpson387-161-53-465400318
5Quincy Allen162-82-71-21104017
1Julian Hammond III100-40-20-03100100
14Ethan Wright212-62-40-02110126
TOTAL24-6636.4%6-2821.4%11-1573.3%28128661665

Play-by-Play

1st halfusccolo
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (20:00) Jump Ball won by Colorado
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (19:38) Nique Clifford made Jumper.
    02
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (19:20) Drew Peterson Turnover.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (19:20) Tristan da Silva Steal.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (19:08) Nique Clifford missed Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (19:08) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (18:36) Drew Peterson missed Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (18:36) KJ Simpson Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +3 (18:20) KJ Simpson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nique Clifford.
    05
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +3 (17:51) Tre White made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Peterson.
    35
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (17:30) Nique Clifford made Jumper.
    37
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (17:14) Boogie Ellis made Layup.
    57
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (16:52) Tristan da Silva missed Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (16:52) Lawson Lovering Offensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (16:47) Lawson Lovering made Dunk.
    59
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (16:36) Tre White Turnover.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (16:36) KJ Simpson Steal.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (16:36) Foul on Tre White.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (16:20) Lawson Lovering Turnover.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (16:09) Joshua Morgan made Layup. Assisted by Boogie Ellis.
    79
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (16:09) Foul on Nique Clifford.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (16:09) Joshua Morgan missed Free Throw.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (16:09) Lawson Lovering Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (15:56) Luke O'Brien missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (15:56) Kobe Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (15:48) Boogie Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (15:48) Tristan da Silva Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (15:32) Foul on Kobe Johnson.
  • (15:32) Official TV Timeout
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +1 (15:32) Luke O'Brien made Free Throw.
    710
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (15:32) Luke O'Brien missed Free Throw.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (15:32) Reese Dixon-Waters Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +3 (15:20) Reese Dixon-Waters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Peterson.
    1010
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (14:52) KJ Simpson made Jumper.
    1012
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (14:32) Drew Peterson made Layup.
    1212
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (14:11) Lawson Lovering made Layup. Assisted by KJ Simpson.
    1214
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (13:51) Foul on KJ Simpson.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +1 (13:51) Boogie Ellis made Free Throw.
    1314
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +1 (13:51) Boogie Ellis made Free Throw.
    1414
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (13:30) Julian Hammond III missed Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (13:30) Tre White Block.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (13:30) Julian Hammond III Offensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (13:23) Julian Hammond III missed Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (13:23) VIncent Iwuchukwu Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (13:05) Reese Dixon-Waters missed Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (13:05) Tristan da Silva Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (13:01) Foul on VIncent Iwuchukwu.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (12:51) Tristan da Silva missed Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (12:51) Reese Dixon-Waters Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (12:33) Tre White made Jumper.
    1614
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (12:18) KJ Simpson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (12:18) Joshua Morgan Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (12:01) Joshua Morgan missed Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (12:01) Lawson Lovering Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (11:49) Tristan da Silva missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (11:49) Reese Dixon-Waters Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (11:27) Joshua Morgan Turnover.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (11:27) Ethan Wright Steal.
  • (11:27) Official TV Timeout
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (11:09) Ethan Wright missed Layup.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (11:09) Joshua Morgan Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (10:56) Boogie Ellis made Layup.
    1814
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (10:47) Luke O'Brien made Layup. Assisted by Tristan da Silva.
    1816
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (10:26) Boogie Ellis made Layup.
    2016
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (10:12) Tristan da Silva Turnover.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (10:12) Joshua Morgan Steal.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +3 (10:05) Kobe Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Peterson.
    2316
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (9:46) Julian Hammond III Turnover.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (9:46) Kobe Johnson Steal.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (9:35) Drew Peterson made Jumper.
    2516
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (9:29) Colorado Timeout
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (9:14) Lawson Lovering made Jumper.
