USC Men’s Basketball Release
Game 34 • USC (24-9, 10-8) vs. Providence (20-12, 10-8) • March 15, 2017
• NCAA First Four Game - UD Arena •
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2016-17 USC Schedule
Date Opponent
Result/Time
11/11 Montana
W, 75-61
11/13 Omaha
W, 82-72
11/18 at Texas A&M
W, 65-63
11/22 New Orleans
W, 88-54
11/25 SMU
W, 78-73
11/27 UC Santa Barbara
W, 96-72
11/30 at San Diego
W, 76-55
12/3 vs. BYU
W, 91-84
12/11 Pepperdine
W, 93-67
12/17 Troy
W, 82-77
12/19 Cornell
W, 79-67
12/22 ^Missouri State
W, 83-75
12/23 ^Wyoming
W, 94-92 (OT)
12/28 at Oregon State
W, 70-63
12/30 at Oregon
L, 61-84
1/5
Stanford
W, 72-56
1/8
California
L, 73-74
1/12 at Utah
L, 64-86
1/15 at Colorado
W, 71-68
1/19 Arizona
L, 66-73
1/22 Arizona State
W, 82-79
1/25 UCLA
W, 84-76
2/1
at Washington
W, 82-74
2/4
at Washington State
W, 86-77
2/9
Oregon State
W, 92-66
2/11 Oregon
L, 70-81
2/18 at UCLA
L, 70-102
2/23 at Arizona
L, 77-90
2/26 at Arizona State
L, 82-83
3/1
Washington State
W, 87-64
3/4
Washington
W, 74-58
^ Las Vegas Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.)
-- Home Games in Bold --- All times local to site -2017 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.)
3/8
vs. Washington
W, 78-73
3/9
vs. UCLA
L, 74-76
2016 NCAA Tournament
3/15
3/16-19
3/23-26
4/1, 4/3
vs. Providence
9:10 p.m.
First and Second Rounds
Regional Semifinals & Finals
Final Four, Championship
USC Quick Facts
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Enrolment: 43,000 (19,000 undergraduates)
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Cardinal and Gold
Head Coach: Andy Enfield (4th year at USC)
Assistant Coaches: Tony Bland, Assoc. HC
(4th year at USC), Jason Hart (4th year at USC),
Chris Capko (3rd year at USC, 1st as assistant).
BROADCAST NEWS
March. 15 - truTV - Spero Dedes (pxp), Steve Smith
(analyst) & Ros Gold-Onwude (sideline)
- ESPN 710 with Chris Fisher (pxp)
& Jordan Moore (sideline
- Westwood One - Ted Emrich (pxp) &
Austin Croshere (analyst)
USC HAS NCAA TOURNEY REMATCH WITH PROVIDENCE
• Trojans’ 24 Wins Most Since School-Record 25 in 2007 •
TONIGHT’S GAME -- The No. 11 seeds in the East Region USC Trojans (24-9, 10-8) and
Providence Friars (20-12, 10-8) will meet in an NCAA First Four Game at UD Arena in Dayton,
Ohio on March 15 at 9:10 p.m. (ET). The winner of the USC-Providence game will face the No.
6 seed SMU Mustangs in Tulsa, Okla. on March 17. Tonight’s game will air on truTV with Spero
Dedes and Steve Smith calling the action and Ros Gold-Onwude providing sideline commentary.
USC has won 24 games for the first time since the 2007 team won a school-record 25 games
(25-12) and the sixth time in school history. The 23 regular season wins were USC’s most since
the 1992 team also won 23. USC’s 45 wins the last two seasons are the second-most in a twoseason stretch in school history behind the 46 combined wins in during the 2001 and 2002 and
2007 and 2008 seasons.
USC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT -- USC is 12-18 all-time in the NCAA Tournament,
which reflects one loss in 2008 vacated due to NCAA penalty. USC lost 70-69 to Providence in
the first round last season, when it allowed a layup with 1.5 seconds left on an inbounds pass.
Prior to that game, USC’s last appearance in the NCAA Tournament came in 2011 when it lost
59-46 to VCU in a First Four game played in Dayton, Ohio, USC’s only other appearance at the
First Four. VCU went on to reach the Final Four. USC was in four of five NCAA Tournaments
from 2007-11 and this is the first back-to-back appearances since three-straight from 200709. USC reached the Final Four in 1940 and 1954, the regional final in 2001 and the regional
semifinal in 2007.
BREAKING DOWN PROVIDENCE -- Providence (20-12, 10-8) had won six consecutive
games before falling 70-58 to No. 23 Creighton in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals on March
9. Providence has four players averaging in double figures, led by junior forward Rodney Bullock
at 15.7 points per game. Bullock hit a game-winning layup and finished with a double-double
of 16 points and 10 rebounds in USC’s 70-69 first-round loss to Providence in the 2016 NCAA
Tournament, held in Raleigh, N.C. The Friars’ head coach is Ed Cooley (123-79 in six seasons).
USC is 0-2 all-time against Providence, losing in last year’s NCAA Tournament and falling 70-66
at home on Jan. 26, 1972.
USC FALLS IN PAC-12 QUARTERFINALS -- USC missed its first eight shots and
trailed wire-to-wire despite a valiant comeback attempt in a 76-74 loss to UCLA in the Pac-12
Quarterfinals at T-Mobile Arena on March 9. USC’s cold spell was not short-lived as it started
1-for-14 and 4-for-22 from the floor before the offense started to click. USC trailed 32-18 with
five minutes left in the first half, but closed to 38-35 at the break. UCLA opened with a 12-2 run
to start the second half to open the lead back up to 13 before the Trojans rallied again. USC
cut it to a two-point deficit twice in the final 4:31, but could get no closer. Bennie Boatwright’s
three-point basket with 4.1 left made it 76-74, but UCLA got the ball inbounds and avoided being
fouled. Jordan McLaughlin led USC with 18 points and had 6 assists. The game was played
before 18,153, the largest quarterfinal session in Pac-12 Tournament history.
SMU ON DECK -- The winner of USC-Providence will play SMU (29-4, 17-1) on March 17
in Tulsa, Okla. SMU won the American Athletic regular season and conference tournament
titles. SMU guards Shake Milton (13.2), Sterling Brown (13.2) and forward Ben Moore (11.6) all
averaged double figures in points. USC defeated SMU 78-73 at the Galen Center on Nov. 25
and leads the all-time series 4-1.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN -- SMU is one of six teams USC faced this season which made the
NCAA Tournament and the Trojans are 4-6 in those games: Arizona (0-2), New Orleans (1-0),
Oregon (0-2), SMU (1-0), Troy (1-0) and UCLA (1-2).
2017 PAC-12 YEARLY HONORS -- Chimezie Metu was named the Pac-12’s Most Improved
Player and 2nd-Team All-Conference. Jordan McLaughlin was named honorable mention AllPac-12 and De’Anthony Melton was named honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Defensive team.
Providence Friars Probable Starters
Pos.
G
G
F
F
F
No.
21
24
5
11
15
Name
Jalen Lindsey
Kyron Cartwright
Rodney Bullock
Alpha Diallo
Emmitt Holt
Ht.
6-7
5-11
6-8
6-7
6-7
Wt.
220
185
225
205
230
Class
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
Jr.
Hometown
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Compton, Calif.
Hampton, Va.
New York, N.Y.
Webster, N.Y.
PPG
10.5
11.4
15.7
5.7
12.4
RPG
4.4
3.6
6.4
3.2
5.2
Wt.
190
180
190
225
230
Class
So.*
Jr.
Fr.
So.
So.
Hometown
Los Angeles, Calif.
Etiwanda, Calif.
Encino, Calif.
Lawndale, Calif.
Mission Hills, Calif.
PPG
8.3
13.1
8.7
14.5
14.6
RPG
3.4
3.4
4.9
7.8
4.3
USC Trojans Probable Starters
Pos.
G
G
G
F
F
No.
0
11
22
4
25
Name
Shaqquan Aaron
Jordan McLaughlin
De’Anthony Melton
Chimezie Metu
Bennie Boatwright
Ht.
6-7
6-1
6-4
6-11
6-10
ALL ABOUT ENFIELD -- Andy Enfield, 47, a proven winner as a player, assistant coach and head coach,
was named the USC men’s basketball head coach on April 1, 2013 and has quickly turned the program around.
His arrival on campus immediately created a tangible buzz around the program. After bringing in his recruits
and establishing his system during the first two seasons, his Trojans took a big leap forward in the 2015-16
season. USC went 21-13 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011. The Trojans
had an 8.0 game improvement from the 2014-15 season which was tops among the Power 5 conference
teams. USC played an exciting brand of basketball, averaging over 80 points per game and ranking among
the nation’s top 20 in offensive output. They matched a school record with four 100-point games in a season,
after not having broken the century mark since 2002. The Trojans set the school record with 266 three-pointers
made and were in the top 25 in the country in three-point percentage. The high-flying athletic style was also
in effect in the 2015-16 season as the Trojans averaged over 3.5 dunks per game and set the USC season
record with 182 blocks, ranking in the top 15 in the country. Enfield has brought in a strong 4-man recruiting
class for this season, following the addition of a pair of top-50 recruits for the 2015-16 season and the No.
12-ranked class in 2014-15. Enfield’s USC teams have improved their record each season and he now has
a 68-63 record in 4 seasons as the Trojans’ head coach and an overall career record of 109-91 in 6 seasons.
Enfield captivated the nation during the 2013 season as the head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University as he
guided the first No. 15 seed into the NCAA Sweet 16 with impressive wins over No. 2 seed Georgetown and
No. 7 seed San Diego St. and introduced the world to “Dunk City,” the nickname for FGCUs high-flying and
high-speed offense which often ended with thunderous dunks. In Enfield’s two-year run at FGCU, the Eagles
won 41 games, advanced to the A-Sun Championship game both seasons - its first 2 playing at the Division
I level. FGCU had a 41-28 record in his 2 seasons as head coach (2011-12, 2012-13), equaling the win total
of the program the previous 4 seasons. Prior to FGCU, Enfield spent the previous 5 seasons (2007-11) as an
assistant coach at Florida State, helping the Seminoles to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments, including
the Sweet 16 in 2011. FSU posted four 20-win seasons during his time on the staff and won 31 ACC games,
the second-most in the conference behind Duke. In 2011 and 2012, FSU became the first program since
Georgetown (1991-92) to lead the nation in defensive field goal percentage 2 straight seasons. Enfield helped
FSU sign three straight Top 25 classes. He began his coaching career in the NBA, serving as the shooting
coach for Milwaukee (1995, 1996). Then he was an assistant coach with Boston for two seasons (1999, 2000).
Enfield played four seasons (1988-91) at Johns Hopkins, scoring a program-record 2,025 points. He also set
the NCAA all-divisions career free throw percentage record of 92.5 percent, making 431-of-466 free throws.
He was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.
PRESEASON PROPS - Jordan McLaughlin has been named to the 20-player watch list for the Bob Cousy
Award recognizing the nation’s top point guard. Bennie Boatwright has been named to the 20-player watch
list for the Karl Malone Award for the nation’s top power forward.
FACING THE BEST -- The USC men’s basketball team is once again taking on an ambitious nonconference schedule for the 2016-17 season, highlighted by a home games against SMU and Montana and a tough
road trip to Texas A&M. All three of those teams won at leat 21 games a year ago. In all, USC is scheduled
to play a potential 10 games against teams that played in the 2016 NCAA Tournament and another seven
games against teams that played in one of the other postseason tournaments. The Pac-12 remains one of
the toughest conferences top to bottom, with seven teams earning their way into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
TROJANS ON THE RADIO -- USC’s radio flagship station again will be ESPNLA 710 Radio with Chris
Fisher calling the action and Jordan Moore providing sideline commentary. Fisher is in his 7th season as the
USC play-by-play announcer. Moore is in his 3rd season of providing USC basketball sideline reports. He also
serves as the USC sideline announcer for USC football games. Both Fisher and Moore are USC graduates.
2016-17 PAC-12 PREDICTIONS -- USC was picked to finish 7th in the 2016-17 Pac-12 preseason
poll by league media. The rest of the predictions went as follows: 1.) Oregon (320), 2.) Arizona (298), 3.)
UCLA (259), 4.) California (209), 5.) Colorado (199), 6.) Washington (167), 7.) USC (163), 8.) Utah (142),
9.) Oregon State. (122), 10.) Stanford (119), 11.) Arizona State (78) and 12.) Washington State (30). USC
was picked to finish 10th in the 2015-16 Pac-12 preseason poll and finished tied for sixth.
A HISTORY OF WINNING -- USC has compiled a record of 1,561-1,177* in its 111 years of intercol-
legiate basketball competition. USC has had a .500 or better record in 78 of the first 111 seasons.
THE GALEN ADVANTAGE -- USC is 123-59 in nine seasons at the Galen Center since it opened on
Nov. 16, 2006. USC is also 67-16 in nonconference games at the Galen Center. USC has won its last 18
home nonconference games and is 29-2 in home nonconference games with Enfield as the head coach.
ROSTER TIDBITS -- Nine of USC’s 14 players on the roster are freshmen or sophomores, including
Derryck Thornton (So.) who will sit out this season after transfering from Duke. USC’s only seniors are
5th-year transfer from Minnesota Charles Buggs and walk-on Samer Dhillon.
CLOSE SHAVES -- 47 of USC’s last 134 losses have been decided by 6 points or less or in overtime
(35.1 percent).
STRONG IN THE CLASSROOM - Last spring the men’s basketball team set the USC record for gradepoint average by the basketball roster, then during the summer it established the summer-session GPA
record for the basketball program.
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY -- The USC men’s basketball team tries to be a conscientious member of the
community and has routinely had youth groups or schools visit practice or ventured out into the community
for an event over the last several years.
* 21 wins and one loss in 2007-08 vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record: 1,582-1,178
PRONUNCIATION KEY
Shaqqan Aaron
Samer Dhillon
Jordan McLaughlin
Chimezie Metu
Nick Rakocevic
Derryck Thornton
Shuh-KWAN Air-un
Sumair Dillon
Mick-LAWF-lin
chuh-MEZZ-ee MET-too
Ruh-COE-sev-ik
Dare-ik Thor-tun
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
The Trojans have 8 players from California, 2 from Texas, 2 from Illinois and one
each from Louisiana and Washington.
USC INFORMATION
OUTLETS
TROJANS ON THE WEB
Current and historical USC men’s
baskeball information, as well as news,
statistics, features and cybercasts of the
USC games can be found at the USC
website: www.usctrojans.com.
The Pac-12 Conference web site address is: www.pac-12.org.
TROJANS ON THE RADIO
Most of USC’s games will be broadcast
on ESPNLA 710 Radio (KSPN-AM) and
TuneIn Radio. In addition, most games
are available on Sirius or XM Radio.
TROJANS ON TELEVISION
Virtually every USC game this season
will be on television. The following is
the TV broadcast outlet for each game:
11/11
11/13
11/18
11/22
11/25
11/27
11/30
12/3
12/11
12/17
12/19
12/22
12/23
12/28
12/30
1/5
1/8
1/12
1/15
1/19
1/22
1/25
2/1
2/4
2/9
2/11
2/18
2/23
2/26
3/1
3/4
Montana
Omaha
at Texas A&M
New Orleans
SMU
UCSB
at San Diego
vs. BYU
Pepperdine
Troy
Cornell
vs. Missouri State
Wyoming
at Oregon State
at Oregon
Stanford
California
at Utah
at Colorado
Arizona
Arizona State
UCLA
at Washington
at Washington St.
Oregon State
Oregon
at UCLA
at Arizona
at Arizona State
Washington State
Washington
Pac-12
Pac-12
SEC
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
TheW.tv
ESPNU
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
FS1
FS1
Pac-12
FS1
Pac-12
ESPNU
Pac-12
ESPNU
Pac-12
ESPNU
FS1
ESPNU
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12
Pac-12 = Pac-12 Network
ESPN2/U/3 = ESPN2 or ESPNU or ESPN3
FS1 = Fox Sports 1
SEC = SEC Network
GRUELING GAUNTLET -- By facing then No. 4 Arizona on Feb. 23, USC became the only team in the country to have faced top 6 teams in
three consecutive games this season (then No. 5 Oregon on Feb. 11, then No. 6 UCLA on Feb. 18). USC is also the only school to face those
teams twice during the regular season. Only three other teams (Georgia Tech, Texas & Texas Tech) have even faced top 10 teams in three
consecutive games and only 13 others have played two top 10 teams in consecutive games during the regular season.
THE YOUNG WILL LEAD -- USC’s roster has only one scholarship senior and two scholarship juniors and 64.9 percent of the minutes
played this season (4297 of 6625 minutes) has been by freshmen or sophomores.
MR. BUCKETS BACK IN ACTION -- Sophomore forward Bennie “Bennie Buckets” Boatwright tied his career high with 23 points on 7 of
10 shooting in his return to action at Washington on Feb. 1 and added 13 at Washington State on Feb. 4. He then scored 16 points vs. Oregon
State on Feb. 9 in his first game at the Galen Center since Nov. 27. He had missed USC’s previous 15 games since suffering a Grade 2 sprain
of his medial collateral ligament in his left knee three minutes into the game at San Diego on Nov. 30. The Trojan co-captain is averaging 14.6
points and 4.3 rebounds in 16 games, 15 starts. He scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds at UCLA on Feb. 18 for his second career
double-double. He matched his career high with 23 points at Arizona, then added 22 at ASU on Feb. 26. He averaged a team-leading 17.2
points in Pac-12 play. He missed his first free throw attempt on March 4 vs. Washington which ended his consecutive made free throws streak
at 34, then made his next five attempts that game and all six on March 8 vs. Washington and both attempts vs. UCLA on March 9. He now has
made 13 free throws in a row and 47 of his last 48 (97.9 percent). The USC record for consecutive makes from the charity stripe is 41 by David
Bluthenthal over 9 games in 2000-01. For the season, Boatwright has made 92.6 percent of his free throw attempts (63 of 68).
PRECISION FROM THE POINT -- USC junior point guard Jordan McLaughlin has efficiently led the USC offense while averaging 13.1
points 3.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists. He ranks second among Pac-12 players with 181 assists and is fourth with a 2.5 assist to turnover ratio
through games on March 9. McLaughlin has 441 career assists which ranks second on USC’s all-time assists list. He has a tall order to graduate as USC’s all-time assist leader, though, as Brandon Granville holds the school record with 779 career assist. McLaughlin went 3-for-8 from
the free throw line in the 74-73 loss to California on Jan. 8 after entering the game having made 35 of previous 37 free throw attempts (94.6
percent). Still, he has made 85.4 percent (70 of 82) of his free throws in the last 24-plus games. McLaughlin scored his 1,000th career point
with his last basket vs. Arizona on Jan. 19 to become the 37th Trojan to reach the 1,000-point plateau. He now has 1,154 career points and
ranks 25th all-time by a Trojan. He also has 138 career steals, eighth on USC’s all-time list in steals by a Trojan. Lodrick Stewart is seventh
on the list with 148 career steals.
SULTANS OF SWAT -- USC set a school record for blocks in a game with 14 vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11, but did not record a block at Colorado
on Jan. 15, its first game without a block since Jan. 19, 2012 at Oregon (snapping a streak of 161 consecutive games with at least one block).
USC bounced back with eight blocks against Arizona on Jan. 19 and seven vs. ASU on Jan. 22. For the season, USC is averaging 5.4 blocks
per game which ranks tied for 11th in the country. USC has 179 blocks as a team and four different Trojans have at least 23 or more blocks:
Metu (51), Stewart (40), Melton (33) and Rakocevic (23). USC set the school record with 182 blocks last season.
BALANCE WITH THE BALL -- Eight different Trojans have scored at least 13 points in a game this season and seven are averaging at
least 7.3 points per game.
TROJAN MEN OF STEAL -- USC has eight games of 10 or more steals this season and its 239 steals and its 7.2 steals per game lead
the Pac-12. De’Anthony Melton’s 66 steals leads the conference and is fourth nationally among all freshmen.
STEW CAN DO -- Junior guard Elijah Stewart made a career-high seven three-point baskets vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11 to tie for fourth on
USC’s single-game three-point baskets made list. He then matched that with seven makes from long range against ASU on Jan. 22 He had
made at least one shot from beyond the arc in 20 consecutive games dating back to last season, before going 0-for-5 at Oregon State on Dec.
28. He now has at least one three-point basket in 34 of his last 40 games. His career total of 166 three-pointers made ranks seventh on USC’s
all-time list...David Bluthenthal is sixth with 171 makes from three-point range. Stewart is fourth among the Trojans in scoring at a 12.4 points
per game and leads USC with 69 three-point baskets, while ranking second in blocks (40) and third in rebounds (133). He has also scored in
double figures in 21 of 33 games this season, with a high of 30 points. Stewart’s 2.1 made three-pointers per game are 10th among all Pac-12
players. Stewart also has 103 blocks in his career which is 9th on USC’s all-time blocked shots list, one behind Jeff Trepagnier who is eighth
with 104 and two behind Chimezie Metu (105) who is seventh.
METU BECOMING A FORCE -- Sophomore Chimezie Metu scored a career-high 29 points by making 12 of 14 shots in the win at Washington State on Feb. 4. His previous career high had been 24 points on 11 of 14 shooting at Colorado on Jan. 15, including making the go-ahead
basket with 29 seconds remaining. He also scored 24 points in USC’s Pac-12 Tourney first-round game on March 8. He scored 14 points and
had 10 rebounds vs. Stanford on Jan. 5 for his fourth double-double of the season and fifth of his career. He notched his fifth double-double of the
season and sixth of his career with 15 points and 12 rebounds at Arizona on Feb. 23. He averaged15.3 points in Pac-12 play and for the season
he is averaging 14.5 points and 7.8 rebounds. He also leads the team with 51 blocks and 76 dunks, while ranking fourth on the team with 27
steals. Metu has at least one dunk in 29 of USC’s 33 games. He has been a consistent force for the Trojans with double-figures in points and six
or more rebounds in 25 of the 33 games this season. He has averaged 16.3 points (163 total) and 8.6 rebounds (86 total) in his last 10 games.
