Los Angeles Versus the State of Washington (UCLA 2-0, USC 2-0, Washington 0-2, Washington State 0-2)
Predictably, the UCLA Bruins traveled to Pullman and dispatched of the Washington State Cougars 95-79. Ike Iroegbu’s 20 points on 8 of 12 from the field and Conor Clifford’s 16 points on 8 of 9 from the field were not enough to overcome a monster performance by TJ Leaf who poured in 32 points on 14 of 18 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds.
During the first half of the meeting between the USC Trojans and Washington Huskies, it looked like USC was going to suffer a crushing blow to their chances of making the NCAA Tournament as they found themselves down 37-27.