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66
Winner Southern California USC 26-9
65
SMU SMU 30-5
Winner
Southern California USC
26-9
66
Final
65
SMU SMU
30-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern California USC 30 36 66
SMU SMU 38 27 65

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Mustangs Fall To USC 66-65 In NCAA Tournament First Round

SMU Finishes Season 30-5

Box Score | Tournament Central

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Elijah Stewart hit a late 3-pointer for No. 11 seed Southern California as the Trojans upset sixth seeded SMU 66-65 Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

SMU's Shake Milton missed a floater at the buzzer.

Stewart had 22 points for the Trojans (26-9). Bennie Boatright and Chimezie Metu each added 14 for USC, which advances to play Baylor in the second round of the East region on Sunday.

USC also rallied from a big deficit in the second half in its First Four win over Providence.

Semi Ojeleye had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Sterling Brown had 17 points for SMU (30-5), which had won 16 straight.

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