Getting interesting ...
Ryan Anderson hit a 3-pointer from five feet behind the line with the shot clock winding down to cut the SC lead to four. 6-foot-10 players aren't supposed to be able to do that. Nick Young answered with a 3-point play, but Omar Wilkes drained a 3 for Cal. Following two free throws from Gibson, Wilkes hit another 3 from the same spot just left of the top of the key. Then the Bears got a steal and a layup from Alex Pribble. It's a one-point game, SC 69 and Cal 68.
Matthew Kredell broke into the Daily News in 1998, working part time
at the paper while going to USC. The basketball team’s Elite Eight
run in 2000-01 was USC’s athletic highlight in his time at the
school, when the football team was stuck in the Paul Hackett-era.
After graduating in 2001, he started writing for the Daily News full
time. He’s in his second year covering USC, which coincides with the
rise of the program. He’ll take credit for the success, though Tim
Floyd may have more to do with it. A third-generation Los Angelean,
he grew up reading the Daily News while at El Camino Real High School
in Woodland Hills.