USC can't overcome an off game from star Boogie Ellis and falls to Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
March Madness is upon us. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.USC made no effort this week to hide its game plan. It prepared all week to run Michigan State off the three-point line, where the Spartans ranked among the most prolific offenses in college basketball, capable of burying any offense, let alone one prone to extended lulls.
The disappearance of its leading scorer certainly didn’t help USC, either. In an eerily similar performance to last year’s early tournament loss, Ellis was ineffective. After averaging 22 points over his last dozen games, Ellis scored just six points on Friday on three-of-12 shooting. Like it has so often this season, USC opened Friday’s first-round matchup by digging a hole it would spend the rest of the half climbing out of. Shots refused to fall early, as the Trojans missed nine of their first 12 attempts from the field.
Ellis struggled Friday to find the bottom of the net. Thirteen minutes passed before Ellis finally made his first shot. By the end of the first half, USC’s leading scorer was a meager one for six from the field.
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