USC shrugs off injury to top scorer, eases past Maryland

Jordan Marsh scored 20 points to lead injury-depleted Southern California past Maryland 88-71 on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

The Trojans (14-3, 3-3 Big Ten) were already playing without Rodney Rice, lost for the season to a shoulder injury sustained in late November, but season-long leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara was also limited in the Tuesday tilt.

Baker-Mazara, a wing who averages 19.9 points per game, posted seven points in just eight minutes, the result of a neck ailment. With its star spending much of the night on the bench...