Trojans Need Some Help After Falling To Arizona

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) -- Derrick Williams scored 20 points and No. 16 Arizona held off Southern California 67-62 Friday night to earn a spot in the Pac-10 tournament title game for the first time since 2005.

The top-seeded Wildcats (27-6) have won 12 of 14 games and will play either No. 3 seed Washington or seventh-seeded Oregon in Saturday's championship, a trophy they last won in 2002.

Jesse Perry added 11 points for Arizona, which had its 25-year NCAA tournament streak end last year when the Wildcats stayed home.

But as the Pac-10's highest-ranked team this season, they're headed back under league coach of the year Sean Miller regardless of how they fare Saturday.

Marcus Simmons, the Pac-10's defensive player of the year, led the Trojans with a career-high 20 points.

Nikola Vucevic scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and had 12 rebounds.

On Sunday the Trojans will learn their fate, either NCAA tournament or the NIT.

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