MAGIC MELTON -- Freshman guard De’Anthony Melton has been a consistent “stat sheet stuffer” for the Trojans leading the team in steals,
ranking 2nd in rebounds & assists, 3rd in blocks & in free throws made, 4th in minutes & 5th in scoring. He scored a career-high 16 points, had
eight rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal in the win vs. Wyoming on Dec. 23. He matched his career high with 16 points at Washington
on Feb. 1 and added seven rebounds, six assists, two blocks and a career-high six steals. He leads all Pac-12 players with 66 steals, which
ranks 3rd on USC’s all-time freshman steals list...Maurice Jones is 1st with 69 and Errick Craven 2nd with 68 steals as a freshman. Melton has
at least two steals in 18 of 33 games. His 66 steals also rank fifth all-time in a single season by a Trojan. His 33 blocks rank 8th on USC’s alltime freshman list. Melton is averaging 8.7 points and 4.9 rebounds, while ranking second on the team with 113 assists. His 113 assists rank
fifth on USC’s all-time freshman assists list. Melton also ranks 7th in the conference with a 1.9 assist to turnover ratio.
MATHEWS REMAINS KEY CONTRIBUTOR -- Freshman guard Jonah Mathews made his first career start vs. ASU on Jan. 22 and netted
14 points and had three steals. He scored 18 points off the bench at WSU on Feb. 4 and has provided USC with valuable minutes off the bench
all season, but none more impressive than in the overtime win vs. Wyoming on Dec. 23. With several Trojans in foul trouble, Mathews played a
season-high 39 minutes and scored a career-best 26 points and registered a USC 2016-17 best six steals. Mathews made 5 of 8 three-pointers,
including a cluch trey to tie the game at 90-all in overtime. He followed that up with 10 points at Oregon State on Dec. 28 and a team-high 11
points at Oregon on Dec. 30. He is 3rd on the team this season with 40 three-point baskets made and third on the team with 31 steals.
TURNOVERS TELL THE TALE -- USC has committed 11.2 turnovers per game which ranks 30th in the country. USC has committed 368
turnovers compared to its opponent’s 423 and enjoys a 533-394 advantage on points off of turnovers. USC has committed more turnovers than
its opponent 10 times this season. USC is 5-7 in games it has as many or more turnovers as its opponent and 19-2 in games it has less turnovers. USC had 14 turnovers which led to Arizona’s 23-9 advantage on points off turnovers on Feb. 23 and 12 turnovers which led to an ASU
advantage of 27-11 on points off turnovers on Feb. 26. USC had a season-high 17 turnovers which led to 23 points in its 84-61 loss at Oregon on
Dec. 30 and followed it up with a new high of 18 turnovers in the win vs. Stanford on Jan. 5. USC also had 16 turnovers vs. Oregon on Feb. 11.
ENFIELD’S OFFENSE CLICKS IN 2015-16 - Andy Enfield’s offense really took flight last season and more is expected this season. Last
season the Trojans were a top 20 offense by averaging 80.5 points per game and tied a school record with four 100-point games. USC set a
school record with 266 three-pointers made and returns three of the four players which nailed at least 56 shots from beyond the arc. Jordan
McLaughlin made 42.4 percent and Elijah Stewart 42.9 percent from three-point range, as the Trojans finished in the top 25 in the country in
three-point shooting percentage.
DEFENSIVE CHATTER -- USC has held 13 of its opponents to under 40 percent shooting. Utah (55.2 percent on Jan. 12), ASU (50.9 percent
on Jan. 22), UCLA (53.8 percent on Feb. 18), Arizona (50.8 percent on Feb. 23) & Washington (53.8 percent on March 8) are the only teams to
shoot over 50 percent against USC this season. USC has also only had seven games in which it has had more fouls than its opponent (23-22
vs. SMU, 22-17 vs. Wyoming, 20-16 at Oregon, 12-10 vs. ASU, 12-10 at ASU, 17-16 at Arizonza and 13-12 vs. WSU).
USC WRAPS UP NONCONFERNCE PLAY UNDEFEATED -- USC went 13-0 during the nonconfernce action, just the sixth time in school
history going undefeated in the regular season aganist nonconference opponents. USC also did not lose to a nonconference team in the regular
season during the 1924, 1929, 1940, 1953 and 1971 seasons.
THE 14-0 START -- USC began the season 14-0 which ranks tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in school history and was the best
USC start since the 1971 season.
TROJANS BUILTING STEP-BY-STEP -- The Trojans have made steady progress since Andy Enfield became the head coach for the
2013-14 season. The 2015-16 season produced a big step forward and pretty much an advancement in every statistical category. Also, USC
was 9-9 in Pac-12 play last season after being 3-15 in 2015 and 2-16 in 2014.
2013-14
2014-15 -2015-16 --
FG%
.439
.422
.460
FG Def.
.430
.422
.417
3PT%
.291
.329
.387
3PT Def. 3PM
.323
146
.330
170
.325
266
FT%
.670
.634
.676
Reb/G
37.0
35.9
39.3
Assists
404
397
504
Blocks
141
133
182
Points
2258
2143
2737
PPG
70.6
67.0
80.5
Record
11-21
12-20
21-13
TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS -- USC is unranked this week and was No. 25 in the AP poll and in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Jan.
9, its fifth consecutive week in the rankings. USC was No. 22 in both (Dec. 26). USC was ranked No. 24/No.25 on Dec. 12, its first time in the
top 25 since Feb. 8, 2016 and No. 23/No. 25 on Dec. 19. USC was also ranked in the top 25 on Jan. 18, 2016, the first time in the AP rankings
since weighing in at No. 19 on Nov. 17, 2008.
USC TO THE NBA -- USC has five former players that have played in NBA games this season: All-Star DeMar DeRozan (Toronto), Taj Gibson
(Chicago), Nikola Vucevic (Orlando), Nick Young (Los Angeles Lakers) and Dewayne Dedmon (San Antonio). Since the 2007 NBA Draft, USC
has had five players selected in the first round. Here are the 2016-17 stats for the Trojans playing in the NBA (through games of March 11):
Player
Team
Minutes/G
Reb./G
Points/G
Dewayne Dedmon
San Antonio
17.3
6.5
5.4
DeMar DeRozan
Toronto
35.5
5.4
27.2
Taj Gibson
Chicago/OKC
26.7
6.6
11.1
Nikola Vucevic
Orlando
28.6
10.2
14.5
Nick Young
Los Angeles Lakers
25.9
2.3
13.4
TO THE NBA TO STAY -- Of USC’s five current NBA players, four started on opening day and all are playing significant minutes. There are
only four schools that can claim more NBA starters on opening day this season: Opening Day NBA Starters by school: Kentucky (10), Duke (9),
UCLA (7), Texas (5), USC (4), Kansas (4), Marquette (4) and Wake Forest (4).
TROJANS BECOMING ROAD WARRIORS - Maybe the road isn’t so long and winding anymore for USC as its 76-55 win at San Diego
on Nov. 30 and its 65-63 win at Texas A&M made it six consecutive nonconference road victories (also at Dayton in 2014, at Boston College
and New Mexico in 2015 and at UCSB in 2016). USC finished 4-5 in conference road games this season after losing its last three, missing out
on being over .500 in Pac-12 road games for the first time since 2008. It opened up conference play with a win at Oregon State on Dec. 28,
snapping a six-game road losing streak in Pac-12 games. USC was 3-24 in Pac-12 road games in Enfield’s first three seasons (1-8 in 2014, 0-9
in 2015 & 2-7 in 2016). The loss at UCLA on Feb. 18 snapped a streak of 3 consecutive conference road games, USC’s longest streak since
winning 4 straight during the 2008 season.
A NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER -- USC’s seven wins (7-0) set a school record for most wins in the month of November. The previous record
for wins in November was six (6-1) during the 2008 season.
McLAUGHLIN GARNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS -- Jordan McLaughlin was named the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Player
of the Week for the week of Dec. 19-25. It was the first conference weekly honor for McLaughlin and first by a Trojan since Elijah Stewart took
home the award on Dec. 22, 2014. McLaughlin averaged 19.0 points, 6.3 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals in USC’s three victories last
week. He helped lead the Trojans to the Las Vegas Classic title by capping off his 22-point finals performance with a game-winning layup with
4.5 seconds remaining in overtime of a 94-92 win over Wyoming on Dec. 23. McLaughlin was named the MVP of the Las Vegas Classic, and
during the week also averaged 39.0 minutes per game, was 11-for-11 from the free throw line and posted a 4.8 assist to turnover ratio (19-4).
AARON NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK -- USC redshirt sophomore guard Shaqquan Aaron was named the Pac-12 Men’s
Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 23-29. It was the first conference weekly honor for Aaron. Aaron came off the bench to
score a career-high 23 points in 26 minutes of action in USC’s 84-76 win over crosstown rival No. 8/No. 7 UCLA at the Galen Center on Jan.
25. Aaron made 7 of 8 free throws and four of USC’s season-high tying 14 three-point baskets.
McLAUGHLIN WINS 2ND PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR -- Jordan McLaughlin was named the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball
Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 27-March 5. He averaged 19.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 3.0 steals. He had 16 points,
10 assists and 9 rebounds in the win over WSU on March 1, narrowly missing on posting the second triple-double in USC history. It was his
second Pac-12 Player of the Week honor for McLaughlin this season and in his career, as he was also voted the winner the week of Dec. 19-25.
USC ANNOUNCES TWO EARLY SIGNINGS -- The USC signed Jordan Usher and Victor Uyaelunmo to National Letters of Intent (NLIs) it
was announced by head coach Andy Enfield on Nov. 11. Usher, of Canton, Ga., will attend Wheeler HS in Marietta, Ga. after three outstanding
seasons at Sequoyah HS. The 6-7, 200-pound wing averaged 18.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game as a
junior, leading Sequoyah to a 20-9 record. He scored 20 or more points 13 times and had a personal-best 23 rebounds vs. Creekview. Usher
has scored 30 or more points four times, including a career-best 37 points vs. North Forsyth in the 2014-15 season. This past summer circuit
playing for the Atlanta Celtics, he averaged 26.4 points per game. He averaged 22.3 points as a sophomore at Sequoyah HS. The four-star
prospect is ranked No. 100 on ESPN’s Top 100 and No. 97 by Rivals.com. The 6-11, 220-pound Uyaelunmo, from Calvary Christian Academy
in Miami, Fla., averaged a double-double last season of 10.4 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, while registering 4.1 blocks per game. He
had 20 double-digit rebound games with a high of 21 vs. Miami Country Day. Uyaelunmo is ranked as the No. 10 center in the 2017 class by
ESPN.com.Usher and Uyaelunmo join Derryck Thornton who signed with USC this summer as a transfer from Duke to make up the current
2017 recruiting class. Thornton was widely considered one of the top transfers in the country this season.
COMEBACK KIDS -- USC rallied back from an 11-point first-half deficit at WSU on Feb. 4, a 10-point halftime deficit (37-27) at Washington
on Feb. 1, 10-point first half deficits vs. Washington on March 4 and March 8 and from a 20-10 first-half deficit vs. UCLA on Jan. 25 and has
13 comebacks this season from a deficit of nine points or more to win, including 11 of 10 points. USC’s biggest comeback to win is 11 points,
done three times.
MESHING QUICKLY -- USC entered the 2016-17 season with only four scholarship players which had played for the Trojans before this
season and then one of those, Bennie Boatwright, missed 17 of the first 22 games. Still, USC won its first 14 games and went 10-8 in conference play for the first time since 2011.
THE FOUL LINE CAN BE YOUR FRIEND -- USC is making 73.9 percent of its free throws this season, despite being only 10-for-21 (47.6
percent) in the 74-73 loss vs. California on Jan. 8 and 14-for-26 (53.8 percent) in the loss at Utah on Jan. 12. USC as a team has not finished a
season shooting over 70 percent from the charity stripe since hitting 71.5 percent of its free throws in the 2007 season. In the last 30 seasons,
USC has shot over 70 percent from the free throw line only twice.
SC STANDS FOR SLAM CITY -- USC has compiled some impressive posterizing totals, leading the opposition 146-65 on dunks for the
season. Here are the current totals of dunks by the Trojans:
Player
Chimezie Metu
Elijah Stewart
De’Anthony Melton
Nick Rakocevic
Jordan McLaughlin
Shaqquan Aaron
Bennie Boatwright
Charles Buggs
Harrison Henderson
Jonah Mathews
Total Dunks:
Dunks
76
21
18
10
5
5
5
4
1
1
146
LOOKING AT THE LONGBALL -- USC has a season high of 14 three-point baskets made, done three times: vs. UCSB on Nov. 27, vs.
ASU on Jan. 22 and vs. UCLA on Jan. 25. In the last five losses, the Trojans made a combined 39 three-pointers (39-for-117, 33.3 percent),
depite making 12 three-pointers and shooting at a 42.9 clip at ASU on Feb. 26. It its nine losses this season, USC is making 35.9 percent
(66-for-184) of its three-pointers, while the opposition has made 44.1 percent (89-for-202). USC ranks fourth in the Pac-12 through games of
March 11 with 259 three-pointers made.
RAKOCEVIC CLEANS THE OFFENSIVE GLASS -- USC freshman forward Nick Rakocevic has 59 offensive rebounds this season,
second on USC and 18th in the conference. His total is also third among Pac-12 freshman.
STRINGING SUCCESS TOGETHER - USC is 24-9 this season and was 21-13 last season, the first back-to-back seasons of 21 or more
wins since winning 21 or more games in the 2007 (25), 2008 (21) and 2009 (22) seasons.
BATTLE TESTED -- USC went 13-0 in nonconference play and nine of the 13 teams it played finished the regular season .500 or better
and nine teams have at least 16 wins. When you add in the teams USC has faced in the Pac-12, 18 of USC’s 31 regular season games were
against opponents that were .500 or better and 18 of the games were against opponents who have at least 16 wins. USC has played 15 games
against teams with 18 or more wins. The combined record of the six teams (9 games) which USC has lost to is 144-54.
2016-17 USC Men's Basketball
USC Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Mar 09, 2017)
All games
Opponent
MONTANA
OMAHA
Texas A&M
NEW ORLEANS
SMU
UC SANTA BARBARA
San Diego
BYU
PEPPERDINE
TROY
CORNELL
MISSOURI ST.
WYOMING
Oregon State
Oregon
STANFORD
CALIFORNIA
Utah
Colorado
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE
UCLA
Washington
Washington State
OREGON STATE
OREGON
UCLA
Arizona
ARIZONA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE
UW
Washington
UCLA
1st
34/30
34/37
31/29
42/25
28/27
43/38
43/31
39/32
48/30
38/40
37/34
39/28
50/44
34/17
29/38
36/28
36/36
31/44
34/35
19/29
45/38
50/38
27/37
38/33
44/27
33/35
34/46
39/44
48/47
48/28
39/33
37/39
35/38
2nd
41/31
48/35
34/34
46/29
50/46
53/34
33/24
52/52
45/37
44/37
42/33
44/47
35/41
36/46
32/46
36/28
37/38
33/42
37/33
47/44
37/41
34/38
55/37
48/44
48/39
37/46
36/56
38/46
34/36
39/36
35/25
41/34
39/38
Score
75-61
82-72
65-63
88-54
78-73
96-72
76-55
91-84
93-67
82-77
79-67
83-75
94-92
70-63
61-84
72-56
73-74
64-86
71-68
66-73
82-79
84-76
82-74
86-77
92-66
70-81
70-102
77-90
82-83
87-64
74-58
78-73
74-76
Mar
+14
+10
+2
+34
+5
+24
+21
+7
+26
+5
+12
+8
+2
+7
(23)
+16
(1)
(22)
+3
(7)
+3
+8
+8
+9
+26
(11)
(32)
(13)
(1)
+23
+16
+5
(2)
Total FG
21-51/22-57
28-74/25-68
24-67/24-63
31-63/22-64
26-53/27-65
33-61/30-66
30-59/18-57
30-66/30-69
30-53/26-68
29-62/26-66
30-62/27-66
29-53/24-64
36-81/29-73
19-51/23-59
18-58/32-69
24-57/20-55
28-55/29-61
22-60/32-58
26-66/25-55
22-59/23-58
33-64/29-57
27-67/30-62
28-61/28-67
32-56/33-68
28-55/24-62
22-59/29-64
22-65/42-78
27-51/32-63
31-55/30-65
35-66/25-57
27-46/21-50
25-59/28-52
24-62/28-68
FG Pct
.412/.386
.378/.368
.358/.381
.492/.344
.491/.415
.541/.455
.508/.316
.455/.435
.566/.382
.468/.394
.484/.409
.547/.375
.444/.397
.373/.390
.310/.464
.421/.364
.509/.475
.367/.552
.394/.455
.373/.397
.516/.509
.403/.484
.459/.418
.571/.485
.509/.387
.373/.453
.338/.538
.529/.508
.564/.462
.530/.439
.587/.420
.424/.538
.387/.412
3-Pointers
6-20/10-29
7-24/8-23
5-26/6-23
11-25/3-11
12-24/6-17
14-35/5-22
3-18/8-34
9-21/5-23
12-23/8-19
5-15/11-27
6-18/12-30
8-19/14-36
8-23/13-38
5-18/4-17
7-18/8-20
8-25/4-15
7-12/9-23
6-16/9-17
3-19/11-24
7-21/10-26
14-27/9-20
14-34/6-20
6-17/9-28
9-22/8-21
10-22/9-22
6-27/10-23
7-22/10-20
5-15/11-20
12-28/13-28
10-24/5-19
4-14/5-19
4-16/8-18
9-25/9-25
3FG Pct
.300/.345
.292/.348
.192/.261
.440/.273
.500/.353
.400/.227
.167/.235
.429/.217
.522/.421
.333/.407
.333/.400
.421/.389
.348/.342
.278/.235
.389/.400
.320/.267
.583/.391
.375/.529
.158/.458
.333/.385
.519/.450
.412/.300
.353/.321
.409/.381
.455/.409
.222/.435
.318/.500
.333/.550
.429/.464
.417/.263
.286/.263
.250/.444
.360/.360
Free Throws
27-38/7-11
19-26/14-17
12-15/9-16
15-21/7-8
14-26/13-18
16-24/7-15
13-18/11-13
22-30/19-26
21-27/7-11
19-22/14-18
13-19/1-2
17-19/13-19
14-21/21-24
27-33/13-24
18-22/12-18
16-19/12-16
10-21/7-14
14-26/13-17
16-22/7-13
15-18/17-22
2-3/12-14
16-21/10-15
20-27/9-13
13-20/3-5
26-31/9-14
20-23/13-18
19-27/8-8
18-22/15-17
8-11/10-14
7-10/9-10
16-20/11-21
24-29/9-11
17-25/11-13
FT Pct
.711/.636
.731/.824
.800/.563
.714/.875
.538/.722
.667/.467
.722/.846
.733/.731
.778/.636
.864/.778
.684/.500
.895/.684
.667/.875
.818/.542
.818/.667
.842/.750
.476/.500
.538/.765
.727/.538
.833/.773
.667/.857
.762/.667
.741/.692
.650/.600
.839/.643
.870/.722
.704/1000
.818/.882
.727/.714
.700/.900
.800/.524
.828/.818
.680/.846
Rebounds
39/32 +7
51/42 +9
47/44 +3
40/38 +2
35/39 (4)
38/29 +9
44/28 +16
34/41 (7)
34/37 (3)
37/36 +1
43/28 +15
36/32 +4
45/52 (7)
39/36 +3
38/39 (1)
38/32 +6
28/35 (7)
34/37 (3)
37/39 (2)
37/33 +4
29/30 (1)
36/37 (1)
34/38 (4)
33/33
37/30 +7
34/39 (5)
33/50 (17)
27/30 (3)
32/33 (1)
34/27 +7
25/28 (3)
30/31 (1)
33/44 (11)
Assist T/Over
9/11
14/16
15/9
9/13
10/13 11/12
18/15 11/19
15/13 14/12
26/18
12/9
10/10
9/10
15/9
10/16
18/9
9/12
16/10
9/11
17/17
7/11
17/19 13/10
16/17
9/17
10/12
10/8
9/24
17/6
14/11 18/21
12/14 12/15
11/10 11/10
12/14
7/17
16/11 12/10
22/11 13/15
20/18
9/17
18/17 12/17
17/21 10/10
14/12 10/11
13/13 16/13
10/23 10/10
16/16
14/8
20/19
12/7
25/17
8/14
17/11 14/16
14/15
8/17
13/19
8/13
Block
5/3
8/4
5/6
4/4
8/2
8/1
2/0
4/4
14/2
9/9
10/2
4/2
4/4
8/1
4/8
5/1
4/6
3/2
0/3
8/4
7/3
5/6
5/5
3/0
7/3
8/2
2/6
1/4
4/0
7/0
9/0
3/6
1/7
Steal
9/8
6/4
6/7
15/5
4/8
6/4
7/5
11/8
5/2
5/6
6/3
4/9
12/4
5/6
4/7
10/9
6/7
6/7
5/2
5/6
8/5
12/4
14/4
2/7
6/4
3/8
9/5
3/7
5/6
9/4
11/8
15/3
5/2
Fouls
16/29
14/20
15/16
11/17
23/22
16/22
13/14
22/25
14/21
16/18
10/19
12/20
22/17
23/24
20/16
16/18
17/21
18/18
15/20
17/18
12/10
16/20
18/18
9/19
17/23
17/19
15/17
17/16
12/10
13/12
18/22
15/20
16/21
STARTING LINEUPS
Nov. 11
Nov. 13
Nov. 18
Nov. 22
Nov. 25
Nov. 27
Nov. 30
Dec. 3
Dec. 11
Dec. 17
Dec. 19
Dec. 22
Dec. 23
Dec. 28
Dec. 30
Jan. 5
Jan. 8
Jan. 12
Jan. 15
Jan. 19
Jan. 22
Jan. 25
Feb. 1
Feb. 4
Feb. 9
Feb. 11
Feb. 18
Feb. 23
Feb. 26
March 1
March 4
March 8
March 9
Montana
Omaha
at Texas A&M
New Orleans
SMU
UCSB
at San Diego
vs. BYU
Pepperdine
Troy
Cornell
vs. Missouri State
vs. Wyoming
at Oregon State
at Oregon
Stanford
California
at Utah
at Colorado
Arizona
Arizona State
UCLA
at Washington
at Washington State
Oregon State
Oregon
at UCLA
at Arizona
at Arizona State
Washington State
Washington
Washington
vs. UCLA
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
McLaughlin
USC DOUBLE-DOUBLES...
USC TRIPLE-DOUBLES...
