Huskies rout depleted Trojans
SEATTLE ? Kevin O'Neill figured this might be a long season, especially after losing four starters off last season's team.
Just how long, the USC basketball coach had no idea.
"I knew it was going to be difficult," O'Neill said the other day. "I don't think any of us realized it would be this painful, but it is."
Painful, indeed.
The Trojans have nearly as many scholarship players out for the season because of injuries ? five ? as they have players remaining on the roster ? six.
That makes it difficult to even practice, much less go up against Pac-12-leading Washington on the road, a task the Trojans faced Saturday night.
The last-place Trojans, who are forced to start two freshmen and two sophomores, kept it close for more than a half before suffering a 69-41 loss at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
Garrett Jackson scored 15 points for USC (6-18, 1-10) and Byron Wesley added 12.
Washington (16-7, 9-2) was led by guard Tony Wroten, who was considered only 50-50 to play after bruising his thigh and shin Thursday in a victory against UCLA.
But Wroten, who is third nationally among freshmen in NCAA Division I with 16.9 points per game, was in the starting lineup against the Trojans and finished with 13 points.
The Trojans, who made a season-high nine 3-pointers in Thursday's 60-53 defeat at Washington State, missed their first 14 attempts against the Huskies before Greg Allen made one with 1:18 remaining.
Allen, who had a career-high 17 points in the previous game at WSU, was scoreless in the first half.
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