IT'S OVER --- UW 73-67 OT.
UW FANS ENJOYING THEMSELVES --- Husky fans are shouting: "Just like football!" UW 71-67, 4.7 seconds.
FREE THROW CONTEST --- Refs taking over again. UW 68-64, 26.6.
OVERTON TAKING OVER --- He's got four points in the extra period. UW 66-61, 47.9 seconds.
ROSS FOULS OUT --- Ross picked up his fifth foul on an awful call. He was going for a loose ball and the ref 20 feet away called the foul. UW 60-58, 2:37.
OVERTIME --- Overton missed a long jumper and UW corralled the rebound. The Huskies had the ball with 39.9 seconds. Thomas dribbled out the shot clock before lofting a long shot that missed. USC never got off a shot. UW 55-55.
ROOKIE MISTAKE --- Ross fouled Vucevic while going for a missed free throw. He had no shot at the rebound. Vucevic drained both. UW 55-55, 1:15.
HERE WE GO --- Ross knocked down a big basket in the lane before Vucevic drained a three-pointer. UW 54-53, 1:26.
TERRENCE ROSS WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! --- Ross drained a step-back three. Amazing. UW 51-46, 4:49.
BYE, BYE N'DIAYE --- N'Diaye fouls out. Bryan-Amaning checks in with three fouls. UW 48-46, 5:17.
BIGGEST LEAD FOR UW --- Ross sank a short hook. UW 48-45, 6:40.
REFS ARE TAKING OVER --- Hate to beat a dead horse here, but the Pac-10 officiating is brutal. They're calling fouls that's not there. UW 46-45, 8:03.
HOLIDAY HAS FOUR --- That's four fouls for Holiday. He's out. N'Diaye is in. USC 45-42, 9:06.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS ... --- But I got to slow down. I wont' abandon the game thread. I know more folks may be reading than normal, but I got to start the game story. USC 42-40, 10:47.
N'DIAYE HAS FOUR --- That's four fouls on N'Diaye. He's out. Holiday is in. USC 38-36, 13:23.
ROSS CHECKS IN --- The freshman is back in the game. The Huskies have also gone back to their zone defense. USC 38-36, 14:26.
THIS IS PAC-10 BASKETBALL --- Great action on both ends. Vucevic blows past N'Diaye for a layup. Thomas counters with a driving layup over Vucevic despite being fouled. The building is electric. Both crowds going at it. Good stuff. USC 38-35, 14:26.
WAITING FOR THE ZONE --- The Huskies haven't broken out the zone just yet. USC 34-33, 15:42.
THREE ON GANT --- That's three fouls on Gant. He's replaced by N'Diaye. USC 31-30.
THREE ON BRYAN-AMANING --- That's three fouls on Bryan-Amaning. Looks like he's staying in. USC 31-30, 17:53
NO WILCOX --- If you're wondering what happened to C.J. Wilcox, he's out with a sore hip. UW 28-28, 18:44.
ROMAR HEATED --- The Huskies started the half with a play for Holiday in the post perhaps wanting to take advantage of the size matchup. He lost the ball, but UW retained possession because it called a timeout. Before going to the bench, Holiday got an earful from Romar. UW 28-26, 19:35.
SECOND HALF --- Gant started in place of N'Diaye. (Sorry for the earlier post).
HALFTIME OBSERVATIONS --- Great half of basketball for the Huskies. I think I understand what Romar is doing. He's turned this game into a three-point shooting contest with the zone and hoping the Huskies better shooters do their thing. It's a sound strategy. Anyone whose ripped Romar for not being a good Xs and Os coach needs to get video of this game. Too bad it's not on TV. He's packed the paint with bodies. Vucevic and Stepheson are negated. He's put the game into the hands of Fontan, Maurice Jones and Simmons. He's daring them to shoot. The zone doesn't tire out the Huskies. They can get a hand up for the shooters. The ploy has worked marvelously. USC is 1 for 10 on three-pointers.
Offensively, the Huskies are taking advantage of 5-7 Maurice Jones. This is what what Texas and Kansas did to the Trojans. He's a short guy and you can shoot over him, which is what Ross has done for three three-pointers.
Thomas was taken out of the offense by Simmons, but Thomas hasn't stopped probing and looking for his shot. He found Ross for a three-pointer and he's scored on two dribble drives.
Tough sledding for Bryan-Amaning, who has a team-leading nine points. He has his hands full with Stepheson. N'Diaye has three fouls and he's been ineffective. The Huskies can't lose Bryan-Amaning, who has two fouls. He's still being very aggressive with Vucevic and that could be dangerous.
It's been a little surprising that Holiday hasn't made a bigger impact.
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HALFTIME --- UW 28-26.
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