USC Falls to Boise State

By STEVE HENSON

Dec. 22, 1997 12 AM PT

The Trojans suffered a defensive collapse and were outscored by 15 points in the second half in losing to Boise State, 80-70, in the Boise State Classic at Boise State.

USC (4-3) led by five points at halftime, but the Broncos (3-4) shot 58.3% in the second half and pulled away.

Forward Tiffany Washington scored a game-high 21 points and guard Kristin Clark added 16 for USC. Center Adrain Williams had 12 points and nine rebounds.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

USC Falls to Boise State

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