n Athletic -- in offensive rebounding. The Trojans average 15.8 per game and SMU is averaging 14.6.UP NEXTSMU: The Mustangs continue their two-game ro

LOS ANGELES -- Southern California didnt panic when they fell behind in the second half and the Trojans rallied by hitting threes to stay undefeated.Bennie Boatwright scored a season-high 17 points and freshman DeAnthony Melton added a career-high 15 points to lead the Trojans to a 78-73 victory over SMU on Friday night.Boatwright made 4-of-7 3-pointers and Jonah Matthews scored 14 points for the Trojans.I was out for 2 months and Im now getting my rhythm back, Boatwright said. My flow within the offense is picking up and my teammates are making good passes to me. In my first two games, I was pressing and everything was off.USC (5-0) improved to 5-1 all-time against the Mustangs (4-2) and shot 49.1 percent from the field, including 12 of 24 from beyond the arc.Melton scored nine points during a 19-4 run -- capped by Meltons 3 -- that gave USC a 51-41 lead with 10:56 to play.I got out there and ran and got open shots and that makes it fun, said Melton, who made 5 of 9 shots, had 6 rebounds and 5 assists. We (the freshmen) are holding our own and our hard work is paying off. Im learning and Im getting stronger.Boatwright and Melton combined to make 7 of the 12 USC 3-pointers.SMU cut the score to 74-68 with 1:15 to play following a steal and layup by Shake Milton but would get no closer.That was a nice win, USC coach Andy Enfield said. SMU is a quality team and will probably win 20-plus games. It was a big win for us. The players showed poise when they got behind in the second half. They ramped up the defense and got back in the game. The defense was getting stops using our length. Then we got out in transition and hit some threes.Ben Moore led SMU with 14 points. Semi Ojeleye added 13 points and 10 rebounds. Milton and Sterling Brown each scored 12.The Trojans took a 19-14 lead following a 3-pointer by Shaqquan Aaron at the 9:39 mark. The Mustangs battled back and took a 22-21 lead before USC took a 28-27 lead into the break.We knew coming in that USC was a strong team offensively with great quickness, SMU coach Tim Jankovich said. We played a tremendous first half defensively but over the course of the game you could see our opponent hurting us with 3-point shooting. Every single guy is a big threat on USC and you could really see that come alive in the second half.SMU outrebounded the Trojans 39-35 and outscored USC in the paint 38-24.BIG PICTURESMU: With five players averaging double figures and the Mustangs having led the American Athletic Conference in shooting percentage for the last 3 seasons, SMU figures to finish higher in conference than middle of the pack as predicted.USC: USC has four starters averaging in double figures and its four freshmen are contributing. For the second consecutive season, the Trojans open the season at 5-0. The Trojans are one of four Pac-12 teams still undefeated.DeMAN OF STEAL: Melton had five steals in a win against New Orleans on Nov. 22 and leads the Pac-12 with 14 steals. His 3.3 steals per game seventh in the country.QUICK COMPARE: Entering Fridays game, both USC and SMU were leading their respective conferences -- Pac-12 and American Athletic -- in offensive rebounding. 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NEW YORK -- While Doc Rivers demonstrative ejection will draw plenty of attention, DeAndre Jordan believes the Los Angeles Clippers sudden swoon has more to do with them feeling their early season success a tad too much.Rivers had to be held back by players and assistant coaches after he was ejected in the first of two overtimes during the teams 127-122 loss to the Brooklyn Nets?on Tuesday.With 18.6 seconds left in the first overtime and the Clippers trailing 117-115, Rivers walked past midcourt, almost to the Nets bench, to argue a foul called by official Lauren Holtkamp.Rivers was whistled for a technical foul and then handed a second technical and an automatic ejection by lead official Ken Mauer, which set Rivers off.I thought it was an awful tech, Rivers said after the Clippers lost for a third straight time on the road.Honestly, I think you guys know why the tech was called, Rivers continued. The official who had nothing to do with the play thought I was yelling at Lauren, and I wasnt. Actually, she said, Doc, youre right, or whatever, Lets walk back. We were walking. We werent even arguing. So it was the damnedest tech to give at that time.What the league is going to do, theyre going to fall back on, He crossed half court. Youll see tomorrow, thats what theyre going to say. And were going to all know thats not the real reason. I dont think an official that has nothing to do with the play should be giving someone a tech. Thats my thing. Thats why I got upset. He didnt even know what we were talking about. It wasnt even an argument. But listen, that had nothing to do with the game, and thats not why we lost the game.Mauer explained to a pool reporter that Rivers earned the first technical foul for crossing over midcourt. Thats automatic. Mauer then said the second technical came because of Rivers behavior.Do I need to explaiin it to you? Mauer said.dddddddddddd. Watch the tape. Behavior, language warrants a second technical foul. Warranted an ejection after getting a first technical foul.The Clippers and Holtkamp have some history. In February 2015, Holtkamp hit Chris Paul with a technical foul following an exchange on an inbounds pass, and Paul ripped the call postgame, calling it terrible and saying that officiating might not be for her. The NBA fined Paul $25,000 for his comments.Holtkamp also assessed Paul a technical foul this past February for an overt clap in her direction.Although the Clippers (14-5) still managed to force a second overtime without Blake Griffin, who sat out the game to rest, L.A.s third straight road loss led Jordan to bluntly assess the team.I think we are smelling ourselves a little bit, said Jordan, who had 21 points and 23 rebounds. We havent done s---. Nothing. We were No. 1 in the West for a couple of weeks? That dont mean nothing. At all.I feel like we took that for granted. We thought we were a lot better than we really are. We got to continue to get better and have respect for the game.Rivers felt that Tuesday was the first time this season the Clippers went into a game with the wrong attitude and mentality.We just hadnt played well the other two [losses] but we came in the game with the right attitude, Rivers said. Tonight, we got good all of the sudden. We were walking around like we done something. And that bothers me. Because weve done crap. We havent done crap.And for us to walk around against a team -- to me, that is playing their hearts out every night to just win one game -- for us to walk around like we have done something, it bothers me on a basketball level. I didnt like it. ' ' '