*only one in USC history by Daniel Hackett on
11/17/07 at South Carolina (22pts, 10 reb, 10 ast)
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Melton
Melton
Aaron
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
USC
Metu -11/13 vs. Omaha: 15 points/11 rebounds
11/30 at USC: 19 points/13 rebounds
12/11 vs. Pepperdine: 11 points/10 rebounds
1/5 vs. Stanford: 14 points/10 rebounds
2/23 at Arizona: 15 points/12 rebounds
2/26 at ASU: 14 points/13 rebounds
Stewart - 11/18 at TAMU: 11 points/11 rebounds
Boatwright - 2/18 at UCLA: 20 points/10 rebounds
McLaughlin - 3/1 vs. WSU: 16 points/10 assists
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
Aaron
146
1090
669
257
533
370
Opp.
Dunks
Pts/Paint
Bench Pts.
Fast Break
Pts. off TO
2nd Chance
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
Metu
USC BY DAY/MONTH:
Mondays - 1-0
Nov. Tuesdays 1-0
Dec. Wednesdays - 6-0
Jan Thursdays - 3-4
Feb. Fridays 4-1
Mar. Saturdays - 4-2
Sundays 5-2
65
1026
487
168
394
362
WEARING THE COLORS:
Wearing Cardinal Uniforms Wearing White Uniforms Wearing Gold Uniforms Wearing Black Uniforms -
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Melton
Melton
Melton
Melton
Rakocevic
Rakocevic
Melton
Buggs
Buggs
Mathews
Mathews
Mathews
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
Boatwright
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
L
L
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
W
W
L
7-0
7-1
4-3
3-4
3-1
3-4
10-3
8-0
3-2
THE LAST TIME THE TROJANS...
Scored 100 points
Allowed 100 points
Had 50 or more rebounds
Allowed 50 or more rebounds
Had 25 or more assists
Had 15 or more steals
6 or more score in double figures
Beat an opponent by 50 or more
Beat a ranked opponent
Beat a top-10 ranked opponent
Beat a top-5 ranked opponent
USC
78.8
73.1
.456
.431
.363
.365
.741
36.2
15.4
11.3
7.3
5.6
103
102
51
50
25
15
6
52
#8
#8
#4
vs. Arizona on Jan. 9, 2016 - 4OT (4th time 100 or more in 2015-16)
vs. UCLA on Feb. 18, 2017
vs. Omaha on Nov. 13, 2016
vs. UCLA on Feb. 18, 2017
vs. Washington St. on March 1, 2017 (26 vs. UCSB on Nov. 27, 2016)
vs. New Orleans, Nov. 22, 2016 & vs. Washington, March 8, 2017
vs. Cal Poly on Dec. 17, 2015 and vs. UCLA on March 9, 2016
vs. Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14, 2006
vs. UCLA on Jan. 25, 2017
vs. UCLA on Jan. 25, 2017
at UCLA on Jan. 19, 2008
TEAM COMPARISONS
--Offensive Pts./Game
Defensive Pts./Game
Field Goal Percentage
Field Goal Defense Pct.
3-Point FG Percentage
3-Point FG Defense Pct.
Free Throw Percentage
Rebounds/Game
Assists/Game
Turnovers/Game
Steals/Game
Blocks/Game
UCLA
91.3
75.0
.526
.417
.415
.359
.736
39.3
21.7
11.4
6.4
5.4
THE PLAYERS
3 SHAQQUAN AARON (R-So.) Ht. - 6-7
Wt. - 190
Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach HS/Louisville)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (23, 1/25/17 vs. UCLA)
3-pointers: (5, 2/9/17 vs. Oregon St.) Assists: (4, 2x, 12/11/16 vs. Pep.)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (23, 1/25 vs. UCLA)
3-pointers: (5, 2/9 vs. Oregon State) Assists: (4, 2x, 12/11 vs. Pep.)
• Transferred to USC from Louisville and sat out the 2015-16 season; Will have 3 seasons of eligibility remaining
• Appeared in 23 G (2 starts) for Louisville in 2014-15...averaged 1.3 points & 0.7 rebounds while averaging 7.2 minutes per G
• Scored a then career-high 11 points and grabbed a career-best 5 rebounds at Wake Forest on Jan. 4, 2015
• Originally a top 30 recruit nationally as he averaged 19.7 points, 8.5 reobunds & 7.5 assists & led Rainier Beash HS in Seattle
to the Class 3-A title for the second consecutive season en route to earning 2013-14 Washington Player of the Year honors
• Scored a then career-best 17 points & grabbed career-best 7 rebounds in his first game as a Trojan vs. Montana on Nov. 11
• Scored 15 points and had a career-best 4 assists vs. UCSB on Nov. 27...also 4 assists vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11
• Matched a career high with 7 rebounds and added 9 points at San Diego on Nov. 30
• Scored a then career-high 19 points & made a then career-best 4 3-pointers in comeback wins vs. BYU on Dec. 3
• Led USC with career-high 23 points & made 4 3-point baskets in win over UCLA on Jan. 25...named Pac-12 POW
• Scored 21 points and made a career-high 5 3-pointers (5 of 6) vs. Oregon State on Feb. 9...8th double-figure scoring game
• Started on March 1 vs. WSU for 1st time since Jan. 12 at Utah and scored 8 points...USC is 17-3 in games he starts
25 BENNIE BOATWRIGHT (So.) Ht. - 6-10
Wt. - 230
Mission Hills, Calif. (Village Christian)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (23, 3x, 2/23/17 at Arizona) 3-pointers: (5, 5x, 2/26/17 at ASU)
Rebounds: (12, 1/21/16 at Ore.)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (23, 2x, 2/23 at Arizona)
3-pointers: (5, 2x, 2/26 at ASU)
Rebounds: (10, 2/18 at UCLA)
• He was the CIF Southern Section Division 1AA Player of the Year as he averaged 27.8 points & 13 rebounds for Village
Christian HS...Led his team to the 1AA title with 30 points & 13 rebounds in a 79-61 win over top-seed Great Oak
• Named a L.A. Times All-Star, Cal-High Sports All-State Elite Second Team & CIF co-Player of the Year in Division I voting
• Averaged 11.5 points & 5.2 rebounds as a freshman and was named Pac-12 honorable mention All-Freshman
• Started 32 of USC’s 34 games and tied for the team lead with 60 three-point baskets made
• Scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds at Oregon on Jan. 21, 2016
• Sat out the first two games with upper back spasms; Played 1st game of season at Texas A&M on Nov. 18...9 points/6 boards
• Led USC with 17 points vs. SMU on Nov. 25...was 4-for-7 from 3-point range
• Again led USC with 21 points vs. UCSB on Nov. 27...matched a career high with 5 three-pointers (5-for-11)
• Injured his left knee 3 minutes into the game at San Diego on Nov. 30...diagnosed with a sprained MCL, missed 15 games
• Returned Feb. 1 at Washington and matched career high with 23 points...made 7 of 10 shots & 7 of 8 free throws
• Scored 20 points & grabbed 10 boards on Feb. 18 at UCLA for 2nd career double-double; Had 23 points at Arizona on Feb. 23
• Scored 22 points & matched career high with 5 three-point baskets (5 of 8)
1 CHARLES BUGGS (Rs-Sr.)
Ht. - 6-9
Wt. - 230
Arlington, Texas (Hargrave Military/Minnesota)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (15, 11/30/15 vs. Clemson) 3-pointers: (3, 4x, 11/30/15 vs. Clemson) Rebounds: (10,11/19/15 vs. Temple)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (9, 12/19 vs. Cornell)
3-pointers: (1, 7x, 3/4 vs. Washington) Rebounds: (7, 12/19 vs. Cornell)
• Played his final year of high school at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia in 2011-12 and led them to a 38-1 record
• Transfered to USC from Minnesota as a 5th-year senior with one season of eligibility remaining (this season)
• Redshirted at Minnesota the 2012-13 season & played in 16 games in 2013-14; Averaged 3.6 points/2.0 rebounds in 2014-15
• In 2015-16 he averaged 5.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in 28 games (21 starts) for the Gophers...made 23 3-pointers; He was
second on the team with a 46.2 field goal percentage and third with a 76.9 free throw percentage
• Scored a career-high 15 points vs. Clemson on Nov. 30, 2015; Career-best 10 rebounds vs. Temple on Nov. 19, 2015
• Played 15 minutes and had 2 big steals in win vs. Montana on Nov. 11; Had 4 points & 3 rebounds vs. Omaha on Nov. 13
• Scored 5 points and had a career-best 3 blocks vs. SMU on Nov. 25; Had a season-best 9 points & 7 rebounds vs. Cornell
• 7 points & 6 boards at Utah on Jan. 12; Started 1st G at USC on Jan. 15 at Colo.
13 SAMER DHILLON (Sr.)
Ht. - 6-8
Wt. - 220
Sacramento, Calif. (Inderkum HS)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (3,3/4/17 vs. Washington)
Rebounds: (2, 12/11/16 vs. Pepperdine) Blocks: (--------)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (3, 3/4 vs. Washington)
Rebounds: (2, 12/11 vs. Pepperdine) Blocks: (--------)
• Averaged 13.6 points and 11.0 rebounds and served as team captain as a senior at Inderkum HS
• Helped lead his team to its first TCC league title in school history and most wins in school history
• He was also the class valedictorian and student body president...graduated with a 4.5 GPA
• His parents are both from India and he is one of a very few Indian players to have played in a BCS conference
• Played in a total of 3 games as a freshman, scoring 2 points at Stanford on Feb. 20, 2014; Played 4 games as a sophomore
• Appeared in 6 games during the 2015-16 season and made his only shot, a basket vs. Lafayette on Dec. 23, 2015
• Named to the 2016 NABC Good Works Team for community involvement & was honored at the 2016 Final Four in Houston
• Grabbed a career-high 2 rebounds in 2 minutes of action against Pepperdine on Dec. 11
• Made his 1st career 3-pointer & had a career-high 3 points on Senior Day vs. Washington on March 4
12 DEVIN FLEMING (So.)
Ht. - 6-2
Wt. - 180
Moreno Valley, Calif. (Valley View HS)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (--------)
3-pointers: (--------)
Assists: (--------)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (-------)
3-pointers: (-------)
Assists: (--------)
• Averaged 19.9 points as a Jr. and 19.0 as a Sr. at Valley View HS...3x 1st team All-League, 2nd team All-CIF & All-Inland Area
• Played last season at Mt. San Jacinto College where he helped lead his team to a 24-6 record, starting 29 of their 30 games
• He averaged 12.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game for San Jacinto...he made 50 3-points, hit 71.9 % of FTs
• Appeared in first game as a Trojan vs. New Orleans on Nov. 22; Had a rebound vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11 & WSU on March 1
3 HARRISON HENDERSON (Fr.) Ht. - 6-10
Wt. - 220
Dallas, Texas (South Grand Prairie)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (5, 12/30 at Oregon)
3-pointers: (1, 2x, 1/25 vs. UCLA)
Rebounds: (4, 11/22 vs. N.O.)
• Son of Bill and Sharon Banks and his biological father Phil Henderson, who died in 2013, played at Duke on the 1987-90
teams which went to three Final Fours with him serving as team caption as a senior
• As a senior led South Grand Prairie to a 25-9 record and the semifinals of the Texas 6A Regions 1 & 3 championships
• He averaged 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds and was named first team All-District
• Made his college debut at Texas A&M on Nov. 18 with a big contingent of family members on hand...0 points in 1 minute
• Scored his 1st 3 points & had a career-best 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 block & 1 steal vs. N.O. on Nov. 22...his 1st points were on a dunk
• Was 1-for-2 from the line vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11; Had 2 points & 2 rebounds in 3 minutes vs. Wyoming on Dec. 23
• Made his 1st career 3-pointer, had 2 rebounds, 2 blocks and finished with 5 points in 5 minutes of action at Oregon on Dec. 30
THE PLAYERS
21 KURT KARIS (Jr.) Ht. - 6-1
Wt. - 190
Northbrook, Ill. (Glenbrook North/Chicago St.)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (8, 2/24/14 vs. Eastern Ill.) Rebounds: (5, 3x, 2/26/15 vs. Grand Canyon)Assists: (4, 11/25/14 vs. CSUF)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (2, 3x, 2/23 at Arizona)
Rebounds: (1, 3/1 vs. WSU)
Assists: (--------)
• Walk-on transferred to USC from Chicago State before last season...will have 2 years of eligibility beginning this season
• Averaged 17 points and 7 assists as a senior at Glenbrook North...Glenbrook North won the conference title his last 3 seasons
• As a freshman in the 2013-14 season at Chicago State, played in 29 games, making 6 starts...as a sophomore in the 2014-15
season he played in 21 games, making 7 starts; Scored a career-high 8 points vs. Eastern Illinois on Feb. 24, 2014
• Played in 1st G as a Trojan vs. New Orleans on Nov. 22; 2-for-2 from the FT line vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11 for his first 2 points
• Scored his first FG as a Trojan with a layup vs. Oregon State on Feb. 9; Scored at the buzzer at Arizona on Feb. 23
2 JONAH MATHEWS (Fr.)
Ht. - 6-3
Wt. - 185
Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (26, 12/23 vs. Wyoming)
3-pointers: (5, 12/23 vs.Wyoming)
Assists: (5, 11/27 vs. UCSB)
• Graduated Santa Monica HS in 2016 as team captain...led team in scoring with a 24.1 average...also 8.4 rebounds & 6.2 asst.
• Led team to a 30-3 record which included a 25-game winning streak; Team won the CIF-Southern Section 1A Title
• Was named the 2016 CIF SS Division 1A Player of the Year...also named to the L.A. Times All-Area Team and honorable
mention on the MaxPreps All-State team; Ranked the No. 62 overall prosect & the No. 1 shooting guard in West by Scout.com
• Tied for the team lead with 3 assists and grabbed 3 rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench vs. Montana on Nov. 11
• Scored his first 4 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and had 2 steals vs. Omaha on Nov. 13
• Scored 14 points (7 of 10 from the FT line) vs. SMU on Nov. 25; Had 5 assists & 3 rebounds vs. UCSB on Nov. 2
• Had season highs of 26 points, 5 3-pointers made (5 of 8) & 6 steals vs. Wyoming on Dec. 23; Had 21 points on the trip to Oregon
• Scored 9 points & made 3 of 4 from 3-point range at Utah on Jan.12; 11 points & tied his high of 5 rebounds at Colorado on Jan. 15
• Started 1st game vs. ASU on Jan. 22 and had 14 points and 3 steals; Started & had 7 points & 2 steals at Washington on Feb. 1
• Scored 18 points & grabbed a season-best 6 boards at WSU on Feb. 4; 12 points & 4 assists vs. WSU on March 1
• Accidentally kicked in head after a pump fake vs. WSU on March 1...sat out G vs. UW on March 4 with concussion-like symptoms
11 JORDAN McLAUGHLIN (Jr.) Ht. - 6-1
Wt. - 180
Etiwanda, Calif. (Etiwanda)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (25, 2/17/16 vs. Colorado) 3-pointers: (5, 2x, 1/13/16 at UCLA)
Assists: (16, 12/23/15 vs. Lafayette)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (24, 12/3 vs. BYU)
3-pointers: (4, 2x, 3/1 vs. WSU)
Assists: (10, 2x, 3/1 vs. WSU)
• Led Etiwanda to a 27-5 record and the No. 9 ranking in California as a senior...averaged 17 points & 8 assists per game
• Etiwanda advanced to the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals where he suffered a torn labrum, but put off surgery until after
the CIF State Championships; Lost to eventual state champion Mater Dei in 2OT and he scored 21 points
• Guided Etiwanda to a 55-8 record in his final two seasons; Etiwanda won the CIF Southern Section title his junior season
• Ranked the No. 6 point guard and No. 36 overall by Scout.com...No. 41 according to ESPN.com
• Named to the 2014-15 Pac-12 All-Freshman team as he averaged 12.1 points & 4.5 assists in 22 games, 21 starts
• Suffered injuries to both shoulders during the season and had labral repair surgery on his right shoulder on Feb. 27 and on his
left shoulder on March 20; Went with team to Italy this summer, but cleared for action until the team returned
• Despite his season being cut short due to injury, he led the team in minutes per game (31.6), was 2nd in assists (100), steals
(33) and free throws made (60) and 3rd in scoring (12.1) and 3-pointers made (28)
• In 2015, injured right shoulder at Utah on Jan. 2...sat out 2 G, but back in action off the bench vs. Stanford on Jan. 11; Scored 7
points before leaving in the 2nd half of the game vs. Oregon on Feb. 11 with a left shoulder injury which ended his season
• Set USC single-game record with 16 assists on Dec. 23, 2015 vs. Lafayette...previous mark of 15 set by Brandon Granville on Nov. 23,
1999...also had 14 points for his first career double-double; 17 points, 5 boards, 4 assists & a block in 50 minutes vs. UofA on Jan. 9
• Scored 23 points, had 4 assists and matched a career high with 5 3-pointers (5 of 8) at UCLA on Jan. 13, 2016
• Had a career-high 25 points, 5 assists & 3 steals vs. COL on Feb. 17; Scored 20 points vs. Utah on Feb. 21
• Scored 18 points and went a career-best 9-for-9 from the FT line vs. UCLA on March 9, 2016
• Scored a game-high 24 points (20 in the 2nd H) vs. Utah on March 10 in Pac-12 Tourney 2nd round, his 8th 20-point G of season
• Scored a team-high 15 points, with 5 rebounds, 5 assists & 4 steals vs. Providence in 2016 NCAA 1st-round game
• Named to the preseason Bob Cousy Award watch list for the nation’s top point guard...one of 20 players named to the list
• Scored a season-best 24 points (8 of 12 FGs) and 6 rebounds and added 4 assists vs. BYU on Dec. 3
• was 7-for-7 in FGs to finish with 18 points and added 6 assists vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11
• Scored a game-high 21 points and hit a floater in the lane with 48 seconds left to give USC lead for good vs. Troy on Dec. 17
• Scored winning basket to finish with 22 points in 94-92 OT win vs. Wyoming in LV Classic title game on Dec. 23...named MVP
• Had 10 points & 8 boards at OSU on Dec. 28...7 of 8 from line, his miss snapped streak of 22 straight makes
• Scored 20 points, but his layup was blocked at the buzzer vs. Cal on Jan. 8...4th 20-point game this season, 15th of career
• Scored 8 points and had a season-high 10 assists at ASU on Feb. 26
• Just missed triple-double with 16 points, 10 assists & 9 rebounds vs. WSU on March 1...1st double-double of season, 2nd career
• Led USC with 22 points & 9 assist vs. Washington on March 4; Has 41 assists and 7 turnovers in USC’s last 5 games
22 DE’ANTHONY MELTON (Fr.) Ht. - 6-4
Wt. - 190
North Hollywood, Calif. (Crespi HS)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (16, 2x, 2/1 at UW)
3-pointers: (3, 11/25 vs. SMU)
Assists: (6, 3x, 2/1 at UW)
• Graduated from Crespi in 2016 as the school’s all-time leading scorer & leading them to back-to-back state titles
• Averaged 20.0 points, 9.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 3.5 steals and 1.2 blocks per game as a senior
• Was named the CIF Southern Section Division III Player of the Year
• He scored in double figures in 35 of 37 games, including scoring 25 or more points 11 times...14 G with double figure rebounds
• Ranked the No. 120 recruit in the country and the No. 7 player overall in California by Scout.com
• 1 of 3 finalists for Mr. Basketball in Calif., named MaxPreps All-State 1st team & the L.A. Times & Daily News Player of the Year
• In the 2nd game of the season vs. Omaha on Nov. 13 had 13 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals
• Hit a big 3-pointer, had a steal and a FT in final 2:10 to help key comeback win at Texas A&M on Nov. 18
• Scored 15 points and made a career-high 3 3-pointers and had 5 assists vs. SMU on Nov. 25
• Scored 12, grabbed 8 rebounds, had 2 steals and a career-high 6 assists vs. BYU on Dec. 3
• Made 1st career start and scored 12 points with 6 rebounds & 3 assists vs. Missouri State on Dec. 22
• Started again vs. Wyoming on Dec. 23 & had a career-best 16 points & grabbed 8 rebounds...4th game with 8 or more boards
• Scored 13 points, had 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals & 2 blocks vs. Cal on Jan. 8; Has started the last 22 games
• Matched career high (3rd time) with 9 rebounds and added 13 points, 5 assists and 4 steals in win over UCLA on Jan. 25
• Tied career high with 16 points at Washington on Feb. 1...also career-best 6 steals, 6 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks
THE PLAYERS
4 CHIMEZIE METU (So.)
Ht. - 6-11
Wt. - 225
Lawndale, Calif. (Lawndale HS)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (29, 2/4/17 at WSU)
Rebounds: (14, 3/9/17 vs. UCLA)
Blocks: (5, 3x, 11/13/16 vs. Omaha)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (29, 2/4 at WSU)
Rebounds: (14, 3/9 vs. UCLA)
Blocks: (5, 11/13 vs. Omaha)
• Named a John R. Wooden Award winner as the CIF Southern Section Division II Player of the Year as he averaged 18 points
11 rebounds and 4 blocks per game for Lawndale HS...led them to the 2AA final where they fell in double-OT to Canyon HS
• Named first-team CIF-SS Division II, Division II All-State and was 2nd in the Division II Player of the Year voting
• Was a consensus top 50 recruit, ranked the No. 31 prospect by Scout, No. 47 by Rivals.com and No. 48 by ESPN.com
• Played in all 34 games (2 starts) as a freshman and averaged 6.4 points and 3.6 rebounds...led team with 50 dunks
• Had a then career-best 21 points & 8 rebounds at UCLA on Jan. 13,, 2016 ; His 54 blocks are 2nd on USC’s all-time freshman list
• Recorded his first double-double with career-best 11 rebounds & 10 points vs. UCLA on March 9, 2016 in the Pac-12 Tournament
• Had 15 points & tied career high with 11 rebounds vs. Omaha on Nov. 13, 2nd career double-double...5 blocks tied career high
• Scored 14 points, had 9 rebounds & his dunk with 17 seconds left put USC ahead 64-63 in 65-63 win at Texas A&M on Nov. 18
• Scored 19 points & had a career-best 13 rebounds at USD on Nov. 30...2nd double-double of 2016-17, 3rd career
• Had 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11 for his 3rd double-double of the season, 4th of career
• Scored 18 points and had 8 rebounds vs. Troy on Dec. 17...his basket and made free throw tied game at 77 in 82-77 win
• Had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks and an assist vs. Cornell on Dec. 19...he was 7 of 9 from the floor
• Had 13 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks & a career-high 4 assists vs. Missouri State on Dec. 22
• Scored 14 points & had 10 rebounds vs. Stanford on Jan. 5 for 4th double-double of the season and 5th of career
• Posted a then season high with 20 points vs. California on Jan. 8; Scored 17 points, had 5 rebounds & 2 blocks at Utah on Jan. 12
• Scored a then-career-high 24 points (11 of 14 shooting) at Colo. on Jan. 15...jump hook with 29 seconds left gave USC the lead
• Made 12 of 14 shots and scored a career-high 29 points at WSU on Feb. 4
• Had 15 points 7 12 rebounds for 5th double-double of season, 6th of career at Arizona on Feb. 23; In double-figures in 28 of 32 G
• Scored 14 points & matched career high with 13 rebounds at ASU on Feb. 26...6th double-double of season and 7th of career
• Led USC with 24 points & 9 rebounds vs. UW on March 8; Scored 8 points & had a career-high 14 rebounds vs. UCLA on March 9
31 NICK RAKOCEVIC (Fr.)
Ht. - 6-11
Wt. - 215
Chicago, Ill. (Saint Joseph’s HS)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (13, 12/11 vs. Pepperdine) Rebounds: (9, 12/11 vs. Pepperdine) Blocks: (4, 2/9 vs. Oregon St.)
