Askia Booker scored a career-high 43 points to lead Colorado to a 98-94 win against USC in triple overtime on Thursday.
Booker, a Los Angeles product, scored eight points in the third overtime, including a jumper to put the Buffaloes (11-9, 4-4 Pac 12) ahead for good to win their first road game in seven tries this season. Booker made another long jumper for a 95-92 lead and two free throws with 13.4 seconds left.
Fellow local player Xavier Johnson returned after a four-game absence because of an ankle injury and had 12 points and five rebounds before he fouled out with 2:31 in the second overtime.
Katin Reinhardt had career-highs of 35 points and nine three-pointers and Nikola Jovanovic scored a career-high 30 points, but the Trojans (9-11, 1-7) lost their fifth in a row. Jordan McLaughlin had 11 points and seven assists.
Reinhardt tied Anthony Pendleton for the school single-game three-pointers made record.
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