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Marsh hits 4 3s, scores 20 — both season highs — to help USC beat Maryland 88-71

Marsh hits 4 3s, scores 20 -- both season highs -- to help USC beat Maryland 88-71 | iNFOnews.ca
Southern California forward Ezra Ausar (2) dunks as Maryland guard Isaiah Watts (12), center Collin Metcalf (45) and Southern California guard Jordan Marsh, right, watch during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jordan Marsh hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, both season highs, to help USC beat Maryland 88-71 on Tuesday night.

Ezra Ausar and Jacob Cofie each scored 12 points for USC (14-3, 3-3 Big Ten). Gabe Dynes and Jerry Easter II added 10 points apiece. Chad Baker-Mazara, who went in averaging 19.9 points per game this season, scored seven points in eight first-half minutes and did not play (neck) after halftime.

There were eight ties and six lead changes before Ausar converted a three-point play that gave the Trojans the lead for good amid a 10-0 run that made it 58-52 with 13:51 left in the game. David Coit hit a 3-point with 11:14 remaining that trimmed the deficit to 63-59 but Maryland went without a field goal for the next four minutes, 58 seconds. Brownell made a layup and a 3-pointer, Marsh added and Cofie hit a 3 to cap a 12-2 spurt that pushed the lead to 14 points with five minutes to go.

Maryland (7-10, 0-6) has lost four straight and seven of eight.

The Trojans made 34 of 66 (52%) from the field and are 14-0 this season when they shoot 40% or better.

Coit led the Terrapins with 30 points, Solomon Washington had 11 points and eight rebounds in 23 foul-plagued minutes, and Darius Adams also scored 11 for the Terrapins. Coit, a graduate transfer from Kansas, has three games of 30-plus points this season and scored a career-high 41 in a 95-90 win over Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 19.

USC is 1-4 against the Terrapins, 1-1 at home.

Up next

Maryland: Hosts Penn State on Sunday.

USC: Hosts No. 5 Purdue on Saturday.

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Marsh hits 4 3s, scores 20 -- both season highs -- to help USC beat Maryland 88-71 | iNFOnews.ca
Maryland guard David Coit (8) drives to the basket against Southern California guard Kam Woods, left, and guard Jordan Marsh, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
Marsh hits 4 3s, scores 20 -- both season highs -- to help USC beat Maryland 88-71 | iNFOnews.ca
Southern California forward Jacob Cofie (6) drives to the basket as Maryland guard George Turkson Jr., center, and forward Aleks Alston, right, watch during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
Marsh hits 4 3s, scores 20 -- both season highs -- to help USC beat Maryland 88-71 | iNFOnews.ca
Maryland guard David Coit (8) drives against Southern California guard Kam Woods (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

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