• 2016 graduate of Saint Joseph’s HS in Westchester, Ill. where he averaged 19.8 points, 14.4 rebounds & 4.0 blocks as senior
• Named the Chicago Tribune All-Star first team, All-State and All-Conference
• In his final game, Saint Joe’s OT loss in the state 3A 3rd-place game, he scored 26 points, had 13 rebounds and 6 blocks.
• He posted a double-double in all 33 starts...as a junior led his team to the 3A Illinois state title
• Started the opener vs. Montana but got in foul trouble and finished with one point and two rebounds in 10 minutes
• Also started and had a 7 & 7 with 7 points and 7 rebounds vs. Omaha on Nov. 13...also had 2 blocks
• Came off bench to score 6 points at Texas A&M on Nov. 18; 6 points and 5 rebounds vs. New Orleans on Nov. 22
• Scored 8 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 11 minutes off the bench vs. UCSB on Nov. 27
• Started and had a season-best 13 points and 9 rebounds vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11...9 of 10 from the free throw line
• Scored 10 points, had 7 rebounds and 3 blocks vs. Troy on Dec. 17; Scored 9 points at Utah on Jan. 12
• Scored 11 points on 5 of 6 shooting and added 8 rebounds vs. ASU on Jan. 22; 2nd on team with 59 offensive rebounds
• Had a career-high 4 blocks, 7 points & 4 rebounds against Oregon St. on Feb. 9; 10 points & 8 rebounds vs. UW on March 4
30 ELIJAH STEWART (Jr.)
Ht. - 6-5
Wt. - 190
DeRidder, La. (Westchester HS-Ca.)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (30, 11/11/16 vs. Montana) 3-pointers: (7, 2x, 1/22/17 vs. ASU)
Assists: (4, 4x, 1/25/17 vs. UCLA)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (30, 11/11 vs. Montana)
3-pointers: (7, 2x, 1/22 vs. ASU)
Assists: (4, 2x, 1/25 vs. UCLA)
• Averaged 19.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.1 blocks for Westchester High en route to being named the L.A. City
Section Player of the Year; Westchester went 30-7 and finished ranked No. 5 in California; Named Western League MVP
• Ranked the No. 40 recruit for 2014 by Scout.com; Named to the L.A. Times All-Star team, the Long Beach Press Telegram
All-Area Team, the Cali-Hi Sports All-State first team and MaxPreps California All-State second team
• Played in all 32 games as a freshman, making 18 starts and averaging 6.2 points and 2.4 rebounds
• Led USC with 37 blocks, 6th-best ever by a Trojan freshman; He had 25 blocks in Pac-12 play, 5th overall, tops for a guard
• Scored 22 points by going 10-for-10 at BC on Dec. 21, 2014...tied USC record for makes in a game w/o a miss (Gibson - 2009)
• Averaged 9.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in 2015-16 as a sophomore...tied for team lead with 60 3-pointers made and led the
team with a .429 shooting percentage from beyond the arc; He played in all 34 games and started 18 times
• Had a then career-high 27 points & tied a then career high with 6 3-pointers (6-for-9) in win vs. Lafayette on Dec. 23, 2015
• Tied career high with 27 points & hit winning FTs with 22 seconds left in 4OT win over Arizona on Jan. 9...made 5 3-pointers
• Scored a career-high 30 points in the opening win vs. Montana on Nov. 11...made 4 of 6 3-pointers and grabbed 7 rebounds
• Scored 11 points, had 7 rebounds and tied career high with 4 assists vs. Omaha on Nov. 13
• Recorded 2nd career double-double with 11 points & a career-high 11 rebounds at Texas A&M on Nov. 18
• Scored 21 points and had 6 rebounds vs. New Oreans on Nov. 22...seventh career 20-point game, 2nd time in 2016-17
• Scored 18 points (4 of 10 on 3-pointers) and had 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks vs. UCSB on Nov. 27
• Made a career-high 7 3-pointers & finished with 26 points vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11...T-4th on USC’s single-game 3-point list
• Scored 21 points on 7 of 10 shooting (4 of 6 on 3’s) vs. Missouri St. on Dec. 22...4th 20-point game this season, 9th of career
• Led USC with 20 points & made 5 3’s vs. Arizona on Jan. 19; Scored 29 points and hit 7 3-pointers (7 of 13) vs. ASU on Jan. 22
• He has six 20-point games this season, 11 in his career; 17 points vs. UCLA on March 9, had 34 points in USC’s previous 6 G
5 DERRYCK THORNTON (So.) Ht. - 6-2
Wt. - 185
Los Angeles, Calif. (Findlay Prep-Nev./Duke)
Career Highs:
Pts.: (19, 11/20/15 vs VCU)
3-pointers: (3, 12/15/15 vs. Ga. Southern) Assists: (7, 1/9/16 vs. Va. Tech)
Season Highs:
Pts.: (--------)
3-pointers: (--------)
Assists: (--------)
• Graduated from Findlay Prep (Nev.) in 2015 as the No. 11 ranked player by Scout.com and No. 14 by Rivals.com
• Was rated the No. 13 player overall in the 2015 class by the Recruting Services Consensus Index
• Transfered to USC from Duke the summer of 2016 & will sit out the 2016-17 campaign with 3 years of eligibility remaining
• As a freshman at Duke in 2015-16, he started at point guard in 20 of Duke’s 36 games, averaging 7.1 points & 2.6 assists
• He was 2nd on the team with 93 assists, 10th most ever by a Duke freshman...his 1.58 assist to turnover ratio ranks tied for
seventh all-time by a Duke freshman
• Duke was 15-5 in his 20 starts & he averaged 8.7 points in those games; Duke reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tourney
2016-17 USC Men's Basketball
USC Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 09, 2017)
All games
Opponent
Date
Score
MONTANA
OMAHA
at Texas A&M
NEW ORLEANS
SMU
UC SANTA BARBARA
at San Diego
vs BYU
PEPPERDINE
TROY
CORNELL
vs MISSOURI ST.
vs WYOMING
at Oregon State
at Oregon
STANFORD
CALIFORNIA
at Utah
at Colorado
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE
UCLA
at Washington
at Washington State
OREGON STATE
OREGON
at UCLA
at Arizona
at ARIZONA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE
UW
vs Washington
vs UCLA
11/11/16
11/13/16
11/18/16
11/22/16
11/25/16
11/27/16
11/30/16
12/03/16
12/11/16
12/17/16
12/19/16
12/22/16
12/23/16
12/28/30
12-30-16
01/05/17
01/08/17
01/12/17
1/15/17
1/19/17
01/22/17
01/25/17
02/01/17
02/04/17
02/09/17
02/11/17
02/18/17
02/23/17
02-26-17
03/01/17
03/04/17
03/08/17
03/09/17
75-61
82-72
65-63
88-54
78-73
96-72
76-55
91-84
93-67
82-77
79-67
83-75
94-92
70-63
61-84
72-56
73-74
64-86
71-68
66-73
82-79
84-76
82-74
86-77
92-66
70-81
70-102
77-90
82-83
87-64
74-58
78-73
74-76
Opponent
Date
Score
MONTANA
OMAHA
at Texas A&M
NEW ORLEANS
SMU
UC SANTA BARBARA
at San Diego
vs BYU
PEPPERDINE
TROY
CORNELL
vs MISSOURI ST.
vs WYOMING
at Oregon State
at Oregon
STANFORD
CALIFORNIA
at Utah
at Colorado
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE
UCLA
at Washington
at Washington State
OREGON STATE
OREGON
at UCLA
at Arizona
at ARIZONA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE
UW
vs Washington
vs UCLA
11/11/16
11/13/16
11/18/16
11/22/16
11/25/16
11/27/16
11/30/16
12/03/16
12/11/16
12/17/16
12/19/16
12/22/16
12/23/16
12/28/30
12-30-16
01/05/17
01/08/17
01/12/17
1/15/17
1/19/17
01/22/17
01/25/17
02/01/17
02/04/17
02/09/17
02/11/17
02/18/17
02/23/17
02-26-17
03/01/17
03/04/17
03/08/17
03/09/17
75-61
82-72
65-63
88-54
78-73
96-72
76-55
91-84
93-67
82-77
79-67
83-75
94-92
70-63
61-84
72-56
73-74
64-86
71-68
66-73
82-79
84-76
82-74
86-77
92-66
70-81
70-102
77-90
82-83
87-64
74-58
78-73
74-76
00
01
02
03
AARON,SHAQ BUGGS,CHAR MATHEWS,JO HENDERSON,
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
L
L
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
L
L
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
W
W
L
17-7-0
16-4-0
4-0-1
12-4-1
7-3-0
15-5-4
9-7-0
19-5-2
13-2-4
8-2-3
9-5-3
9-4-3
0-1-0
5-4-1
4-2-2
8-3-0
6-2-0
6-6-3
6-4-0
7-6-1
3-4-1
23-4-1
2-2-0
0-3-1
21-6-1
7-3-0
8-5-1
5-1-2
2-1-0
8-2-2
4-2-2
10-2-1
0-0-1
0-0-0
4-3-0
0-1-0
DNP
5-3-0
0-3-0
4-3-0
0-2-0
DNP
2-0-0
9-7-3
DNP
3-1-0
3-4-0
2-1-1
2-2-0
2-1-0
7-6-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
DNP
3-1-0
4-0-0
5-1-0
DNP
DNP
0-3-3
4-3-1
0-1-0
13-3-1
14-2-2
0-3-5
0-1-1
8-0-3
8-2-0
5-3-0
7-0-0
2-1-0
26-5-2
10-1-0
11-0-0
10-2-2
2-3-0
9-1-1
11-5-1
2-1-1
14-0-0
3-2-0
7-3-0
18-6-2
9-0-3
2-0-1
3-0-1
0-1-0
12-2-2
12-3-4
DNP
0-0-1
11-3-1
13
DHILLON,SA
21
KARIS,KURT
22
MELTON,DE'
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
0-2-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
3-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
2-0-0
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
0-0-0
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
2-0-0
DNP
0-0-0
2-0-0
DNP
0-1-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
6-8-2
13-9-4
8-6-2
10-3-2
15-6-5
6-3-5
14-5-3
12-8-6
1-2-5
7-5-5
7-5-0
12-6-3
16-8-2
9-4-1
13-5-1
12-4-2
13-7-4
6-2-2
6-9-6
8-7-5
0-6-8
13-9-5
16-7-6
5-0-3
6-4-2
9-3-2
7-2-1
10-5-4
5-2-4
6-3-3
2-3-5
9-4-3
5-1-2
USC Record When...
Score first ................................................................... 14-7
Opponent scores first ................................................. 10-2
Lead at half ................................................................ 19-1
Trail at half ................................................................... 5-7
Tied at half ................................................................... 0-1
Ahead w/ 5:00 left ...................................................... 21-2
Trail w/5:00 left ............................................................. 3-7
Tied w/5:00 left ............................................................. 0-0
0 or 1 Trojan in double figures ..................................... 0-1
2 Trojans in double figures ........................................... 1-1
3 Trojans in double figures ........................................... 7-3
4 Trojans in double figures ........................................... 9-4
5 or more Trojans in double figures ............................. 7-0
FG Pct. at or above .500 .............................................. 9-3
FG Pct. below .500 .................................................... 15-6
FG Pct. at or below .400 .............................................. 4-6
Opponent FG Pct. at or above .500 ............................. 2-3
Opponent FG Pct. below .500 .................................... 22-6
Opponent FG Pct. at or below .400 ........................... 12-1
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
3-4-1
DNP
DNP
0-2-0
DNP
1-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
2-2-0
DNP
5-2-0
2-0-0
DNP
1-1-1
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
3-0-0
0-0-0
DNP
0-1-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
04
METU,CHIME
11
MCLAUGHLIN
12
FLEMING,DE
14-7-1
15-11-0
14-9-1
5-7-1
6-4-1
15-5-3
19-13-0
12-6-0
11-10-1
18-8-2
17-6-1
13-9-4
11-7-2
19-8-2
4-11-1
14-10-2
20-6-2
17-5-0
24-6-0
11-7-0
7-3-2
13-7-2
15-8-3
29-8-2
11-7-0
16-4-3
14-6-0
15-12-2
14-13-2
15-9-1
17-4-0
24-9-0
8-14-3
7-3-3
12-3-5
13-5-4
11-1-9
6-2-5
13-4-5
9-3-4
24-6-4
18-1-6
21-4-3
16-3-9
19-4-5
22-7-5
10-8-4
10-4-4
15-1-6
20-1-5
9-1-3
9-2-3
14-4-8
18-2-8
10-3-8
13-4-5
4-2-4
6-2-3
6-7-4
9-4-5
13-0-3
8-3-10
16-9-10
22-4-9
11-3-6
18-2-6
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-1-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-1-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
25
30
BOATWRIGHT STEWART,EL
DNP
DNP
9-6-0
7-4-3
17-5-1
21-4-2
0-1-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
23-2-4
13-7-3
16-4-3
15-6-2
20-10-1
23-4-2
22-5-2
14-1-2
9-2-1
13-5-0
11-3-0
30-7-0
11-7-4
11-11-2
21-6-0
6-5-1
18-4-2
15-3-1
16-5-0
26-4-2
11-5-2
6-8-1
21-2-0
10-4-1
8-6-2
10-6-0
9-6-1
7-1-1
0-6-1
11-3-1
20-4-1
29-4-2
15-4-4
5-1-0
13-4-1
14-3-2
15-5-1
5-0-1
5-1-3
12-2-0
6-2-2
2-0-0
4-1-1
17-3-0
31
RAKOCEVIC,
1-2-0
7-7-1
6-0-0
6-5-0
2-4-0
8-4-0
6-5-1
0-1-0
13-9-0
10-7-1
8-6-0
7-3-2
4-5-4
6-3-0
2-3-0
0-3-1
3-5-0
9-2-0
4-6-1
4-3-0
11-8-1
4-5-0
1-2-0
4-3-1
7-4-0
0-1-0
4-0-0
4-3-0
4-1-0
6-1-1
10-8-0
7-5-2
4-4-0
Outshoot opponent (%) .............................................. 19-3
Outshot by opponent (%) ............................................. 5-6
Outrebound or tie opponent ....................................... 14-1
Outrebounded by opponent ....................................... 10-8
Opponent 10 or more offensive rebounds.................. 15-7
More turnovers or same as opponent .......................... 5-7
Less turnovers than opponent ................................... 19-2
USC scored 90-plus points .......................................... 5-0
USC scores 80-89 points ............................................. 9-1
USC scores 70-79 points ............................................. 9-5
USC scores 60-69 points ............................................. 1-3
USC scores 50-59 points ............................................. 0-0
USC scores 39-49 points ............................................. 0-0
Opponent scores 20-29 points ..................................... 0-0
Opponent scores 30-39 points ..................................... 0-0
Opponent scores 40-49 points ..................................... 0-0
Opponent scores 50-59 points ..................................... 4-0
Opponent scores 60-69 points ..................................... 8-0
Opponent scores 70-79 points ................................... 10-3
Opponent scores 80-89 points ..................................... 1-4
Opponent scored 90-plus points .................................. 1-2
2016•2017 Season Review
game • one
game • two
game • three
Montana • 61
USC • 75
Omaha • 72
USC • 82
USC • 65
Texas A&M • 63
Nov. 11 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Nov. 13 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Nov. 18 • Reed Arena
College Station, Texas
Elijah Stewart scored a career-high 30 points
and Shaqquan Aaron scored a career-best 17
points to lead USC to a 75-61 win in its opener
vs. Montana on Nov. 11. With the win, USC
improved to 18-4 in its last 22 home openers,
including winning seven of its last eight. USC
trailed by as many as 11 points early in the first
half (14-3), but went on a 17-4 run to take the
lead for good at 20-18 and never looked back.
Stewart was key in the run, scoring 11 of USC’s
first 12 points. His 30 points were the most
in an opener by a Trojans since Sam Clancy
scored 31 on Nov. 18, 2000 vs. Bradley. O.J.
Mayo scored 32 in an opener in 2007, but his
participation was later vacated due to NCAA
penalty. USC outrebounded Montana 39-32
and forced 16 turnovers which led to 21 points.
The Trojans took 38 free throws which tied their
high from the 2016 season. USC started two
juniors, two sophomores and a freshman and
has not started a senior on opening day since
the 2014 season. Bennie Boatwright sat out
the game with upper back spasms.
USC trailed by nine points in the first half and
by six points seven minutes into the second
half before rallying to defeat Omaha 82-72
on Nov. 13 at the Galen Center. Shaqquan
Aaron hit a jumper with 9:17 remaining to tie
the game at 53, and with 8:49 remaining Nick
Rakocevic hit a free throw to give USC the
lead for good at 54-53. USC was just 1-9 in
games it trailed at the half during the 2015-16
season. Aaron finished with a team-high 16
points and Chimezie Metu posted his second
career double-double with 15 points and 11
rebounds. He also added five blocks. Five
Trojans scored in double figures and all eight
which played scored at least 4 points and had
at least 3 rebounds. Omaha opened up a 16-7
lead 3:48 into the game as it hit 6 of its first
8 shots, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range.
Marcus Tyus of Omaha led all scorers with a
career-high 33 points. USC won its 12 consecutive home game against a nonconference
opponent. USC held Omaha to 31.4 percent
shooting in the second half.
USC went on a 10-1 run in the final 3:38 to defeat Texas A&M 65-63 in College Station, Texas
on Nov. 18. Trailing 62-55, Jordan McLaughlin
made a contested layup with 3:25 left, then he
fed De’Anthony Melton for a 3-pointer to cut
the deficit to 62-60. After the Aggies’ Admon
Gilder hit 1 of 2 free throws, Bennie Boatwright
hit a pair of FT to cut the deficit to 63-62.
McLaughlin then retrieved a long rebound 8
feet from halfcourt and fed Chimezie Metu for
an ally-oop dunk to make it 64-63 USC with
17 seconds remaining. Melton then stole the
ball and was fouled, making 1 of 2 free throws
for a 65-63 lead. DJ Hogg got off a contested
3-pointer at the buzzer which hit the front of
the rim and the Trojans had the comeback win.
USC, which trailed by 10 points in the first half,
snapped Texas A&M’s 12-game winning streak
dating back to 2001 in Power 5 nonconference
games at home. USC won its fifth consecutive
nonconference road game. Metu led USC with
14 points and 9 rebounds, while Elijah Stewart
had his second career double-double with 11
points and a career-high 11 rebounds.
MONTANA • 61
OMAHA • 72
USC • 65
Player
FG
Krslovic
4-7
Lopez
1-4
Wright
0-5
Rorie
8-15
Moorehead 3-7
Dunn
2-5
Pridgett
0-3
DeJong
0-1
Misipeka-Ward 0-0
Samuelson 1-4
Gfeller
3-6
TEAM
Totals
22-57
3FG
0-0
1-3
0-4
5-8
1-5
0-2
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
3-6
FT
2-2
0-0
2-2
0-2
2-2
0-1
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
10-29 7-11
FG% 1st Half: 10-29 (.345)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-15 (.400)
FT% 1st Half: 4-4 (1.000)
REB
O-D-TOT
4-3 7
0-0 0
1-0 1
1-2 3
0-7 7
1-4 5
0-2 2
0-0 0
0-0 0
2-0 2
0-2 2
1-2 3
10-22 32
F
1
2
4
3
3
4
3
1
0
3
4
1
29
TP
10
3
2
21
9
4
1
0
0
2
9
A TO B
3 1 2
2 1 0
1 2 0
0 2 0
1 3 0
2 1 0
0 3 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 0
1 0 0
2
61 11 16 3
2nd Half: 12-28 (.429)
2nd Half: 4-14 (.286)
2nd Half: 3-7 (.429)
S MIN
2 35
0 15
1 16
0 35
1 28
2 24
0 17
0 2
0 1
2 12
0 15
8 200
Game: 22-57 (.386)
Game: 10-29 (.345)
Game: 7-11 (.636)
Player
Thurman
Meyer
Jackson
Tyus
Hollins
Gibson
Erickson
Robinson
Norl
Pirog
Hahn
TEAM
Totals
FG
7-22
2-2
1-4
11-18
1-11
1-2
0-2
0-0
1-2
0-0
1-5
3FG
1-4
0-0
0-1
6-9
0-4
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-3
25-68 8-23
FG% 1st Half: 14-33 (.424)
3FG% 1st Half: 4-11 (.364)
FT% 1st Half: 5-6 (.833)
USC • 75
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Melton
TEAM
Totals
FG
4-12
0-1
6-10
2-4
6-12
0-3
0-3
3-6
3FG
0-1
0-0
2-5
0-2
4-6
0-2
0-3
0-1
21-51 6-20
REB
O-D-TOT
2-5 7
2-0 2
1-6 7
1-2 3
5-2 7
0-0 0
0-3 3
2-6 8
1-1 2
27-38 14-25 39
FT
6-7
1-2
3-4
3-6
14-16
0-0
0-2
0-1
F
2
4
1
1
2
3
1
2
TP
14
1
17
7
30
0
0
6
A TO B
1 2 2
0 2 0
0 1 0
3 4 1
0 2 1
0 1 0
3 0 0
2 2 1
S MIN
1 37
0 10
2 30
0 34
2 31
2 15
0 16
2 27
16 75
9 14 5
9 200
2nd Half: 12-28 (.429)
2nd Half: 2-11 (.182)
2nd Half: 15-21 (.714)
Montana
USC
31
41
–
–
F
4
2
2
3
4
0
0
0
2
1
2
TP
20
6
4
33
2
3
0
0
2
0
2
20 72
2nd Half: 11-35 (.314)
2nd Half: 4-12 (.333)
2nd Half: 9-11 (.818)
A TO B
1 1 3
2 0 0
0 4 0
0 0 0
6 3 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 3 1
1
9 13 4
S MIN
0 33
0 16
0 25
1 35
2 34
0 12
0 5
0 1
0 8
0 2
1 29
Player
Aaron
Metu
McLaughlin
Boatwright
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Henderson
Melton
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
2-7
5-9
6-13
3-13
4-14
0-0
0-1
0-0
3-7
1-3
Game: 21-51 (.412)
Game: 6-20 (.300)
Game: 27-38 (.711)
61
75
Officials: Bob Staffen, Ruben Ramos, Casey McClellan
Technical fouls: Montana - Team.
