Washington faced a tough test to open up Pac-12 play on the road against USC but they were more than up to the test with an 88-81 victory. It was the UW offense that carried the day as the Dawgs shot a blistering 67.3% from the field.
The Huskies started out the night with a pair of turnovers but quickly stabilized and forced an early timeout from USC head coach Andy Enfield on consecutive Sam Timmins dunks. But USC responded coming out of the timeout and used a press and zone on defense to make Washington uncomfortable and go up 19-9.