Finally, it appeared, after spending several weeks slowed and sidelined because of a nagging foot injury, USC's Bennie Boatwright had returned to form.
"I just need one to go in," Boatwright said. "I just need to see it once and then it's over."
As USC failed to keep pace in a loss at Arizona, Boatwright managed only seven shots and scored seven points.
At the center of his difficulties is a foot injury that coaches had previously described as a blister, when in fact it was a callus that became infected on the ball of his right foot.