Attendance: 3,513
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Melton
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-15
2-6
5-14
5-11
4-13
1-1
1-7
4-7
3FG
0-0
0-0
2-5
1-5
1-7
1-1
1-4
1-2
28-74 7-24
REB
O-D-TOT
4-7 11
6-1 7
1-3 4
1-2 3
2-5 7
1-2 3
0-3 3
2-7 9
2-2 4
19-26 19-32 51
FT
3-4
3-5
4-6
1-1
2-2
1-2
1-2
4-4
24-67 5-26
F
2
0
1
3
5
1
0
2
TP
15
7
16
12
11
4
4
13
Game: 25-68 (.368)
Game: 8-23 (.348)
Game: 14-17 (.824)
A TO B
0 1 5
1 1 2
0 1 0
5 3 0
4 1 1
0 0 0
1 0 0
4 2 0
14 82 15 9
2nd Half: 15-37 (.405)
2nd Half: 2-10 (.200)
2nd Half: 16-20 (.800)
Omaha
USC
35
48
–
–
REB
O-D-TOT
0-0 0
4-5 9
1-4 5
3-3 6
5-6 11
0-1 1
0-1 1
0-0 0
2-4 6
0-0 0
2-6 8
12-15 17-30 47
FT
0-0
4-5
0-0
2-2
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-2
4-4
F
2
2
2
1
4
2
0
0
0
2
TP
4
14
13
9
11
0
0
0
8
6
A TO B
1 2 1
1 2 1
4 1 0
0 3 0
2 2 1
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 0 1
0 0 1
15 65 10 11
5
S MIN
1 19
0 29
0 35
1 31
0 33
0 5
1 11
0 1
3 23
0 13
FG% 1st Half: 13-40 (.325)
3FG% 1st Half: 4-16 (.250)
FT% 1st Half: 1-1 (1.000)
2nd Half: 11-27 (.407)
2nd Half: 1-10 (.100)
2nd Half: 11-14 (.786)
6 200
Game: 24-67 (.358)
Game: 5-26 (.192)
Game: 12-15 (.800)
TEXAS A&M • 63
FG% 1st Half: 13-37 (.351)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-14 (.357)
FT% 1st Half: 3-6 (.500)
37
34
3FG
0-3
0-0
1-4
1-8
2-6
0-0
0-1
0-0
1-4
0-0
4 200
USC • 82
FG% 1st Half: 9-23 (.391)
3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 (.444)
FT% 1st Half: 12-17 (.706)
30
34
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
5-6
2-12 14
2-2
3-2 5
2-2
2-1 3
5-7
0-2 2
0-0
0-6 6
0-0
0-1 1
0-0
0-1 1
0-0
0-0 0
0-0
0-0 0
0-0
0-0 0
0-0
2-4 6
1-3 4
14-17 10-32 42
72
82
Officials: Kevin Brill, Keith Kimble, Tom O’Neill
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 2,993
8
S MIN
0 31
0 21
0 29
1 35
0 35
0 8
2 16
3 25
6 200
Game: 28-74 (.378)
Game: 7-24 (.292)
Game: 19-26 (.731)
Player
FG
Hogg
6-16
Gilder
2-10
Hampton
1-6
Trocha-Morelos 6-14
Davis
3-5
Vila
0-1
Smith
0-1
Miller
1-1
Williams
5-9
TEAM
Totals
24-63
3FG
5-11
0-5
0-3
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
FT
0-0
4-7
0-1
2-4
2-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
6-23
9-16
REB
O-D-TOT
3-2 5
0-4 4
0-3 3
3-4 7
2-6 8
0-3 3
0-1 1
0-0 0
2-5 7
5-1 6
15-29 44
F
1
3
2
0
4
1
0
1
4
TP
17
8
2
15
8
0
0
2
11
A TO B
1 1 2
4 1 0
4 1 0
1 0 1
3 4 2
0 3 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 2 1
S MIN
1 35
4 39
0 30
1 30
1 24
0 8
0 7
0 10
0 17
16 63 13 12 6
7 200
FG% 1st Half: 10-29 (.345)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 (.250)
FT% 1st Half: 7-10 (.700)
2nd Half: 14-34 (.412)
2nd Half: 4-15 (.267)
2nd Half: 2-6 (.333)
USC
Texas A&M
34
34
31
29
–
–
Game: 24-63 (.381)
Game: 6-23 (.261)
Game: 9-16 (.563)
65
63
Officials: Mike Reed, Mike Scyphers, Randy McCall
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 8,749
game • four
game • five
game • six
New Orleans • 54
USC • 88
SMU • 73
USC • 78
UCSB • 72
USC • 96
Nov. 22 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Nov. 25 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Nov. 27 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
After trailing by at least nine points in each of
its first three games, all wins, USC led wireto-wire in an 88-54 victory over New Orleans
at the Galen Center on Nov. 22. USC made
55.2 percent of its shots in the first half to open
up a 42-25 lead at the break and was never
challenged after that. Elijah Stewart led USC
with 21 points in 21 minutes played. Jordan
McLaughlin just missed out on a doubledouble with 11 points and nine assists. Jonah
Mathews added 13 points as 5 Trojans scored
in double figures. USC held New Orleans to
34.4 percent shooting. USC forced 19 turnovers which led to a 26-10 advantage on points
off turnovers. USC’s 15 steals were its most in
a game since recording 16 vs. North Carolina
on Dec. 21, 2005. USC’s bench outscored
New Orleans 32-8.
USC used a 19-4 run early in the second half to
erase a five-point deficit and went on to defeat
SMU 78-73 at the Galen Center on Nov. 25.
Bennie Boatwright led USC with 17 points,
including hitting four of seven from three-point
range. USC made 12 of 24 shots from beyond
the arc. USC’s bench outscored SMU’s bench
36-13 led by 15 points from De’Anthony Melton
and 14 from Jonah Mathews. In a first half
which saw six lead changes and six times, USC
led 28-27 at halftime. Both teams struggled
with their shooting as USC hit 37.5 percent
and SMU 35.5 percent before the break. USC
made 7 of 11 from three-point range and 63.6
percent of its shots overall in the second half
to pull away. Trailing 37-32 three minutes into
the second half, USC took the lead for good
on its 19-4 run which included 2 three-pointers
each for Elijah Stewart and Melton, who scored
6 and 9 points respectively in the decisive run.
USC was outrebounded (39-35) for the first
time this season and outscored 38-24 in the
paint. USC outscored SMU 9-0 on fastbreak
points.
USC made its most 3-pointers in a game since
2013 and pulled away from UCSB in the second half for a 96-72 win at the Galen Center
on Nov. 27. USC’s 6-0 start is its best since
starting 8-0 in the 2001 season. USC led 43-38
at halftime and still by just 5 points 8 minutes
into the second half before pulling away for
the 24-point win. The Trojans made 14 of 35
3-point attempts (40 percent), its most makes
from beyond the arc since netting 15 at Arizona
State on Jan. 24, 2013. Leading the way was
Bennie Boatwright with a career-high tying 5
3-pointers and a game-high 21 points. Elijah
Stewart added 4 treys and finished with 18
points. USC had a balanced attack with 5 players scoring in double figures and 9 grabbing 3
or more rebounds. USC made 54.1 percent of
its shots, including 61.3 percent in the second
half. The Trojans had 26 assists on their 33
baskets (78.8 percent). USC outrebounded
UCSB 38-29, but was outscored 46-30 on
points in the paint. The win was USC’s 15th
consecutive against a nonconfernce opponent
at the Galen Center.
NEW ORLEANS • 54
SMU • 73
UCSB • 72
Player
Thomas
Thibodeaux
Broyles
Gill
Rosa
Edwards
Robinson
Cheeseman
Zeno
Puou
Cohen
Jiles
TEAM
Totals
FG
8-17
2-10
5-10
1-11
2-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-7
3-4
0-0
0-0
3FG
0-0
0-0
1-2
1-7
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
FT
4-4
2-2
0-0
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
22-64 3-11
7-8
FG% 1st Half: 12-34 (.353)
3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 (.333)
FT% 1st Half: 0-0 (.---)
REB
O-D-TOT
5-2 7
2-5 7
0-2 2
1-5 6
1-4 5
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-0 0
4-1 5
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-1 1
3-0 3
16-22 38
F
2
3
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
1
0
TP
20
6
11
3
6
0
0
0
2
6
0
0
A TO B
3 3 1
3 3 1
2 4 0
5 2 0
1 1 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 2 2
0 1 0
0 0 0
1
17 54 15 19 4
2nd Half: 10-30 (.333)
2nd Half: 2-8 (.250)
2nd Half: 7-8 (.875)
S MIN
2 33
1 31
1 29
0 34
0 23
0 4
0 1
0 6
0 15
1 20
0 2
0 2
5 200
Game: 22-64 (.344)
Game: 3-11 (.273)
Game: 7-8 (.875)
USC • 88
Player
Metu
Boatwright
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Mathews
Henderson
Fleming
Dhillon
Karis
Melton
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
2-5 7
2-2 4
1-3 4
0-1 1
1-5 6
1-2 3
0-4 4
0-0 0
0-0 0
0-0 0
1-2 3
3-2 5
2-1 3
31-63 11-25 15-21 13-27 40
FG
2-5
2-11
4-8
4-7
7-10
4-7
1-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
5-7
2-4
3FG
0-0
1-7
3-5
1-1
3-5
3-4
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
0-0
FT
1-2
2-2
1-1
2-2
4-4
2-2
1-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-4
F
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
2
TP
5
7
12
11
21
13
3
0
0
0
10
6
A TO B S MIN
1 1 0 2 26
3 1 0 2 24
1 1 1 1 24
9 1 0 1 29
0 1 2 2 21
1 2 0 1 20
1 0 1 1 10
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 4
2 1 0 5 22
0 2 0 0 18
1
11 88 18 11 4 15 200
FG% 1st Half: 16-29 (.552)
3FG% 1st Half: 7-14 (.500)
FT% 1st Half: 3-4 (.750)
2nd Half: 15-34 (.441)
2nd Half: 4-11 (.364)
2nd Half: 12-17 (.706)
New Orleans
USC
29
46
25
42
–
–
Game: 31-63 (.492)
Game: 11-25 (.440)
Game: 15-21 (.714)
54
88
Officials: Tommy Nunez, Gregory Nixon, Bill Vinovich
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 2,711
Player
Moore
Ojeleye
Milton
Brown
Foster
McDowell
Froling
Emelogu
TEAM
Totals
FG
4-8
5-11
3-10
6-14
4-8
0-1
3-8
2-5
3FG
0-0
2-3
2-5
0-1
1-2
0-1
1-2
0-3
27-65 6-17
FG% 1st Half: 11-31 (.355)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222)
FT% 1st Half: 3-4 (.750)
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
6-6
2-4 6
1-3
2-8 10
4-6
1-4 5
0-1
0-6 6
0-0
2-2 4
0-0
0-0 0
0-0
1-1 2
2-2
1-0 1
2-3 5
13-18 11-28 39
F
4
2
3
4
5
0
3
1
TP
14
13
12
12
9
0
7
6
A TO B
2 2 0
3 3 0
4 1 0
1 2 2
2 1 0
0 0 0
0 2 0
1 0 0
1
22 73 13 12 2
2nd Half: 16-34 (.471)
2nd Half: 4-8 (.500)
2nd Half: 10-14 (.714)
S MIN
2 26
0 30
4 36
2 38
0 33
0 3
0 18
0 16
8 200
Game: 27-65 (.415)
Game: 6-17 (.353)
Game: 13-18 (.722)
Player
Canty
Lakoju
Childress
Vincent
Terrell
Powell
Hart
Heidegger
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-9
6-7
2-6
5-14
0-3
1-4
7-14
3-9
3FG
0-0
0-0
2-4
2-9
0-2
0-1
0-2
1-4
30-66 5-22
FG% 1st Half: 16-35 (.457)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-11 (.273)
FT% 1st Half: 3-6 (.500)
USC • 78
REB
Player
FG
3FG FT
O-D-TOT
Metu
3-6
0-0
0-1
0-4 4
Boatwright 5-12 4-7
3-4
1-4 5
Aaron
3-6
1-2
0-2
1-2 3
McLaughlin 2-3
0-1
2-3
0-2 2
Stewart
2-8
2-6
0-0
1-4 5
Buggs
2-3
1-1
0-0
0-3 3
Mathews
3-4
1-2
7-10 1-1 2
Melton
5-9
3-5
2-4
1-5 6
Rakocevic 1-2
0-0
0-2
2-2 4
TEAM
0-1 1
Totals
26-53 12-24 14-26 7-28 35
F
5
2
0
3
5
1
1
2
4
TP
6
17
7
6
6
5
14
15
2
A TO B
1 4 2
1 2 0
0 1 0
5 3 0
1 1 2
0 0 3
2 1 0
5 2 1
0 0 0
S MIN
1 25
0 33
0 18
1 30
0 27
0 11
1 20
1 27
0 9
23 78 15 14 8
4 200
2nd Half: 17-29 (.586)
2nd Half: 7-11 (.636)
2nd Half: 9-15 (.600)
SMU
USC
46
50
–
–
7-15
REB
O-D-TOT
5-5 10
2-4 6
0-1 1
0-1 1
0-1 1
0-2 2
2-2 4
0-2 2
0-2 2
9-20 29
F
3
4
2
4
1
1
4
3
TP
16
12
6
15
0
2
14
7
A TO B
2 0 0
1 1 1
7 2 0
4 1 0
0 2 0
2 1 0
0 1 0
2 1 0
22 72 18 9
2nd Half: 14-31 (.452)
2nd Half: 2-11 (.182)
2nd Half: 4-9 (.444)
1
S MIN
1 30
0 25
0 34
0 32
0 18
1 18
2 26
0 17
4 200
Game: 30-66 (.455)
Game: 5-22 (.227)
Game: 7-15 (.467)
USC • 96
FG% 1st Half: 9-24 (.375)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-13 (.385)
FT% 1st Half: 5-11 (.455)
27
28
FT
4-7
0-0
0-2
3-6
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Game: 26-53 (.491)
Game: 12-24 (.500)
Game: 14-26 (.538)
73
78
Officials: Verne Harris, Glen Mayberry, Kelly Pfeifer
Technical fouls: SMU - Foster, USC - Metu.
Attendance: 3,713
Player
Metu
Boatwright
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Dhillon
Karis
Melton
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
1-4 5
1-3 4
1-4 5
0-4 4
1-3 4
0-3 3
0-3 3
0-0 0
0-0 0
2-1 3
2-2 4
2-1 3
33-61 14-35 16-24 10-28 38
FG
4-6
7-13
5-10
4-6
7-13
0-0
0-5
0-0
0-0
2-3
4-5
3FG
0-0
5-11
2-6
3-3
4-10
0-0
0-4
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
FT
7-8
2-2
3-4
2-4
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-0
2-4
0-1
F
4
3
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
2
2
TP
15
21
15
13
18
0
0
0
0
6
8
A TO B
3 4 3
2 2 0
4 0 0
5 1 0
2 1 2
0 0 1
5 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
5 0 1
0 2 1
1
16 96 26 12 8
FG% 1st Half: 14-30 (.467)
3FG% 1st Half: 8-19 (.421)
FT% 1st Half: 7-9 (.778)
2nd Half: 19-31 (.613)
2nd Half: 6-16 (.375)
2nd Half: 9-15 (.600)
UCSB
USC
34
53
38
43
–
–
72
96
Officials: David Hall, Mike Reed, Bob Staffen
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 2,892
S MIN
2 30
0 32
0 26
0 33
0 29
0 6
0 12
0 1
0 1
4 19
0 11
6 200
Game: 33-61 (.541)
Game: 14-35 (.400)
Game: 16-24 (.667)
game • seven
game • eight
game • nine
USC • 76
San Diego • 55
BYU • 84
USC • 91
Pepperdine • 67
USC • 93
Nov. 30 • Jenny Craig Pavilion
San Diego, Calif.
Dec. 3 • Staples Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Dec. 11 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Chimezie Metu scored a season-high 19 points
and grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds to
lead USC to a 76-55 win at San Diego in the
Jenny Craig Pavilion on Nov. 30. Elijah Stewart added 15 points and De’Anthony Melton
chipped in with 14 off the bench for the Trojans.
Bennie Boatwright suffered a left knee injury
just three minutes into the game when USD’s
Juwan Gray collided with him while he was
attempting a shot. He remained on the floor
for several minuted before being helped off
the court. The Trojans took a 43-31 lead into
halftime as they shot 57.6 percent in the first
half and finished the game making 50.8 percent
of their shots. USC outrebounded San Diego
44-28 and outscored them 30-10 in the paint.
USC struggled from three-point range, making just 3 of 18 (16.7 percent), but San Diego
wasn’t much better making 8 of 34 for 23.5
percent. USC never trailed in the game after
jumping out to a 6-0 lead. The win improved
USC’s record to 7-0, its best start since the
2000-01 team began 8-0. USC also won its
sixth consecutive nonconference road game,
dating back to the 2014 season.
Jordan McLaughlin scored a season-high 24
and Shaqquan Aaron added a career-high 19
points to lead USC from an early 10-point deficit to a 91-84 win over BYU at the Hoophall L.A.
held at Staples Center on Dec. 3. USC made
just 1 of its first 17 shots, but trailed only 12-2
at the 12:30 mark of the first half, then went on
a 37-20 run to take a 39-32 lead at the break.
After BYU scored the first basket of the second
half, McLaughlin and Elijah Stewart combined
to score the game’s next 10 points to give the
Trojans control of the game at 49-34. USC
led by as many as 16 and mostly maintained
a double-figure lead until the final 3 minutes
when BYU made one last run, cutting it to 5
points with 1:42 remaining. De’Anthony Melton
then hit a 3-pointer with 1:10 left to ultimately
put the game away. USC had 11 steals and
forced 16 BYU turnovers. The Trojans also
held BYU to 21.7 percent shooting from 3-point
range. USC improved to 8-0, its best start
since the 2001 team also began 8-0 and most
consecutive wins to start a season since the
1971 team began 16-0. Erika Mika scored a
career-high 29 points for BYU.
Elijah Stewart scored 26 points with a careerhigh seven 3-pointers and USC set a school
single-game record with 14 blocks, as the Trojans cruised to a 93-67 win over Pepperdine at
the Galen Center on Dec. 11. USC improved
to 9-0, its best start since it went 16-0 to start
the 1971 season. Jordan McLaughlin added
18 points and made all seven of his shots,
while Chimezie Metu had a double-double with
11 points and 10 rebounds. Nick Rakocevic
and Shaqquan Aaron added 13 apiece for
the Trojans. USC ran out to an 11-2 lead and
never looked back. The Trojans led 48-30 at
halftime after shooting 53.3 percent from the
field. USC shot even better in the second half
at 60.9 percent to keep the Waves at bay.
While USC made 56.6 percent of its shots,
it held Pepperdine to 38.2 percent. Stewart
also matched a career-best with 4 blocks to
contribute to USC’s school-record total of 14.
The previous record for blocks in a game by
USC was 13 vs. Idaho State on Dec. 11, 2009.
Jeremy Major led Pepperdine with 19 points
and Chris Reyes added 13.
