CAL BURIES USC TO SNAP 3-GAME PAC-10 LOSING STREAK  1/27/95

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Monty Buckley scored 18 of his 22 points in the second
half Thursday night, leading California to a 76-58 Pacific-10 Conference
victory over Southern Cal.

USC (7-10, 2-5 Pac-10) got as close as 33-31 early in the second half on a
layup by Stais Boseman, but then Buckley took over, scoring 13 points in a
15-4 run to give Cal a 48-35 lead.

Cal (10-5, 2-4) scored on 13 of its first 15 possessions of the second half
and led by as many as 19 points.

Buckley made all four of his 3-point attempts in the second half and pulled
down a game-high nine rebounds. Tremaine Fowlkes and Randy Duck added 16 and
14 points, respectively, for the Bears. Jelani Gardner had 13 assists to go
with seven points for the Bears.

Lorenzo Orr led the Trojans with 19 points and eight rebounds. Boseman added
14 points and had four steals.

The Bears outrebounded USC 45-33, and held the Trojans to 31 percent shooting
from the field.

Cal led 29-15 with 5:56 left in the first half, but USC scored 12 of the
final 16 points of the half to narrow the deficit to 33-27.

The Trojans took their first lead at 9-8. The Bears then scored 14 unanswered
points to make it 22-9 midway through the first half. Fowlkes scored seven
points during the spurt.

The Bears snapped a three-game Pac-10 losing streak.

''It feels good to get back on the winning track,'' said Cal coach Todd
Bozeman, whose team plays at No. 4 UCLA on Saturday. ''Our freshmen are
learning and growing with every game. We're going to enjoy this win tonight
and get ready tomorrow for a big game with UCLA.

''I always felt our team would go through a period where we would not play
well, so our slide to start the Pac-10 didn't surprise me. Three of the four
games we lost were to teams ranked in the Top 20.''

Cal made 27 of its 54 field goal attempts while USC connected on just 19 of
its 61 floor shots.

''It was a simple case of, 'If you can't put the ball in the hole, you can't
win.''' Southern Cal coach Charlie Parker said. ''You can't shoot 29 percent
in a half. It's like going on a long trip and following a road map. If there
are detours, you've got to make adjustments.

''I don't know how many layups and jump shots we missed. It's tough to win if
you can't score.''

The Trojans made just 29 percent of their field goal attempts in the first
half, but trailed by just six points, 33-27.

USC's top four guards -- Brandon Martin, Cameron Murray, Burt Harris and
Boseman -- combined to make only six of 31 shots.

''In our last 3 games, our guards haven't done anything offensively,'' Parker
said.