    2518
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (8:58) Reese Dixon-Waters made Jumper.
    2718
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (8:35) Foul on Reese Dixon-Waters.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (8:25) Ethan Wright missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (8:25) USC Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (8:10) Foul on Ethan Wright.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (8:09) Drew Peterson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (8:09) Colorado Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (8:01) KJ Simpson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (8:01) Ethan Wright Offensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (7:56) Luke O'Brien made Layup. Assisted by Ethan Wright.
    2720
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +3 (7:35) Reese Dixon-Waters made Three Point Jumper.
    3020
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (7:18) Luke O'Brien missed Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (7:18) Drew Peterson Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +3 (7:09) Drew Peterson made Three Point Jumper.
    3320
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (6:40) KJ Simpson made Layup.
    3322
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (6:24) Kobe Johnson missed Layup.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (6:24) Lawson Lovering Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (6:07) Foul on Reese Dixon-Waters.
  • (6:07) Official TV Timeout
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +1 (6:07) KJ Simpson made Free Throw.
    3323
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (6:07) KJ Simpson missed Free Throw.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (6:07) Kobe Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (5:56) Boogie Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (5:56) Quincy Allen Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (5:50) Foul on Oziyah Sellers.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (5:36) Nique Clifford missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (5:36) Joshua Morgan Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (5:25) Kobe Johnson made Layup.
    3523
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (5:05) Quincy Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (5:05) Joshua Morgan Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (5:00) Foul on Luke O'Brien.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +3 (4:48) Boogie Ellis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Oziyah Sellers.
    3823
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (4:22) KJ Simpson made Jumper.
    3825
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (4:03) Drew Peterson missed Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (4:03) Luke O'Brien Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +3 (3:49) Quincy Allen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke O'Brien.
    3828
  • (3:33) Official TV Timeout
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (3:32) USC Timeout
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (3:18) Foul on Lawson Lovering.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (3:18) Tre White missed Free Throw.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (3:18) USC Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +1 (3:18) Tre White made Free Throw.
    3928
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (3:07) KJ Simpson missed Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (3:07) Lawson Lovering Offensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (3:02) Tristan da Silva missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (3:02) Drew Peterson Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (2:50) Kijani Wright made Jumper. Assisted by Boogie Ellis.
    4128
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (2:24) Ethan Wright Turnover.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (2:24) Kijani Wright Steal.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (2:24) Foul on Lawson Lovering.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (2:05) Boogie Ellis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (2:05) Tre White Offensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (1:56) Drew Peterson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (1:56) Quincy Allen Block.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (1:56) USC Offensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (1:39) USC Turnover.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    +2 (1:33) Tristan da Silva made Layup. Assisted by Luke O'Brien.
    4130
  • Usc Trojans logo
    +2 (1:07) Tre White made Jumper.
    4330
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (0:55) Ethan Wright missed Layup.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:55) Kijani Wright Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (0:24) Foul on Luke O'Brien.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:24) Kijani Wright missed Free Throw.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:24) USC Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:24) Kijani Wright missed Free Throw.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:24) Kobe Johnson Turnover.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (0:24) Luke O'Brien Steal.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (0:24) Ethan Wright Defensive Rebound.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (0:06) Nique Clifford missed Layup.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:04) Kobe Johnson Defensive Rebound.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:02) Kobe Johnson Turnover.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (0:02) KJ Simpson Steal.
  • Colorado Buffaloes logo
    (0:02) Luke O'Brien Turnover.
  • Usc Trojans logo
    (0:02) Tre White Steal.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

84Points65
33-58(56.9%)Field Goal(%)24-66(36.4%)
8-19(42.1%)3-Point(%)6-28(21.4%)
10-17(58.8%)Free Throw(%)11-15(73.3%)
41(6)Rebounds(Offensive)33(10)
12Assists12
5Steals8
4Blocks6
9Turnovers6
13(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)
22Largest Lead5

Game Details

Thursday, February 23, 2023 · 9:00 PM
CU Events Center · Boulder, CO
attendance: 6,638 (60.0%)
tv: ESPN2
spread: COLO -2.5
over/under: 140.5