USC • 76
BYU • 84
PEPPERDINE • 67
Player
Metu
Boatwright
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Henderson
Karis
Melton
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
9-11
0-0
3-7
3-9
6-13
1-1
0-5
0-0
0-0
6-10
2-3
3FG
0-0
0-0
0-2
1-5
2-6
0-0
0-4
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
30-59 3-18
FG% 1st Half: 19-33 (.576)
3FG% 1st Half: 1-7 (.143)
FT% 1st Half: 4-4 (1.000)
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
1-2
4-9 13
0-0
0-1 1
3-4
1-6 7
2-2
0-3 3
1-1
1-2 3
2-2
2-1 3
0-0
0-1 1
0-0
0-2 2
0-0
0-0 0
2-3
2-3 5
2-4
1-4 5
0-1 1
13-18 11-33 44
F
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
TP
19
0
9
9
15
4
0
0
0
14
6
A TO B
0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
4 3 0
1 1 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
3 2 0
1 2 1
13 76 10 9
2nd Half: 11-26 (.423)
2nd Half: 2-11 (.182)
2nd Half: 9-14 (.643)
2
S MIN
1 29
0 3
0 24
1 30
0 31
0 8
2 19
0 2
0 1
2 30
1 23
7 200
Game: 30-59 (.508)
Game: 3-18 (.167)
Game: 13-18 (.722)
SAN DIEGO • 55
Player
Gray
Neubauer
Bailey
Williams
Carter III
Barrino
Carbone
Martinez
Ryder
TEAM
Totals
FG
0-2
0-9
5-10
3-5
7-19
0-1
2-7
0-2
1-2
3FG
0-1
0-5
0-3
2-3
5-15
0-1
1-4
0-2
0-0
18-57 8-34
FG% 1st Half: 12-32 (.375)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-19 (.316)
FT% 1st Half: 1-2 (.500)
USC
San Diego
43
31
REB
O-D-TOT
0-0 0
3-3 6
2-5 7
0-1 1
0-7 7
0-2 2
1-1 2
0-0 0
0-1 1
1-1 2
11-13 7-21 28
FT
0-0
0-0
7-8
2-2
2-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
F
2
2
1
1
4
1
2
1
0
TP
0
0
17
10
21
0
5
0
2
A TO B
0 1 0
2 3 0
1 1 0
2 1 0
2 0 0
2 2 0
1 1 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
S MIN
0 11
0 36
2 37
2 32
0 31
0 11
0 29
0 2
1 11
14 55 10 10 0
5 200
2nd Half: 6-25 (.240)
2nd Half: 2-15 (.133)
2nd Half: 10-11 (.909)
33
24
–
–
Game: 18-57 (.316)
Game: 8-34 (.235)
Game: 11-13 (.846)
76
55
Officials: Michael Irving, Kevin Brill, Tommy Nunez
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 2,921
Player
Mika
Childs
Emery
Rose
Haws
Frampton
Beo
Leifson
Dastrup
Davis
Guinn
Shaw
Aytes
TEAM
Totals
FG
10-16
2-4
5-17
2-5
6-14
0-0
0-1
0-3
0-0
4-5
0-3
0-0
1-1
3FG
0-0
0-0
3-11
1-3
1-4
0-0
0-1
0-3
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-0
30-69 5-23
FG% 1st Half: 13-36 (.361)
3FG% 1st Half: 1-11 (.091)
FT% 1st Half: 5-7 (.571)
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
9-11 4-5 9
1-2
3-4 7
2-2
0-5 5
0-0
1-2 3
3-4
0-0 0
0-0
0-1 1
0-0
0-0 0
0-0
1-0 1
0-0
0-1 1
2-3
1-4 5
2-2
4-1 5
0-2
0-2 2
0-0
0-1 1
0-1 1
19-26 14-27 41
F
3
3
3
2
3
1
0
2
0
1
3
2
2
TP
29
5
15
5
16
0
0
0
0
10
2
0
2
A TO B
0 3 0
0 1 2
2 1 0
3 5 0
1 4 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 2 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
S MIN
0 28
1 17
2 34
1 26
4 26
0 6
0 5
0 4
0 2
0 18
0 18
0 9
0 7
25 84
9 16 4
8 200
2nd Half: 17-33 (.515)
2nd Half: 4-12 (.333)
2nd Half: 14-19 (.737)
Game: 30-69 (.435)
Game: 5-23 (.217)
Game: 19-26 (.731)
Player
Reyes
Taylor
Major
Hellums
Allen
Lee
Gehring
Martin
LeCesne
Murray
Hempy
Keenan
TEAM
Totals
FG
4-9
0-0
6-16
8-12
6-16
0-1
3-6
0-0
3-6
3FG
0-0
0-0
4-7
1-2
2-7
0-0
0-2
0-0
2-3
30-66 9-21
REB
O-D-TOT
2-4 6
0-1 1
3-2 5
0-6 6
3-2 5
0-2 2
0-0 0
0-0 0
3-5 8
1-0 1
22-30 12-22 34
FT
4-4
0-1
3-4
7-9
2-4
0-0
2-2
0-0
4-6
F
5
5
3
1
3
1
1
0
3
TP
12
0
19
24
16
0
8
0
12
A TO B
0 1 2
0 0 0
2 3 0
4 1 0
0 2 1
0 0 0
3 0 0
0 0 0
6 3 1
S MIN
4 31
0 10
1 27
2 38
0 34
0 9
2 20
0 1
2 30
22 91 15 10 4
11 200
2nd Half: 15-27 (.556)
2nd Half: 4-11 (.364)
2nd Half: 18-24 (.750)
BYU
USC
52
52
–
–
26-68 8-19
FT
1-2
0-0
0-1
4-4
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
7-11
REB
O-D-TOT
5-5 10
2-2 4
1-2 3
1-0 1
0-4 4
2-2 4
0-2 2
0-1 1
0-1 1
1-0 1
0-0 0
1-0 1
4-1 5
17-20 37
F
4
2
2
3
4
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
TP
13
2
19
9
3
6
4
0
0
11
0
0
A TO B
1 2 1
0 0 0
3 1 0
1 1 0
0 1 0
4 1 0
0 2 1
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
1
9 12 2
21 67
2nd Half: 13-36 (.361)
2nd Half: 5-11 (.455)
2nd Half: 6-9 (.667)
S MIN
0 32
0 19
1 32
0 25
0 19
1 24
0 19
0 1
0 3
0 19
0 1
0 6
2 200
Game: 26-68 (.382)
Game: 8-19 (.421)
Game: 7-11 (.636)
USC • 93
FG% 1st Half: 15-39 (.385)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-10 (.500)
FT% 1st Half: 4-6 (.667)
32
39
3FG
0-0
0-1
3-6
1-4
1-2
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-4
0-0
0-0
FG% 1st Half: 13-32 (.406)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-8 (.375)
FT% 1st Half: 1-2 (.500)
USC • 91
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Karis
Melton
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-12
1-4
8-16
2-9
1-3
2-9
2-2
0-0
0-0
4-13
0-0
0-0
Game: 30-66 (.455)
Game: 9-21 (.429)
Game: 22-30 (.733)
84
91
Officials: Randy McCall, Tony Padilla, Shawn Lehigh
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 7,952
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Mathews
Henderson
Fleming
Dhillon
Karis
Melton
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
1-9 10
1-8 9
1-1 2
0-1 1
1-3 4
0-2 2
0-0 0
0-1 1
0-2 2
0-0 0
1-1 2
1-0 1
30-53 12-23 21-27 6-28 34
FG
5-9
2-3
4-9
7-7
9-15
3-5
0-2
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-1
3FG
0-0
0-0
2-5
1-1
7-12
2-4
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
FT
1-3
9-10
3-3
3-4
1-1
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
2-2
1-2
F
1
1
1
1
0
3
3
0
0
1
3
TP
11
13
13
18
26
8
1
0
0
2
1
2nd Half: 14-23 (.609)
2nd Half: 7-10 (.700)
2nd Half: 10-13 (.769)
Pepperdine
USC
37
45
–
–
S MIN
0 28
1 24
1 26
2 28
0 29
0 23
0 12
1 2
0 2
0 4
0 22
14 93 18 9 14 5 200
FG% 1st Half: 16-30 (.533)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-13 (.385)
FT% 1st Half: 11-14 (.786)
30
48
A TO B
1 1 2
0 1 3
4 2 1
6 1 1
2 2 4
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
5 1 3
Game: 30-53 (.566)
Game: 12-23 (.522)
Game: 21-27 (.778)
67
93
Officials: Chris Rastatter, Eric Curry, Bert Smith
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 2,928
game • ten
game • eleven
game • twelve
Troy • 77
No. 24/25 USC • 82
Cornell • 67
No. 23/25 USC • 79
Missouri State • 75
No. 23/25 USC • 83
Dec. 17 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Dec. 19 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Dec. 22 • Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, Nev.
- Las Vegas Classic -
Jordan McLaughlin scored 21 points, including
a go-ahead floater in the lane with 48 seconds
left, and USC remained undefeated with an
82-77 comeback victory over Troy on Dec. 17.
With the shot clock winding down in the final
minute, McLaughlin drove into the lane, created separation and put a soft shot over two
defenders to give USC the lead for good. USC
trailed much of the night (led for 5:13) and
by as many as 10 points in the second half.
Down 60-51 with 12:30 remaining, the Trojans
closed the game on a 31-17 run to put away
Troy. USC took a 70-68 lead on a 3-pointer by
Elijah Stewart with 4:58 to play. Metu then hit
a jumper, but Troy responded with a 9-2 run to
go up 77-74 with 1:17 remaining. Metu then
made a 3-point play to tie it, McLaughlin hit his
floater, then added a pair of free throws and
De’Anthony Melton added a free throw. Metu
finished with 18 points and eight rebounds,
Stewart had 11 points and Nick Rakocevic
10. Wesley Person had 19 points to lead Troy.
Troy led 40-38 at the half, the most points USC
had surrendered before the break this season.
USC held Troy to 39.4 percent shooting, including 34.4 percent in the second half.
Chimezie Metu scored 17 points and Jordan
McLaughlin had 16 points and nine assists to
help No. 23 USC stay unbeaten with a 79-67
victory over Cornell on Dec. 19. After getting
off to a slow start, the Trojans (11-0) overcame
an early 10-point deficit. They took the lead late
in the first half and never trailed after halftime.
USC had a commanding height advantage and
outrebounded Cornell 43-28. Playing its seventh road game of the season, Cornell (2-7) still
gave USC a tougher time than expected. Stone
Gettings scored 22 points for the Big Red, Rob
Hatter had 20 and Matt Morgan added 15. With
the Trojans hitting just one of their first eight
shots, Cornell jumped out to a 16-6 lead behind
a trio of 3-pointers from Gettings. Cornell was
still up by nine with less than 8 minutes to play
in the first half when USC started its comeback.
Elijah Stewart, the Trojans’ leading scorer,
missed his first five shots but hit a 3 in the last
minute to give USC a 37-34 lead at the break.
Cornell made a USC opponent season-high 12
3-point baskets. Elijah Stewart tied a career
high with 4 of USC’s 10 blocks, which gave
USC 33 over the last 3 games.
TROY • 77
CORNELL • 67
Player
Varnado
Walker
Hicks
Baker
Person
Peace
Hollimon
Davis, Jr.
Moravek
Hopkins
TEAM
Totals
REB
FG
3FG FT
O-D-TOT
5-16 1-1
6-8
5-3 8
3-7
0-0
3-4
7-2 9
0-2
0-0
0-0
0-3 3
4-9
3-8
4-4
1-2 3
7-16 4-9
1-1
1-2 3
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0 0
5-9
3-5
0-1
0-1 1
0-2
0-2
0-0
0-2 2
1-3
0-2
0-0
0-1 1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0 0
3-3 6
26-66 11-27 14-18 17-19 36
FG% 1st Half: 15-34 (.441)
3FG% 1st Half: 8-18 (.444)
FT% 1st Half: 2-3 (.667)
F
4
3
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
TP
17
9
0
15
19
2
13
0
2
0
A TO B
0 2 1
0 2 3
0 0 2
6 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 0
1 2 1
1 2 2
0 0 0
0 1 0
18 77 10 11
2nd Half: 11-32 (.344)
2nd Half: 3-9 (.333)
2nd Half: 12-15 (.800)
9
S MIN
0 32
2 31
1 14
3 29
0 34
0 12
0 23
0 17
0 5
0 3
6 200
Game: 26-66 (.394)
Game: 11-27 (.407)
Game: 14-18 (.778)
FG
8-15
4-7
3-7
6-12
3-10
1-1
2-4
2-6
3FG
0-0
0-0
0-2
1-4
3-6
0-0
1-2
0-1
29-62 5-15
REB
O-D-TOT
1-7 8
5-2 7
0-2 2
2-2 4
1-4 5
0-0 0
0-3 3
1-4 5
2-1 3
19-22 12-25 37
FT
2-4
2-2
2-2
8-8
2-2
0-0
0-0
3-4
F
3
3
3
0
4
0
0
3
TP
18
10
8
21
11
2
5
7
2nd Half: 15-30 (.500)
2nd Half: 1-7 (.143)
2nd Half: 13-16 (.813)
Troy
USC
37
44
–
–
A TO B
2 2 3
1 0 3
3 1 0
3 2 0
2 0 1
0 0 0
0 2 0
5 2 2
16 82 16 9
FG% 1st Half: 14-32 (.438)
3FG% 1st Half: 4-8 (.500)
FT% 1st Half: 6-6 (1.000)
40
38
FG
9-15
2-4
8-18
5-18
0-1
1-3
0-0
0-0
0-3
0-0
2-4
0-0
0-0
3FG
4-6
0-0
4-9
4-12
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
9
S MIN
2 36
0 21
0 24
1 36
1 32
0 3
0 23
1 25
5 200
Game: 29-62 (.468)
Game: 5-15 (.333)
Game: 19-22 (.864)
77
82
Officials: Deron White, Daryl Gelinas, Shawn Lehigh
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 3,941
FT
0-1
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
27-66 12-30 1-2
FG% 1st Half: 13-31 (.419)
3FG% 1st Half: 7-14 (.500)
FT% 1st Half: 1-1 (1.000)
USC • 82
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Melton
TEAM
Totals
Player
Gettings
Whiteside
Hatter
Morgan
Fallas
Smith
Wright
Fleming
Bathurst
Brown
Warren
Bayless
Grodon
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
1-5 6
0-1 1
0-4 4
2-4 6
0-4 4
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-0 0
0-1 1
0-0 0
1-1 2
0-0 0
0-0 0
2-1 3
6-22 28
F
4
4
3
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
TP
22
4
20
15
0
2
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
MISSOURI STATE • 75
A TO B
2 1 1
2 0 0
2 2 0
2 2 0
6 2 0
2 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
1 3 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
19 67 17 11
2nd Half: 14-35 (.400)
2nd Half: 5-16 (.313)
2nd Half: 0-1 (.000)
2
S MIN
1 26
0 19
1 26
0 32
0 25
0 19
1 16
0 1
0 13
0 1
0 20
0 1
0 1
3 200
Game: 27-66 (.409)
Game: 12-30 (.400)
Game: 1-2 (.500)
USC • 79
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
Aaron
McLaughlin
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Melton
TEAM
Totals
FG
7-9
4-7
4-8
6-12
2-10
3-4
2-5
2-7
3FG
0-0
0-0
1-3
2-5
1-6
1-1
1-2
0-1
30-62 6-18
REB
O-D-TOT
1-5 6
3-3 6
0-5 5
1-2 3
1-7 8
1-6 7
0-0 0
2-3 5
2-1 3
13-19 11-32 43
FT
3-3
0-0
0-0
2-2
1-4
2-2
2-4
3-4
F
1
2
3
1
1
0
2
0
TP
17
8
9
16
6
9
7
7
2nd Half: 15-31 (.484)
2nd Half: 3-7 (.429)
2nd Half: 9-14 (.643)
Cornell
USC
33
42
34
37
–
–
A TO B
1 3 2
0 1 1
3 1 0
9 1 0
1 1 4
3 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 2
S MIN
0 33
0 13
0 26
2 38
2 28
2 23
0 17
0 22
10 79 17 7 10 6 200
FG% 1st Half: 15-31 (.484)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-11 (.273)
FT% 1st Half: 4-5 (.800)
67
79
Officials: Tony Padilla, Kevin Brill, Steve Olson
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 4,148
USC scored the first 6 points of the game
and never trailed in an 83-75 win over Missouri State on Dec. 22 at the Orleans Arena
to advance to the Continental Tire Las Vegas
Classic final. Chimezie Metu scored the first 4
points on a pair of dunks in the first 1:04 of the
game. He finished with 13 points, 9 rebounds,
3 blocks and 4 assists. Elijah Stewart led USC
with 21 points, making 4 of 6 3-point attempts.
USC led 39-28 at halftime and by 19 points with
9 minutes remaining before the Bears made a
final comeback attempt. Missouri State made 5
3-pointers in the final 4 minutes, including one
at the buzzer, to cut the final margin to 8 points.
USC was outscored 47-44 in the second half,
the first time this season being outscored
after the break. USC shot 54.7 percent from
the floor, while holding Missouri State to 37.5
percent shooting. The Bears made a USC
opponent high 14 3-pointers and shot 38.9
percent from beyond the arc. They had more
3-pointers (14) than 2-pointers (10). Jordan
McLaughlin added 19 points and 5 assists for
USC. USC outscored Missouri State 38-18 on
points in the paint.
Game: 30-62 (.484)
Game: 6-18 (.333)
Game: 13-19 (.684)
Player
Martin
Miller
Rhodes
Rousseau III
Johnson
Church
Dixon
Ruder
Kreklow
McCullough
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
1-1 2
2-2 4
1-1 2
2-1 3
2-7 9
2-4 6
0-1 1
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-0 0
2-2 4
24-64 14-36 13-19 12-20 32
FG
2-3
4-12
1-5
5-11
4-10
2-3
1-6
1-4
4-9
0-1
3FG
0-0
3-8
1-3
2-5
3-6
0-0
0-2
1-4
4-8
0-0
FG% 1st Half: 10-32 (.313)
3FG% 1st Half: 7-18 (.389)
FT% 1st Half: 1-3 (.333)
FT
0-0
0-1
0-0
5-6
6-8
1-2
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
F
1
5
1
3
4
2
1
0
3
0
TP
4
11
3
17
17
5
3
3
12
0
A TO B
0 1 0
3 4 0
1 0 0
3 0 0
5 1 0
2 2 2
3 1 0
0 0 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
1
20 75 19 10 2
2nd Half: 14-32 (.438)
2nd Half: 7-18 (.389)
2nd Half: 12-16 (.750)
S MIN
0 13
2 29
0 22
2 30
2 30
1 26
1 17
0 9
1 20
0 4
9 200
Game: 24-64 (.375)
Game: 14-36 (.389)
Game: 13-19 (.684)
USC • 83
Player
Metu
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Mathews
Karis
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
5-7
3-9
6-13
4-6
7-10
1-5
0-0
3-3
3FG
0-0
3-8
1-3
0-0
4-6
0-2
0-0
0-0
29-53 8-19
REB
O-D-TOT
0-9 9
1-3 4
1-3 4
1-5 6
1-1 2
0-1 1
0-0 0
1-2 3
1-6 7
17-19 6-30 36
FT
3-5
0-0
6-6
4-4
3-3
0-0
0-0
1-1
F
0
2
1
1
3
3
0
2
TP
13
9
19
12
21
2
0
7
A TO B
4 2 3
3 1 0
5 3 0
3 5 1
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 1 0
S MIN
0 33
1 28
1 36
0 35
1 36
1 17
0 0+
0 15
12 83 17 13 4
4 200
FG% 1st Half: 17-30 (.567)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-13 (.385)
FT% 1st Half: 0-0 (.---)
2nd Half: 12-23 (.522)
2nd Half: 3-6 (.500)
2nd Half: 17-19 (.895)
Missouri State
USC
47
44
28
39
–
–
Game: 29-53 (.547)
Game: 8-19 (.421)
Game: 17-19 (.895)
75
83
Officials: Tom O’Neill, Deron White, Alfred Smith
Technical fouls: USC - Stewart.
Attendance: 2,154
game • thirteen
game • fourteen
game • fifteen
No. 23/25 USC • 94
Wyoming • 92 (OT)
No. 22 USC • 70
Oregon State • 63
No. 22 USC • 61
No. 21 Oregon • 84
Dec. 23 • Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, Nev.
- Las Vegas Classic -
Dec. 28 • Gill Coliseum
Corvallis, Ore.
Dec. 30 • Matthew Knight Arena
Eugene, Ore.
Chimezie Metu had 19 points and 8 rebounds
and No. 22 USC stayed undefeated with a
70-63 victory over Oregon State on Dec. 28
in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. The win
snapped a 7-game losing streak for USC at
Oregon State and was its first win in Corvallis
since the 2008 season. Jordan McLaughlin
added 10 points, 4 steals and tied a career high
with 8 rebounds and Jonah Mathews had 10
points for USC. Stephen Thompson led OSU
with a career-high 24 points, 19 in the second
half to lead the Beavers’ late run. USC led 3417 at halftime and by as many as 19 points in
the second half, but there were 31 fouls called
in the second half and neither team could get
in a rhythm. OSU cut the lead to 66-60 with 29
seconds left, but McLaughlin and De’Anthony
Melton hit a pair of free throws to close it out.
USC made 27 of 33 free throws for an 81.8
percentage, while OSU made 54.2 percent
from the charity stripe. USC had 8 blocks and
5 steals in the game and held OSU to 39.0
percent shooting. OSU got back into the game
in the second half by outrebounding USC 2213 after the break and outscoring the Trojans
in the paint 24-8. Elijah Stewart was held to 8
points and went without a 3-point basket (0-5),
snapping a streak of 20 consecutive games
with at least one three-pointer made.
USC’s 14-game winning streak came to a
crashing halt in an 84-61 loss at Oregon on
Dec. 30. The 14-0 start was USC’s best since
the 1971 season and the 14 consecutive wins
tied four the fourth-longest winning streak in
school history. Oregon ran its home winning
streak to 35 games. USC trailed 13-4 early and
rallied back to take a 19-15 lead and the game
remained close until the final 2:39 of the first
half when Oregon went on a 9-2 run to open
up a 38-29 lead at the break. Oregon opened
the second half on a 21-3 run and USC never
really challenged after that. De’Anthony Melton
led USC with 13 points and Jonah Mathews
added 11. Dillon Brooks scored a season-high
28 points and Dylan Ennis added 21 to lead
Oregon. USC entered the game ranked tied
for 11th in the country with just 10.5 turnovers
per game, but finished with 17 turnovers and
was outscored 23-4 on points off of turnovers.
All five USC starters finished with 3 turnovers.
USC shot a season-low 31.0 percent, while
Oregon made a 2016-17 opponent high
46.4 percent from the floor, including 9 of 10
by Brooks. USC starters Chimezie Metu,
Shaqquan Aaron and Jordan McLaughlin were
a combined 3-for-25 in the game. USC has
now lost 13 consecutive games to Oregon,
seven straight in Eugene.
USC • 70
USC • 61
Jordan McLaughlin drove through the lane and
made a left-handed layup with 4.5 seconds left
in overtime to lift No. 23/25 USC to a 94-92
victory over Wyoming in the championship
game of the Las Vegas Classic on Dec. 23.
USC (13-0) remained one of six undefeated
teams in Division I and finished unbeaten in its
non-conference schedule for the first time since
1971. McLaughlin, the Classic’s MVP, finished
with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Jonah
Mathews led the Trojans with 26 points and
6 steals while De’Anthony Melton added 16
points and 8 rebounds. Haydon Dalton, who
had 18 points and 18 rebounds for Wyoming,
forced overtime hitting an improbable 3-pointer
with 2.3 seconds left after Melton missed a
front end of a 1-and-1 with 15 seconds left
and USC leading 85-82. After Wyoming trailed
50-44 at halftime, the Cowboys grabbed a
52-51 lead and later extended it to 68-62. But
USC responded and took an 82-78 lead. The
Cowboys answered with four straight points,
to tie it with 1:40 remaining. The Trojans took
the lead on a layup by Stewart with 1:22 left
and seemingly had the game in hand until the
final seconds of regulation. Wyoming’s Jeremy
Lieberman’s 3-pointer at the OT buzzer rimmed
out. The Trojans outscored the Cowboys 50-28
on points in the paint.
