Trojans More Than Happy With Victory Over Huskies : College basketball: Raveling was worried about letdown after big win over UCLA, but USC comes through against Washington, 75-63.

After USC beat UCLA last week to sweep the Bruins for the first time since 1985 and only the second time in 50 years, USC Coach George Raveling feared the Trojans might have a letdown against Washington.

Although the eighth-ranked Trojans were lethargic, they defeated the Huskies, 75-63, Thursday night before 4,721 at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

“We’re just glad to get out of here with a win, particularly under the circumstances,” Raveling said. “We didn’t play with anywhere the emotion or the intensity that we did against UCLA. And I think that was to be expected. The real challenge for me as a coach is to try to get them to play at a consistent level of intensity. But we never seemed to have it tonight.

“We played well enough to win, but not well enough to justify being the No. 8 team in the country and not well enough to justify our first-place standing in the conference.”

USC, 21-4 overall and 13-2 in the Pac-10, remained tied with UCLA for first place in the Pac-10.

Trojan guard Harold Miner, who missed 15 of 18 shots in a three-point victory over Washington last month at the Sports Arena, didn’t shoot much better this time, but he did break his school single-season scoring record. Miner, who had 21 points, missed 11 of 18 shots from the floor, including three of five three-point shots.

Miner wasn’t much better on free throws, making five of eight.

“I’d give myself an F,” Miner said when asked to assess his performance. “I didn’t really think I played all that well. Ever since my freshman year I’ve had a tough time up here.”

Said Raveling: “Mentally he wasn’t in the game tonight. It didn’t seem like he wanted to play. It really doesn’t make any difference to me if somebody up here thinks he’s good or not because they don’t have to coach him. The only one that has to think he’s good is me.”

USC forward Lorenzo Orr shattered a glass backboard 1 hour 45 minutes before the game and needed six stitches to close a cut above his right eye. He scored 10 points, all in the first half.

“I was amazed,” Orr said after breaking the basket. “I never thought I had that much strength in my body. The rim came down in my hand and the glass hit me in the head. But even with the stitches, I came out really pumped up and tried not to let that affect me.”

Orr made five of eight shots in the first half as the Trojans took a 39-36 lead at the intermission. Orr scored USC’s final four points of the first half, making an eight-foot jump hook with 1:38 left and a dunk with two seconds left.

Leading 42-41 one minute into the second half, USC went on a 15-4 run to open a 12-point lead. The Huskies never got any closer than six points.

Center Rich Manning had 21 points and Chandler Nairn added 18 off the bench to tie his career high for Washington (12-15, 5-11).

Trojan Notes

Harold Miner broke his USC single-season scoring record with 682 points in 25 games. Miner had 681 points in 29 games last season. . . . It was USC’s first victory in Seattle since 1985 and the first time that the Trojans had swept the Huskies since 1979. . . . USC Coach George Raveling will be going for his 300th victory when the Trojans play at Washington State on Sunday.

The game started five minutes late after USC’s Lorenzo Orr shattered a backboard. Although Washington officials quickly brought out another basket and swept the court of glass, the 45-second shot clock above the newly installed basket didn’t work and the game was delayed until a replacement shot clock was installed. Although players are usually assessed a technical foul for dunking before a game, Orr didn’t get one because the officials don’t assume jurisdiction until 30 minutes before game time. . . . The starting time for USC’s game against Arizona State next Thursday has been moved from 7:30 p.m. to 6:30 to allow the game to be televised live on Prime Ticket.