LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drew Peterson scored 13 factors and Southern California defeated Montana 76-62 on Saturday evening, with the Trojans getting factors from all 10 of their gamers.

Peterson joined the Trojans (2-0) this season after transferring from Rice, the place he performed two years. Evan Mobley adopted up his 21-point, nine-rebound school debut on Wednesday with 11 factors and 6 rebounds. Isaiah White added 10 factors earlier than fouling out.

Freshman Brandon Whitney scored 17 factors — making Eight of 9 free throws — to steer the Grizzlies of their season opener. Fellow freshman Josh Bannan added 13 factors earlier than fouling out with 3:30 remaining. The Griz had seven gamers with at the very least three fouls every.

The Trojans opened the sport with 32-Eight run, included spurts of 7-0, 7-Zero and 9-0. Isaiah Mobley made Three of four free throws to cap the general run and provides USC its largest lead of the sport.

From there, the Griz outscored USC 17-12 to path 44-25 at halftime.

The Trojans shot 71% from the ground within the first half, managed the boards 19-6 and owned a 22-12 edge within the paint. The Griz have been restricted to 9-of-27 taking pictures from the ground.

Montana outscored USC 37-32 within the second half, however by no means acquired its deficit beneath double-digits.

The Trojans made simply three area targets over the sport’s closing 10 half minutes, once they have been 12 of 20 from the free-throw line.

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Montana is difficult itself to begin the season. The Griz have upcoming journeys to Georgia and Pac-12 colleges Washington and Arizona earlier than Christmas. They completed third within the Large Sky final season after successful the league title the earlier two seasons.

With COVID-19 surging nationwide, the Trojans journey to the East Coast to play two video games subsequent week. The journey can be an early season check on a impartial courtroom in addition to the staff’s capacity to stay freed from the coronavirus that has already triggered video games to be canceled. It is their solely journey exterior the Pac-12 this season.

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Montana: Visits Southern Utah for back-to-back video games on Thursday and Saturday, a part of six straight street video games to begin the season.

USC: Travels to the Mohegan Solar On line casino in Connecticut for video games towards BYU on Tuesday and both UConn or Vanderbilt on Thursday as a part of Bubbleville.

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