USC • 94
Player
Metu
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Henderson
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
5-7
0-8
9-22
6-12
4-10
1-1
9-17
0-2
2-2
3FG
0-0
0-5
1-5
1-1
1-4
0-0
5-8
0-0
0-0
36-81 8-23
REB
O-D-TOT
2-5 7
1-0 1
2-5 7
2-6 8
2-2 4
0-1 1
2-3 5
0-2 2
2-3 5
2-3 5
14-21 15-30 45
FT
1-2
0-2
3-3
3-4
1-3
1-1
3-4
2-2
0-0
F
5
2
1
3
4
1
3
0
3
TP
11
0
22
16
10
3
26
2
4
A TO B
2 4 1
0 0 0
5 0 0
2 2 1
1 0 1
0 0 0
2 2 0
0 0 0
4 1 1
22 94 16 9
S MIN
1 27
0 18
2 43
1 39
1 30
0 4
6 39
0 3
1 22
4 12 225
FG% 1 H: 17-34 (.500) 2 H: 15-39 (.385) OT: 4-8 (.500) Game: 36-81 (.444)
3FG% 1 H: 5-9 (.556) 2 H: 2-11 (.182) OT: 1-3 (.333) Game: 8-23 (.348)
FT% 1 H: 11-12 (.917) 2 H: 3-8 (.375) OT: 0-1 (.000) Game: 14-21 (.667)
Player
Metu
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Karis
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
5-9
2-7
1-2
1-4
4-13
1-2
3-10
0-0
2-4
19-51 5-18
FG% 1st Half: 11-29 (.379)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-11 (.273)
FT% 1st Half: 9-11 (.818)
F
1
2
1
4
3
2
1
2
1
0
TP
4
8
5
23
8
23
0
3
18
0
A TO B
0 0 1
0 1 0
1 2 1
5 2 0
3 1 0
2 4 0
0 0 0
0 3 0
6 4 2
0 0 0
S MIN
1 35
0 16
1 22
0 41
0 23
2 34
0 2
0 12
0 37
0 3
17 92 17 17 4
4 225
FG% 1 H: 14-31 (.452) 2 H: 13-34 (.382) OT: 2-8 (.250) Game: 29-73 (.397)
3FG% 1 H: 8-16 (.500) 2 H: 5-17 (.294) OT: 0-5 (.000) Game: 13-38 (.342)
FT% 1 H: 8-10 (.800) 2 H: 10-10 (1.000) OT: 3-4 (.750) Game: 21-24 (.875)
USC
Wyoming
50
44
35
41
9
7
F
4
3
1
5
4
2
1
0
3
TP
19
5
10
9
8
3
10
0
6
A TO B
2 2 1
1 2 0
4 3 1
1 2 2
2 0 2
0 1 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
S MIN
0 34
0 19
4 31
0 28
0 32
1 11
0 25
0 0+
0 20
23 70 10 10 8
5 200
2nd Half: 8-22 (.364)
2nd Half: 2-7 (.286)
2nd Half: 18-22 (.818)
Game: 19-51 (.373)
Game: 5-18 (.278)
Game: 27-33 (.818)
Player
Metu
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Henderson
Karis
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
1-12
1-7
1-6
4-9
3-7
1-2
4-11
2-3
0-0
1-1
– 94
– 92
Officials: Tom O’Neill, Kerry Sutton, Zelton Steed
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 2,270
Player
Eubanks
Dahlen
McLaughlin
Thompson
Manuel
Stacy
Sanders
Muller
Rakocevic
Kone
TEAM
Totals
FG
5-11
0-1
3-10
10-19
2-8
0-1
0-0
1-1
1-2
1-6
3FG
0-0
0-0
1-4
1-5
0-4
0-1
0-0
1-1
0-0
1-2
23-59 4-17
REB
O-D-TOT
6-9 15
0-0 0
0-3 3
1-2 3
1-4 5
0-0 0
0-0 0
0-1 1
3-0 3
1-2 3
2-1 3
13-24 14-22 36
FT
5-6
0-0
0-0
3-10
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
3-4
2-4
F
2
1
5
3
3
1
2
2
3
2
TP
15
0
7
24
4
0
0
3
5
5
A TO B
0 0 1
0 0 0
3 1 0
3 2 0
2 1 0
0 1 0
2 1 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 0
1
24 63 12 8 1
FG% 1st Half: 7-28 (.250)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222)
FT% 1st Half: 1-3 (.333)
2nd Half: 16-31 (.516)
2nd Half: 2-8 (.250)
2nd Half: 12-21 (.571)
USC
Oregon State
36
46
34
17
–
–
18-58 7-18
Officials: Deron White, Frank Harvey III, Daryl Gelinas
Technical fouls: USC - Aaron, OSU - McLaughlin, Eubanks.
Attendance: 4,580
REB
O-D-TOT
4-7 11
0-2 2
0-4 4
1-4 5
2-4 6
0-1 1
0-0 0
1-1 2
0-0 0
1-2 3
3-1 4
18-22 12-26 38
FT
2-2
2-3
7-8
4-6
2-2
0-0
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
F
4
2
2
2
1
5
0
0
0
4
TP
4
4
10
13
10
2
11
5
0
2
20 61
A TO B
1 3 0
2 3 0
4 3 0
1 3 1
0 3 0
1 1 0
0 1 0
0 0 2
0 0 0
0 0 1
S MIN
0 34
0 27
2 31
2 26
0 32
0 7
0 25
0 5
0 1
0 12
9 17 4
4 200
Game: 18-58 (.310)
Game: 7-18 (.389)
Game: 18-22 (.818)
OREGON • 84
S MIN
0 40
0 6
1 35
1 37
3 34
1 7
0 3
0 4
0 15
0 19
6 200
Game: 23-59 (.390)
Game: 4-17 (.235)
Game: 13-24 (.542)
70
63
3FG
0-0
0-1
1-2
1-2
2-4
0-0
2-7
1-2
0-0
0-0
FG% 1st Half: 8-27 (.296)
2nd Half: 10-31 (.323)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-6 (.333)
2nd Half: 5-12 (.417)
FT% 1st Half: 11-11 (1.000) 2nd Half: 7-11 (.636)
OREGON STATE • 63
WYOMING • 92
REB
Player
FG
3FG FT
O-D-TOT
Herndon
2-4
0-2
0-0
2-1 3
Naughton
2-4
0-0
4-6
5-5 10
Lieberman 2-7
1-6
0-0
0-2 2
McManamen 8-17 6-14 1-2
0-3 3
Adams
1-9
0-2
6-6
0-3 3
James
7-15 3-4
6-6
3-2 5
Moemeka 0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0 0
Aka Gorski 1-5
1-5
0-0
1-4 5
Dalton
6-12 2-5
4-4
5-13 18
Marshall
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1 1
TEAM
1-1 2
Totals
29-73 13-38 21-24 17-35 52
3FG
0-0
0-2
1-2
1-2
0-5
1-1
2-6
0-0
0-0
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
9-10 2-6 8
1-2
0-4 4
7-8
3-5 8
6-7
1-3 4
0-2
2-4 6
0-0
1-3 4
2-2
0-1 1
0-0
0-0 0
2-2
3-0 3
0-1 1
27-33 12-27 39
Player
FG
Bell
4-9
Brooks
9-10
Pritchard
0-5
Dorsey
3-8
Ennis
8-15
Benson
0-5
Noebel
0-0
Smith
2-3
Boucher
5-9
Bigby-Williams 0-4
Sorkin
1-1
TEAM
Totals
32-69
3FG
0-1
4-4
0-2
0-1
2-4
0-3
0-0
1-1
0-3
0-0
1-1
8-20
REB
O-D-TOT
3-3 6
0-3 3
1-4 5
2-2 4
0-6 6
1-2 3
0-0 0
0-0 0
3-3 6
1-1 2
0-2 2
2-0 2
12-18 13-26 39
FT
1-2
6-6
2-2
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-4
0-2
0-0
F
3
2
3
0
2
2
0
1
3
0
0
TP
9
28
2
6
20
0
0
5
11
0
3
16 84 24 6
FG% 1st Half: 14-31 (.452)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222)
FT% 1st Half: 8-9 (.889)
2nd Half: 18-38 (.474)
2nd Half: 6-11 (.545)
2nd Half: 4-9 (.444)
USC
Oregon
32
46
29
38
–
–
A TO B
4 0 0
3 0 0
7 2 0
1 1 0
3 2 1
3 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 5
1 0 2
0 1 0
8
S MIN
0 25
1 24
1 29
1 27
3 34
1 19
0 1
0 5
0 24
0 9
0 3
7 200
Game: 32-69 (.464)
Game: 8-20 (.400)
Game: 12-18 (.667)
61
84
Officials: Tommy Nunez, Michael Irving, Bob Staffen
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 10,051
game • sixteen
game • seventeen
game • eighteen
Stanford • 56
No. 25 USC • 72
California • 74
No. 25 USC • 73
No. 25 USC • 64
Utah • 86
Jan. 5 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Jan. 8 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Jan. 12 • Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jordan McLaughlin scored 15 points and Chimezie Metu had a double-double with 14 points
and 10 rebounds as USC defeated Stanford
72-56 on Jan. 5 in its Pac-12 home opener.
Head coach Andy Enfield won his 100th career
game, 59th as USC’s coach.USC scored the
first basket of the game and never trailed after
that, being tied for 2 minutes. USC won both
halves by a score of 36-28 and unfortunately
had identical totals of 9 turnovers in each half.
USC’s 18 turnovers were a season high. The
Trojans also caused 21 turnovers and outscored Stanford 27-9 on points off turnovers.
USC had 10 steals and held Stanford to 36.4
percent shooting, while making 42.1 percent of
its own shots. USC won the rebound battle 3832, including 22-14 in the 2nd half. De’Anthony
Melton added 12 points and Jonah Mathews
had 10 points and 4 steals. Dorian Pickens
and Marcus Allen led Stanford with 13 points
apiece. Leading 27-26 late in the first half, the
Trojans ran off an 18-6 run, taking a 45-32 lead
on a fast-break dunk by Elijah Stewart off a
nice feed from McLaughlin. Stanford could get
no closer than eight points the rest of the way.
USC’s biggest lead was 68-50. The Trojans
led 36-28 at halftime thanks to McLaughlin’s
end-to-end driving layup at the buzzer to finish
the first half 5-for-5 from the floor.
Jordan McLaughlin’s driving layup at the
buzzer was blocked by California’s Ivan Rabb
and USC fell 74-73 on Jan. 8 for its first home
loss of the season. McLaughlin had scored
on a layup to the right side with 17 seconds
left to give USC a 73-72 lead, but Rabb was
fouled with 5.2 seconds remaining and made
both free throws to give Cal the 74-73 lead.
McLaughlin sped coast-to-coast and got the
shot off, but was denied. The game featured 13
lead changes and 12 ties. The Bears led by as
many as 7 points in the 1st half, but the game
was tied at the break following a 3-point heave
from halfcourt by McLaughlin that went in to tie
it at 36. Cal built the lead up to 8 points at 51-43
by making 6 of 7 shots early in the 2nd half, but
USC went on a 10-0 run capped by a 3-pointer
by Shaqquan Aaron to take the lead at 53-51
with 12 minutes remaining. From there it went
back and fourth with neither team getting more
than a 3-point advantage. Cal outrebounded
USC 35-28 and outscored the Trojans 36-24 on
points in the paint and 18-6 on second-chance
points. USC made 50.9 percent of its shots,
including 58.3 from 3-point range, but Cal had
an opponent high shooting percentage to date
this season of 47.5 percent. McLaughlin and
Chimezie Metu had 20 points each for USC,
while Rabb led Cal with 17 points.
Utah didn’t score for the first 4:34 of the game,
but more than made up for it later and defeated
USC 86-64 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in
Salt Lake City, Utah on Jan. 12. After USC
jumped out to a 10-0 start, Utah answered with
11-straight over the next 2:30 to get back in the
game. Utah’s Devon Daniels hit a 3-pointer to
put Utah up 16-14 and they never trailed again.
Utah closed the first half on a 21-12 run and
the Trojans went to the break trailing 44-31.
USC cut the lead to 10 points three times in the
second half, but never got closer. USC made
just 36.7 percent of its shots, while Utah became the Trojans’ first opponent to shoot over
50 percent, making 55.2 percent of its shots,
including 64.3 percent in the first half. The Utes
made 18 of their final 23 shots of the first half.
Utah also made 9 of 17 three-point attempts
(52.9 percent). Chimezie Metu led USC with
17 points, while Utah had five score in double
figures, led by Daniels’ 17. USC lost its eighth
consecutive game to Utah and was outscored
38-24 on points in the paint and 18-7 on points
off turnovers. Elijah Stewart was 0-for-6 from
the floor and went scoreless in a game for the
first time since Dec. 13, 2015.
STANFORD • 56
Player
FG
Humphrey 3-13
Pickens
2-8
Verhoeven 2-5
Sheffield
2-8
Allen, Marcus 6-9
Sanders
1-1
Cartwright 1-5
Allen, Malcolm 0-0
Sharma
3-6
Stanback
0-0
TEAM
Totals
20-55
3FG
0-1
2-5
0-0
0-3
0-2
0-0
1-3
0-0
1-1
0-0
4-15
FG% 1st Half: 12-32 (.375)
3FG% 1st Half: 1-7 (.143)
FT% 1st Half: 3-4 (.750)
REB
O-D-TOT
3-3 6
0-3 3
3-3 6
0-2 2
0-5 5
0-1 1
0-1 1
0-0 0
2-5 7
0-0 0
0-1 1
12-16 8-24 32
FT
0-0
7-9
1-1
0-0
1-2
2-2
0-0
0-0
1-2
0-0
F
4
3
5
0
1
3
0
0
2
0
CALIFORNIA • 74
TP
6
13
5
4
13
4
3
0
8
0
A TO B
4 2 0
1 1 0
0 2 1
0 5 0
2 0 0
2 4 0
2 3 0
0 0 0
0 3 0
0 0 0
1
18 56 11 21 1
2nd Half: 8-23 (.348)
2nd Half: 3-8 (.375)
2nd Half: 9-12 (.750)
S MIN
0 30
2 27
1 22
0 18
2 37
1 14
2 22
0 1
1 26
0 3
Player
Rabb
Okoroh
Mullins
Moore
Bird
Singer
Coleman
Rooks
TEAM
Totals
9 200
FG% 1st Half: 16-38 (.421)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-12 (.250)
FT% 1st Half: 1-4 (.250)
Game: 20-55 (.364)
Game: 4-15 (.267)
Game: 12-16 (.750)
USC • 72
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Buggs
Mathews
Henderson
TEAM
Totals
FG
4-8
0-3
6-11
3-5
3-10
2-6
1-3
4-10
1-1
3FG
0-0
0-0
1-3
2-3
1-6
2-5
0-2
2-6
0-0
24-57 8-25
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
6-7
3-7 10
0-2
1-2 3
2-2
0-1 1
4-4
0-4 4
2-2
2-4 6
2-2
0-3 3
0-0
1-1 2
0-0
0-2 2
0-0
0-0 0
2-5 7
16-19 9-29 38
F
2
4
1
3
2
0
2
2
0
TP
14
0
15
12
9
8
2
10
2
2nd Half: 13-33 (.394)
2nd Half: 4-16 (.250)
2nd Half: 6-7 (.857)
Stanford
USC
28
36
–
–
S MIN
0 35
0 16
2 35
2 29
1 35
0 12
1 13
4 24
0 1
16 72 14 18 5 10 200
FG% 1st Half: 11-24 (.458)
3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 (.444)
FT% 1st Half: 10-12 (.833)
28
36
A TO B
2 4 2
1 2 0
6 4 0
2 1 1
1 2 0
0 3 0
0 0 1
2 2 1
0 0 0
Game: 24-57 (.421)
Game: 8-25 (.320)
Game: 16-19 (.842)
56
72
Officials: Mike Reed, Larry Spaulding, Rick Randall
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 4,092
FG
6-10
3-6
3-8
6-8
4-11
0-3
5-10
2-5
3FG
1-1
0-0
1-5
3-4
3-8
0-2
1-3
0-0
29-61 9-23
FT
4-5
0-2
0-0
1-2
1-2
0-0
1-2
0-1
7-14
REB
O-D-TOT
2-6 8
3-1 4
1-3 4
0-1 1
1-7 8
0-2 2
0-0 0
3-3 6
2-0 2
12-23 35
F
4
5
4
2
1
0
1
4
TP
17
6
7
16
12
0
12
4
A TO B
2 3 2
1 2 3
5 1 0
3 3 0
0 2 1
2 0 0
1 0 0
0 2 0
2
21 74 14 15 6
2nd Half: 13-23 (.565)
2nd Half: 6-11 (.545)
2nd Half: 6-10 (.600)
S MIN
3 33
0 24
0 30
1 32
2 33
1 12
0 22
0 14
7 200
Game: 29-61 (.475)
Game: 9-23 (.391)
Game: 7-14 (.500)
USC • 64
Player
Metu
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Buggs
Mathews
Henderson
Dhillon
Karis
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-10
2-7
3-9
2-10
0-6
3-4
3-8
0-1
0-0
0-0
3-5
3FG
0-0
0-2
1-3
1-5
0-1
1-1
3-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
22-60 6-16
FG% 1st Half: 12-32 (.375)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222)
FT% 1st Half: 5-11 (.455)
Player
Metu
Rakocevic
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Buggs
Mathews
TEAM
Totals
FG
9-15
1-3
7-16
4-9
3-5
2-3
1-2
1-2
3FG
0-0
0-0
3-5
2-5
1-1
1-1
0-0
0-0
28-55 7-12
F
3
4
0
1
4
1
3
1
TP
20
3
20
13
7
6
2
2
A TO B
2 1 1
0 3 1
5 2 0
4 1 2
1 2 0
0 1 0
0 1 0
0 1 0
S MIN
2 38
0 24
0 36
3 34
1 25
0 12
0 7
0 24
17 73 12 12 4
6 200
FG% 1st Half: 15-27 (.556)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-6 (.333)
FT% 1st Half: 4-9 (.444)
2nd Half: 13-28 (.464)
2nd Half: 5-6 (.833)
2nd Half: 6-12 (.500)
California
USC
38
37
36
36
–
–
F
0
1
1
3
4
3
0
1
0
1
4
TP
17
6
9
6
0
7
9
1
0
0
9
A TO B
0 3 2
3 1 0
3 2 0
2 1 1
1 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 0
1 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
1
18 64 11 11 3
2nd Half: 10-28 (.357)
2nd Half: 4-7 (.571)
2nd Half: 9-15 (.600)
S MIN
0 30
2 24
1 32
1 28
0 20
0 19
1 21
0 6
0 1
0 3
1 16
6 200
Game: 22-60 (.367)
Game: 6-16 (.375)
Game: 14-26 (.538)
UTAH • 86
USC • 73
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
2-2
1-5 6
1-4
1-4 5
3-8
0-1 1
3-5
1-6 7
0-0
0-1 1
1-2
1-1 2
0-0
1-0 1
0-0
2-1 3
2-0 2
10-21 9-19 28
REB
O-D-TOT
3-2 5
2-4 6
1-0 1
1-1 2
1-5 6
1-5 6
0-1 1
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-0 0
2-0 2
3-1 4
14-26 14-20 34
FT
5-10
2-3
2-2
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-4
0-0
0-0
3-5
Game: 28-55 (.509)
Game: 7-12 (.583)
Game: 10-21 (.476)
74
73
Officials: David Hall, Michael Greenstein, Deron White
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 5,528
Player
Collette
Kuzma
Zamora
Daniels
Bonam
Barefield
Van Dyke
Connor
Rawson
Bealer
Johnson
Reininger
Jokl
TEAM
Totals
FG
5-10
5-12
3-4
6-9
7-10
4-6
0-2
0-0
1-2
0-1
0-0
1-1
0-1
3FG
1-1
1-4
1-1
3-3
1-2
2-3
0-1
0-0
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
32-58 9-17
REB
O-D-TOT
2-3 5
3-8 11
0-2 2
0-3 3
1-2 3
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-0 0
0-2 2
0-0 0
0-2 2
1-0 1
1-1 2
0-5 5
13-17 8-29 37
FT
4-5
1-2
0-0
2-3
0-0
4-4
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
F
4
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
2
TP
15
12
7
17
15
14
0
0
3
0
1
2
0
A TO B
0 1 0
1 1 0
0 4 0
2 1 1
5 1 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 2 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
S MIN
1 24
1 34
1 24
2 32
0 33
2 25
0 3
0 1
0 9
0 3
0 8
0 1
0 3
18 86 10 10 2
7 200
FG% 1st Half: 18-28 (.643)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-8 (.625)
FT% 1st Half: 3-4 (.750)
2nd Half: 14-30 (.467)
2nd Half: 4-9 (.444)
2nd Half: 10-13 (.769)
USC
Utah
33
42
31
44
–
–
Game: 32-58 (.552)
Game: 9-17 (.529)
Game: 13-17 (.765)
64
86
Officials: Verne Harris, Michael Irving, Randy Heimerman
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 12,470
game • nineteen
game • twenty
game • twenty-one
No. 25 USC • 71
Colorado • 68
No. 14/13 Arizona • 73
USC • 66
Arizona State • 79
USC • 82
Jan. 15 • Coors Events Center
Boulder, Colo.
Jan. 19 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Jan. 22 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Chimezie Metu hit a jump hook from 10-feet
away just outside the paint on the left side to
give USC the lead with 29 seconds remaining
and the Trojans went on to defeat Colorado 7168 in Boulder, Colo. on Jan. 15. Elijah Stewart
added a pair of free throws with 11 seconds
remaining and George King’s three-point just
before the buzzer glanced off the rim and the
Trojans had its first win in Colorado since the
Buffaloes joined the Pac-12 in 2012. USC
led 67-60 with 2:45 remaining, but Colorado
scored the next 8 points and took the lead on
a 3-pointer by Xavier Johnson which just beat
the shot clock with 47 seconds remaining,
setting up Metu’s heroics. Metu scored 20 of
his career-high 24 points in the first half and
finished 11 of 14 in shooting. USC trailed by
11 points at 22-11, but cut the deficit to 35-34
at halftime. USC’s comeback was its eight
from a deficit of 9 or more points this season.
