USC basketball vs. UC Davis score, recap: Trojans pull away from Aggies

USC basketball was locked in a tight contest with UC Davis at the break, but pulled away in the second half to win 73-55 at the Galen Center on Sunday.

The lowdown:

Derryck Thornton opened the scoring for the Trojans, but USC fell narrowly behind the Aggies in the early going as Caleb Fuller’s three-pointer put UC Davis ahead 15-11.

USC chipped away at that deficit over the course of a five-minute scoring drought for the Aggies, taking the lead at 16-15 on a Nick Rakocevic layup.

Rakocevic’s technical foul for flicking the ball into the face of an opponent after a made basket didn’t result in any points, since Siler Schneider missed both free throws, but the Aggies converted their next two…