LOS ANGELES -- Playing their first game without injured forward Bennie Boatwright, Southern California showed it can survive. Dan Hampton Jersey .Jordan McLaughlin scored 24 points and the Trojans defeated BYU 91-84 on Saturday night in the second game of the inaugural Hoophall LA doubleheader at Staples Center.No. 8 Gonzaga beat 16th-ranked Arizona 69-62 in the first game.Shaqquan Aaron added a season-high 19 points and Elijah Stewart had 16 points for the Trojans (8-0), who equaled their best start since 2000-01. They joined Gonzaga, Saint Marys and UCLA as the only West Coast teams that are still undefeated.Were a better team now early than we were early last year because of our defense, USC coach Andy Enfield said. Were able to defend. We had 11 steals. This team is very unique because whether we go big or small were able to defend.Boatwright, who was averaging 10.8 points and 4.0 rebounds, hurt his knee on Wednesday and will be out six weeks.When a mans down, everybody has to step it up, Aaron said.Eric Mika scored a career-high 29 points, TJ Haws added 16 points and Nick Emery had 15 points for the Cougars (5-3), who have lost three of four.The Cougars controlled the boards 41-34.One of the big things was to keep their bigs off the boards. We knew their bigs were super active, Mika said. It was just tough to cover all those guys, to be in all those places at the same time. They did a heck of a job crashing the boards.The Trojans stretched a seven-point halftime lead into a 15-point advantage to open the second half. McLaughlin and Stewart combined to score 10 straight points.The Cougars reeled off eight in a row to close to 55-47 with Emery hitting a 3-pointer and Mika scoring the other five.Chimezie Metu scored four straight to keep the Trojans ahead 77-64.The Cougars outscored USC 11-3 to close to 80-75, making seven of eight free throws in the run. DeAnthony Melton answered with a 3-pointer for the Trojans, who hung on after leading by 16 early in the second half.We just stayed aggressive. We were missing a lot of easy shots there, Aaron said. We didnt hang our heads. We let our defense become our offense and got some easy transition baskets.BIG PICTUREBYU: The Cougars began with a bang, going on a 12-2 run to start the game. They couldnt manage another run the rest of the half and trailed 39-32 at the break. They had 11 of their 16 turnovers in the first half.USC: The Trojans borrowed a page from BYU, starting the second half on a 10-2 run that extended their lead to 15 points.TIP-INSBYU: Emery has hit a 3-pointer in all eight games and hes scored in double figures in seven of eight games. ... Mika has five 20-plus point games so far. ... The Cougars are 1-1 playing in NBA areas. They beat Utah State in the Jazzs arena on Wednesday, lost to USC in the Lakers arena and will play Illinois in the Bulls arena on Dec. 17.USC: The Trojans lead the all-time series 7-3, having won the last two matchups. ... Boatwright sprained his medial collateral ligament in his left knee against San Diego. ... Their seven wins in November were a school record for the month.UP NEXTBYU: Hosts Weber State on Wednesday.USC: The Trojans host Pepperdine on Dec. 11, giving them seven straight days without a game, their longest break of the season.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. William Perry Bears Jersey . On Tuesday, Ottawa placed forward Cory Conacher and defenceman Joe Corvo on waivers as trade rumours swirl around the Senators. Devin Hester Jersey .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. http://www.authenticbearsnflfansmall.com/c-43-bears-jerrell-freeman-jersey.aspx . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. PHILADELPHIA -- Trailing by four runs in the ninth, the Chicago White Sox staged a late rally that made a lot of Philadelphia Phillies fans very nervous.It just wasnt quite enough.Odubel Herrera kept up his hitting surge with a homer among his three hits and drove in three runs as the Phillies held off a late White Sox comeback attempt in a 7-6 win Tuesday night.Offensively, we just kept chipping away and getting to a point, even in the last inning right there, you bring up the tying run, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. Weve got to be able to hold them, and thats got to be the biggest thing.Tommy Joseph and Roman Quinn added two hits apiece and combined to drive in three runs for the Phillies. Herrera, who hits between Joseph and Quinn in the lineup, is 15 for 28 in his last seven games after slumping for most of the summer following his trip to the All-Star Game.Melky Cabrera hit a three-run home run for the White Sox, who have lost four straight. Struggling veteran James Shields (5-18), winless since July 26, allowed six earned runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.It was kind of on and off, Shields said. I made some pretty good pitches that I thought they were going to hit the dirt and they got some hits on me, strung together a couple of hits when they needed to. I got the infield in and they got some holes. But Ive got to do a better job of getting some outs there early.Trailing 7-3 in the ninth, the White Sox pulled within one on a two-out wild pitch and a two-run double from Adam Eaton. However, Michael Mariot came on and got Tim Anderson to ground out to short to end the game and pick up his first career save.It wasnt pretty but we hung on to win that game, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. That was huge.Jake Thompson (3-5) gave up three runs and four hits over five innings to earn the win for the Phillies.For the second straight game, the Phillies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. After Quinn walked, Herrera hit a 1-1 pitch into the Phillies bullpen for his 15th homer of the season.Herrera also started a two-out rally in the third, singling and stealiing second, before scampering home on Josephs two-out double. William Perry Jersey. Joseph then came home when Anderson couldnt handle a sharp liner off the bat of Maikel Franco, giving the Phillies a 4-3 lead.Herreras big night continued in the fifth when he snuck a ground-ball through the hole between first and second to drive in Quinn and extend Philadelphias lead to 5-3.Hes more disciplined at the plate, Mackanin said of Herrera. He looks more like the guy we saw early in the season than the guy we did for the last six weeks. For whatever reason, he seemed to lose focus but he seems to be getting it back. That bodes well for us.Quinns two-run single in the sixth provided enough insurance for the Phillies to open their second-to-last home series of the season with a win.Before the ninth, Chicagos big inning came in the third. With two outs and nobody on, Anderson doubled and Jose Abreu walked before Cabrera lined a 1-1 pitch just inside the right-field foul pole for his 12th home run of the year, putting the White Sox ahead 3-2.FLASHING LEATHERWith two on and one out in the fifth, sure-handed Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis made a very nice sliding snag of Abreus grounder before starting an impressive inning-ending double play that killed Chicagos rally.STRUGGLING VS. THE PHILLIESThe White Sox are 2-7 in their last nine games against the Phillies dating back to June 11, 2007. It is their lowest winning percentage against any National League team in that span.IMPRESSIVE STARTJuan Minaya, who pitched a scoreless seventh, has tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings to begin his career after making his MLB debut earlier this month. He has allowed only five hits in 26 at bats.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: Ryan Howard missed his third straight game because of knee soreness. 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