Tru Washington scored 20 points to help New Mexico to an 83-73 victory over Southern California in the third-place game of the Acrisure Classic in Palm Desert, Calif., on Friday night.

Donovan Dent scored 17 points and 11 assists for his third double-double of the season and also collected six rebounds for the Lobos (6-2). Nelly Junior Joseph had 15 points and six rebounds and Mustapha Amzil added 10 points.

Josh Cohen scored 14 points for the Trojans (5-3), who finished 0-2. USC was beaten 71-36 by Saint Mary’s on Thursday.

Chibuzo Agbo had 13 points and seven rebounds before fouling out, and Desmond Claude had 13 points and three steals for USC. Terrance Williams II added 11 points.

New Mexico lost 85-82 to Arizona State on Thursday.

The Lobos shot 51.7 percent from the field against USC and were 7 of 21 from 3-point range.

The Trojans made 49.1 percent of their attempts and were 7 of 17 from behind the arc.

USC trailed by 13 in the first half and by nine at halftime before pulling within 47-43 on a Saint Thomas basket with 16:19 left.

The Lobos responded with a 14-2 win. Dent started the run with a 3-pointer and capped it with a layup, giving New Mexico a 61-45 lead with 11:46 left.

A three-point play by Braden Appelhans extended the lead to 70-52 with 8:33 left. Appelhans later converted a three-pointer and increased the lead to 75:55 with 5:58 minutes remaining.

The Trojans responded with nine straight points, cutting their deficit to 11 with 3:04 left. But Azmil scored on a layup 26 seconds later to stop USC’s momentum, and New Mexico tied it.

Washington scored 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting in the first half as the Lobos built a 39-30 lead. Cohen had 10 points for the Trojans in the half.

Washington scored seven points during a 9-1 run that gave New Mexico a 28-18 lead with 6:29 left before halftime.

Azmil later hit back-to-back 3-pointers and a jumper to give the Lobos a 35-22 lead with 3:10 left in the half.

–Field level media