By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Stanford survived a cold shooting spell in the final five minutes Sunday night, hanging on to upend Southern California 78-76 in Pac-12 men’s basketball in Los Angeles.

Though the Trojans (9-7 overall, 1-3 Pac-12) trailed for most of the game, they forged a 10-1 run in the final five minutes before coming up short, erasing most of a 13-point Stanford lead. The Cardinal 11-4 overall, 3-1 Pac-12) had eight straight empty possessions during that stretch, missing five 3-point attempts in the process.

Earlier, Stanford made 10 3-pointers before the Cardinal’s second-half cold spell.

USC’s Jordan McLaughlin pulled the Trojans to within 77-76 with 41 seconds to play before the Cardinal’s Stefan Nastic sank 1 of 2 free throws with one second remaining to account for the final two-point margin.

Anthony Brown led Stanford with 21 points and 10 rebounds, with Rosco Allen contributing career highs of 18 points and four 3-pointers. Nastic finished with 15 points and Chasson Randle added 12 points for the Cardinal. Stanford also had 14 turnovers. Going into the game, Randle was leading the Pac-12 with a 19.8 scoring average.

It was the third consecutive win over USC by Stanford.

Julian Jacobs topped the Trojan scoring column with 16 points, followed by McLaughlin with 14 and Nikola Jovanovic with 13.

The Cardinal returns home on Wednesday night to host California.

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