Box Score CORVALLIS, Ore. – Stephen Thompson Jr. scored a career-high 24 points and Oregon State battled No. 22 USC to the very end before falling 70-63 on Wednesday night in both team's Pacific-12 Conference opener.
A sophomore guard, Thompson Jr. scored 19 of those points in the second half, when OSU (4-10, 0-1 Pac-12) used a furious comeback to twice trim a 34-17 halftime deficit to six points, the final time at 68-62 with 21 seconds to play.
OSU then forced a turnover, but missed a shot with 16 seconds remaining.