Colorado entered the game last in the conference in 3-point shooting percent, but made 7
of 11 attempts in the first half and finished 11
of 24 (45.8 percent). USC forced 17 turnovers
which led to a 20-5 advantage on points off
turnovers. USC outscored Colorado 36-22 on
points in the paint.
Arizona’s Lauri Markkanen banked in a long
3-pointer as the shot clock wound down to put
an end to USC’s second-half comeback with 33
seconds remaining and the Trojans fell 73-67
to No. 14/No. 13 Arizona at the Galen Center
on Jan. 19. USC trailed by 23 points 5 minutes
into the second half at 44-21, before cutting the
lead to 67-64 prior to Markkanen’s shot. USC
still trailed 56-35 with 10 minutes remaining,
then went on a 29-11 run to cut the lead to
three. Elijah Stewart keyed the rally with 15
2nd-half points, making 4 of his 5 3-pointers
after the break and finishing with 20 points.
USC got in a hole as it shot 25.8 percent in
the first half and going 1-for-10 from 3-point
range. Jordan McLaughlin had 8 assists and
14 points to finish the game with 1,000 career
points exactly, USC’s 37th player to reach the
plateau. Markkanen led Arizona with 23 points,
making 5 of 6 3-point attempts. USC shot 50
percent in the second half and held Arizona
to 35.5 percent shooting after the break. USC
trailed 29-19 at halftime, its fewest points in
a first half since scoring 14 vs. Washington
State on March 3, 2012. USC lost for the first
time this season when holding the opposition
to under 40 percent shooting (11-1) and when
outrebounding the opponent (11-1).
Elijah Stewart scored 29 points, making seven
of USC’s 14 3-point baskets, and USC defeated Arizona State 82-79 on Jan. 22 at the Galen
Center. USC led by at least 10 points seven
times and by a game-high 14 points at 81-67
with 3:13 remaining, but the Sun Devils closed
on a 12-1 run aided by USC’s 2 missed shots
and 3 turnovers. ASU had the ball trailing 8279 with 14 seconds remaining when Chimezie
Metu blocked Torian Graham’s layup attempt.
ASU maintained possession and Graham
missed a contested 3-pointer with 6 seconds
left, but USC’s Jonah Mathews had a turnover
on the inbounds pass. After an ASU timeout
and an intentional foul by Stewart, as the Trojans had fouls to give, ASU’s Shannon Evans
had his 3-pointer from the corner blocked by
Jordan McLaughlin to preserve USC’s win.
McLaughlin had 18 points and 8 assists in the
game, while Mathews, making his first career
start, added 14. Stewart’s points were one off
his career high and he tied his career best for
3-pointers. The Trojans equaled their season
high with 14 3-pointers made. Graham scored
24 points, and Obinna Oleka had 17 points and
14 rebounds for the Sun Devils.
USC • 71
Player
Buggs
Metu
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Mathews
Henderson
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
0-1
11-14
3-11
3-13
3-9
2-6
3-9
0-0
1-3
3FG
0-1
0-0
1-4
0-2
0-4
0-1
2-7
0-0
0-0
26-66 3-19
FG% 1st Half: 13-31 (.419)
3FG% 1st Half: 1-10 (.100)
FT% 1st Half: 7-12 (.583)
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
0-0
0-0 0
2-2
2-4 6
2-2
1-1 2
0-0
4-5 9
5-6
2-1 3
2-2
3-1 4
3-4
2-3 5
0-0
0-0 0
2-6
3-3 6
0-2 2
16-22 17-20 37
F
2
3
1
3
3
1
2
0
0
TP
0
24
9
6
11
6
11
0
4
A TO B
0 1 0
0 2 0
3 1 0
6 2 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 0
15 71 12 7
2nd Half: 13-35 (.371)
2nd Half: 2-9 (.222)
2nd Half: 9-10 (.900)
0
S MIN
0 11
1 32
1 32
1 33
1 27
1 22
0 26
0 1
0 16
5 200
Game: 26-66 (.394)
Game: 3-19 (.158)
Game: 16-22 (.727)
REB
Player
FG
3FG FT
O-D-TOT
Markkanen 8-12 5-6
2-2
4-4 8
Ristic
2-5
0-0
3-6
3-9 12
Alkins
3-11 3-6
5-6
2-2 4
Simmons
3-9
1-4
3-4
0-0 0
Allen
4-11 1-5
2-2
0-4 4
Jack.-Cartwright 0-6
0-5
0-0
0-2 2
Comanche 1-1
0-0
2-2
0-0 0
Pinder
2-3
0-0
0-0
1-0 1
TEAM
2-0 2
Totals
23-58 10-26 17-22 12-21 33
FG% 1st Half: 12-27 (.444)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-14 (.357)
FT% 1st Half: 0-0 (.---)
COLORADO • 68
Player
Gordon
Brown
Johnson
White
King
Akyazili
Miller
Collier
Peters
Siewert
Fortune
TEAM
Totals
FG
0-1
0-0
6-10
4-13
6-13
0-0
3-3
3-7
1-4
0-0
2-4
3FG
0-1
0-0
2-2
1-5
4-8
0-0
0-0
2-4
1-2
0-0
1-2
FT
2-4
0-0
1-2
1-2
0-2
0-0
0-0
3-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
25-55 11-24 7-13
REB
O-D-TOT
3-5 8
0-0 0
1-6 7
1-4 5
4-5 9
0-0 0
1-2 3
0-0 0
0-0 0
0-0 0
1-3 4
2-1 3
13-26 39
F
4
0
1
2
2
0
4
2
3
0
2
TP
2
0
15
10
16
0
6
11
3
0
5
2nd Half: 13-31 (.419)
2nd Half: 4-13 (.308)
2nd Half: 3-9 (.333)
USC
Colorado
37
33
–
–
F
2
3
4
2
2
3
1
1
TP
23
7
14
10
11
0
4
4
A TO B
0 3 1
0 0 2
2 3 1
3 0 0
2 0 0
3 3 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
1
18 73 11 10 4
2nd Half: 11-31 (.355)
2nd Half: 5-12 (.417)
2nd Half: 17-22 (.773)
S MIN
1 35
0 27
1 31
1 27
2 37
1 19
0 18
0 6
6 200
Game: 23-58 (.397)
Game: 10-26 (.385)
Game: 17-22 (.773)
Player
Oleka
Holder
Graham
Evans II
Justice
Witherill
Vila
Tshisumpa
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-10
5-12
9-18
5-12
4-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
3FG
1-2
1-2
1-6
4-7
2-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
29-57 9-20
FG% 1st Half: 12-27 (.444)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-11 (.545)
FT% 1st Half: 8-9 (.889)
REB
O-D-TOT
3-11 14
1-0 1
0-4 4
0-3 3
0-1 1
0-0 0
1-1 2
0-0 0
4-1 5
12-14 9-21 30
FT
4-6
3-3
5-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
A TO B
1 1 1
0 0 0
2 1 0
5 1 1
2 4 0
0 1 0
0 3 0
3 1 0
0 2 0
0 0 0
1 3 1
S MIN
0 25
0 6
0 34
0 37
1 31
0 2
0 13
1 23
0 13
0 2
0 14
2 200
Game: 25-55 (.455)
Game: 11-24 (.458)
Game: 7-13 (.538)
71
68
Officials: Mike Reed, Chris Rastatter, Larry Spaulding
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 8,036
Player
Buggs
Metu
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Mathews
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
0-0
4-13
5-12
2-5
7-13
1-7
1-5
2-4
3FG
0-0
0-0
2-4
0-2
5-9
0-2
0-4
0-0
22-59 7-21
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
0-0
0-0 0
3-5
2-5 7
2-2
0-4 4
4-5
1-6 7
1-1
1-3 4
5-5
2-4 6
0-0
0-1 1
0-0
3-0 3
4-1 5
15-18 13-24 37
F
3
2
2
4
2
0
0
4
TP
0
11
14
8
20
7
2
4
17 66 16 12 8
FG% 1st Half: 8-31 (.258)
3FG% 1st Half: 1-10 (.100)
FT% 1st Half: 2-4 (.500)
2nd Half: 14-28 (.500)
2nd Half: 6-11 (.545)
2nd Half: 13-14 (.929)
Arizona
USC
44
47
29
19
–
–
A TO B
0 1 0
0 1 1
8 4 0
5 3 3
1 0 4
1 1 0
1 0 0
0 2 0
73
66
Officials: Deron White, Bob Staffen, Kevin Brill
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 4,930
S MIN
0 11
2 38
2 36
1 27
0 33
0 25
0 16
0 14
5 200
Game: 22-59 (.373)
Game: 7-21 (.333)
Game: 15-18 (.833)
F
4
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
TP
17
14
24
14
10
0
0
0
A TO B
1 4 1
4 1 0
0 4 2
4 2 0
2 2 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
1
10 79 11 15 3
2nd Half: 17-30 (.567)
2nd Half: 3-9 (.333)
2nd Half: 4-5 (.800)
S MIN
1 36
1 40
1 40
1 36
1 35
0 1
0 9
0 3
5 200
Game: 29-57 (.509)
Game: 9-20 (.450)
Game: 12-14 (.857)
USC • 82
USC • 66
20 68 14 17 3
FG% 1st Half: 12-24 (.500)
3FG% 1st Half: 7-11 (.636)
FT% 1st Half: 4-4 (1.000)
34
35
ARIZONA STATE • 79
ARIZONA • 73
Player
Metu
Mathews
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
3-7
6-12
7-13
0-5
11-19
1-2
5-6
3FG
0-0
2-6
4-5
0-2
7-13
1-1
0-0
FT
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
33-64 14-27 2-3
REB
O-D-TOT
0-3 3
0-0 0
1-1 2
3-3 6
2-2 4
0-4 4
3-5 8
1-1 2
10-19 29
F
2
1
0
1
5
0
3
TP
7
14
18
0
29
3
11
A TO B
2 5 1
0 2 1
8 3 1
8 2 2
2 0 1
1 1 1
1 0 0
S MIN
1 29
3 31
1 39
2 31
1 31
0 16
0 23
12 82 22 13 7
8 200
FG% 1st Half: 18-35 (.514)
3FG% 1st Half: 8-17 (.471)
FT% 1st Half: 1-1 (1.000)
2nd Half: 15-29 (.517)
2nd Half: 6-10 (.600)
2nd Half: 1-2 (.500)
Arizona State
USC
41
37
38
45
–
–
Game: 33-64 (.516)
Game: 14-27 (.519)
Game: 2-3 (.667)
79
82
Officials: Steve Olson, Kipp Kissinger, Keith Kimble
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 2,931
game • twenty-two
game • twenty-three
game • twenty-four
No. 8/7 UCLA • 76
USC • 84
USC • 82
Washington • 74
USC • 86
Washington State • 77
Jan. 25 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Feb. 1 • Alaska Airlines Arena
Seattle, Wash.
Feb. 3 • Beasley Coliseum
Pullman, Wash.
Shaqquan Aaron scored a career-high 23
points off the bench, and USC matched its
season best with 14 3-pointers in an 84-76 win
over UCLA at the Galen Center on Jan. 25.
Elijah Stewart added 15 points for the Trojans
who beat their crosstown rivals for the fourth
consecutive time, their longest streak since
2009-11. UCLA scored the first 8 points and
then led 20-10 before USC closed the half on a
40-18 run to take a 50-38 lead at halftime. USC
built the lead to 15 points in the 2nd half, but the
Bruins rallied to get within 4 points twice, the
last time at 66-62 with 6:02 remaining. USC
responded with a pair of dunks, 1st by Stewart
and then Chimezie Metu, who had 4 in the
game, and Metu added a free throw to make it a
9-point advantage and UCLA got no closer than
6 points the rest of the way. USC slowed down
UCLA’s fastbreak and kept them to 16 points
below its season average. The Trojans forced
17 Bruins’ turnovers, including a season-high 7
by Lonzo Ball. USC turned the ball over just 9
times which helped offset UCLA’s 48.4 to 40.3
shooting percentage advantage in the game.
USC’s bench outscored UCLA’s bench 30-17.
Isaac Hamilton led the Bruins with 20 points.
It was USC’s 9th comeback of the season from
a deficit of 9 points or more. Bob Boyd’s No.
19 jersey was retired in a halftime ceremony.
Bennie Boatwright matched a career high with
23 points to rally USC back from a 10-point
halftime deficit to an 82-74 win at Washington
on Feb. 1. Washington scored the final 15
points of the first half to lead 37-27 at the
break, but USC shot 68.0 percent in the second
half to secure the comeback win, outscoring
Washington 55-37 after halftime. Boatwright,
playing for the first time since injuring his knee
on Nov. 30 at San Diego, made 4 of 5 shots
and all 6 free throw attempts in the second
half to key the comeback. De’Anthony Melton
matched his career best with 16 points and
added 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals and 2
blocks. Jordan McLaughlin scored all 13 of
his points in the second half and Chimezie
Metu netted 13 of his 15 points after the break.
After USC cut UW’s lead to 41-40 3 minutes
into the second half, the Huskies responded to
build it back up to 53-44 with13.22 remaining.
USC chipped away and finally took the lead at
67-66 with 4:38 remaining as part of an 11-0
run which ended with 3 minutes remaining
and USC ahead 72-66. USC made 8 of 12
free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. USC outshot Washington 45.9 percent
to 41.8 percent and held the Huskies to 32.1
percent from 3-point range. USC outscored
Washington 26-1 in bench points.
UCLA • 76
USC • 82
USC rallied from an early 11-point deficit behind a career-high 29 points from Chimezie
Metu to win 86-77 at Washington State on
Feb. 4. With the win, USC completed its first
sweep at the Washington schools since the
2002 season. USC trailed 14-3 four minutes
into the game, then went on an 18-6 run to take
the lead for the first time at 21-20 with 9:34
remaining before the break. WSU re-took the
lead, but USC closed the half on a 10-2 run
to lead 38-33 at halftime. USC built the lead
to 10 early in the 2nd half, but WSU rallied to
take a 59-57 lead with 10 minutes remaining.
USC responded with a 10-0 run to take the
game back. First Jonah Mathews and Bennie
Boatwright hit 3-pointers, then Boatwright and
Metu made layups to make it 67-59 iwth 8:10 to
play and the Cougars never really challenged
again. Mathews finished with 18 points and
Boatwright and Elijah Stewart added 13. Metu
got his 29 points on 12 of 14 shooting, including 6 dunks, while grabbing 9 rebounds. USC
made 73.9 percent of its second-half shots (17
of 23) and finished making a season-high 57.1
percent in the game. The Washington sweep
was also USC’s first conference road sweep
of any kind since the 2011 season at the Bay
Area. USC ran its Pac-12 road winning streak
to 3 games, its longest since 4 straight in 2008.
Every Trojan who played (8) had at least one
assist, the first game every USC player who
competed had at least one assist since Feb.
2,2008 vs. ASU.
Player
Leaf
Welsh
Ball
Hamilton
Alford
Holiday
Anigbogu
Goloman
TEAM
Totals
FG
4-10
6-7
4-9
8-13
1-7
6-14
1-2
0-0
3FG
0-0
0-0
2-6
2-5
1-5
1-4
0-0
0-0
30-62 6-20
FG% 1st Half: 16-29 (.552)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-5 (.400)
FT% 1st Half: 4-5 (.800)
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
0-0
2-6 8
1-2
2-5 7
5-9
3-7 10
2-2
1-3 4
0-0
0-3 3
2-2
0-2 2
0-0
0-0 0
0-0
0-0 0
2-1 3
10-15 10-27 37
F
4
1
3
4
1
5
0
2
TP
8
13
15
20
3
15
2
0
A TO B
0 1 2
3 1 3
4 7 1
3 2 0
4 1 0
4 4 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
S MIN
0 27
1 27
0 39
1 32
2 37
0 30
0 4
0 4
20 76 18 17 6
4 200
2nd Half: 14-33 (.424)
2nd Half: 4-15 (.267)
2nd Half: 6-10 (.600)
Game: 30-62 (.484)
Game: 6-20 (.300)
Game: 10-15 (.667)
Player
Metu
Mathews
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Henderson
Boatwright
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-13
3-7
3-7
6-11
2-6
1-4
0-0
7-10
0-3
28-61 6-17
FG% 1st Half: 11-36 (.306)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-10 (.200)
FT% 1st Half: 3-4 (.750)
USC • 84
Player
Metu
Mathews
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Henderson
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
3-4 7
1-1 2
0-3 3
1-8 9
2-2 4
1-3 4
0-0 0
3-2 5
1-1 2
27-67 14-34 16-21 12-24 36
FG
5-12
1-5
3-11
4-10
5-13
6-12
1-1
2-3
3FG
0-0
1-5
2-4
2-5
4-10
4-9
1-1
0-0
FT
3-3
0-0
2-2
3-6
1-2
7-8
0-0
0-0
TP
13
3
10
13
15
23
3
4
A TO B S MIN
2 3 2 0 29
0 0 0 3 19
8 3 0 2 38
5 0 1 4 38
4 1 2 3 36
1 0 0 0 26
0 0 0 0 2
0 1 0 0 12
1
16 84 20 9 5 12 200
2nd Half: 10-31 (.323)
2nd Half: 5-15 (.333)
2nd Half: 9-11 (.818)
UCLA
USC
38
34
–
–
REB
O-D-TOT
1-7 8
1-2 3
1-3 4
2-5 7
0-1 1
0-2 2
0-0 0
1-1 2
1-1 2
1-4 5
20-27 8-26 34
FT
3-6
0-0
5-6
4-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
7-8
1-2
F
3
1
1
5
2
2
0
3
1
TP
15
7
13
16
5
2
0
23
1
A TO B
3 3 2
0 0 0
5 3 0
6 1 2
0 0 0
0 2 0
0 1 1
4 2 0
0 0 0
S MIN
1 34
2 22
4 35
6 34
1 29
0 16
0 2
0 21
0 7
18 82 18 12 5 14 200
2nd Half: 17-25 (.680)
2nd Half: 4-7 (.571)
2nd Half: 17-23 (.739)
Game: 28-61 (.459)
Game: 6-17 (.353)
Game: 20-27 (.741)
Game: 27-67 (.509)
Game: 14-34 (.412)
Game: 16-21 (.762)
76
84
Officials: Randy McCall, David Hall, Shawn Lehigh
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 10,258
Player
Dickerson
Timmins
Crisp
Thybulle
Fultz
Kingma
Green
Johnson
TEAM
Totals
FG
7-11
4-6
5-14
5-12
7-17
0-0
0-2
0-5
3FG
0-0
0-0
3-10
2-8
4-8
0-0
0-1
0-1
28-67 9-28
FT
3-4
0-0
3-3
0-0
2-4
0-0
0-0
1-2
9-13
REB
O-D-TOT
1-8 9
5-3 8
2-3 5
0-5 5
0-5 5
0-0 0
0-2 2
1-0 1
1-2 3
10-28 38
F
2
1
1
5
4
1
3
1
TP
17
8
16
12
20
0
0
1
A TO B
1 1 1
1 2 1
5 5 0
3 2 1
6 4 2
0 0 0
1 1 0
0 2 0
S MIN
1 36
0 24
0 32
2 34
0 38
0 1
1 17
0 18
18 74 17 17 5
4 200
FG% 1st Half: 15-34 (.441)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-9 (.333)
FT% 1st Half: 4-6 (.667)
2nd Half: 13-33 (.394)
2nd Half: 6-19 (.316)
2nd Half: 5-7 (.714)
USC
Washington
55
37
27
37
–
–
USC • 86
Player
Metu
Boatwright
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Mathews
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
12-14
5-10
1-6
1-1
5-10
0-2
6-10
2-3
3FG
0-0
3-7
0-3
1-1
1-4
0-1
4-6
0-0
32-56 9-22
FG% 1st Half: 15-33 (.455)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-12 (.250)
FT% 1st Half: 5-9 (.556)
WASHINGTON • 74
F
2
3
1
2
3
1
0
4
FG% 1st Half: 17-36 (.472)
3FG% 1st Half: 9-19 (.474)
FT% 1st Half: 7-10 (.700)
38
50
3FG
0-0
1-4
2-2
0-3
1-3
0-1
0-0
2-4
0-0
Game: 28-67 (.418)
Game: 9-28 (.321)
Game: 9-13 (.692)
82
74
Officials: Mike Scyphers, Greg Nixon, Tommy Nunez
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 7,223
REB
O-D-TOT
1-7 8
1-6 7
0-2 2
0-0 0
1-3 4
2-1 3
0-6 6
0-3 3
0-0 0
13-20 5-28 33
FT
5-6
0-2
2-2
2-2
2-4
0-0
2-4
0-0
F
3
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
TP
29
13
4
5
13
0
18
4
A TO B
2 1 0
3 1 0
4 3 0
3 3 1
1 1 2
1 0 0
2 1 0
1 0 0
S MIN
0 32
1 29
0 30
0 28
1 30
0 13
0 26
0 12
9
86 17 10 3
2 200
2nd Half: 17-23 (.739)
2nd Half: 6-10 (.600)
2nd Half: 8-11 (.727)
Game: 32-56 (.571)
Game: 9-22 (.409)
Game: 13-20 (.650)
WASHINGTON STATE • 77
Player
Hawkinson
Clifford
Iroegbu
Flynn
Callison
Franks
Daniels
Pollard
TEAM
Totals
FG
7-14
3-5
9-17
4-14
4-8
1-3
2-2
3-5
3FG
1-3
0-0
3-6
1-8
3-3
0-1
0-0
0-0
FT
2-2
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
33-68 8-21
3-5
REB
O-D-TOT
3-13 16
0-1 1
1-2 3
1-1 2
1-2 3
0-3 3
1-0 1
2-1 3
0-1 1
9-24 33
F
4
3
4
1
3
0
2
2
TP
17
6
22
9
11
2
4
6
A TO B
4 3 0
1 2 0
9 2 0
3 0 0
3 1 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
1
19 77 21 10 0
FG% 1st Half: 13-30 (.433)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-11 (.455)
FT% 1st Half: 2-2 (1.000)
2nd Half: 20-38 (.526)
2nd Half: 3-10 (.300)
2nd Half: 1-3 (.333)
USC
38
Washington State 33
48
44
–
–
S MIN
0 37
0 19
0 39
3 37
3 35
0 7
0 10
1 16
7 200
Game: 33-68 (.485)
Game: 8-21 (.381)
Game: 3-5 (.600)
86
77
Officials: Bill Vinovich, Jeff Ketchu, Chad Shepherd
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 3,551
game • twenty-five
game • twenty-six
game • twenty-seven
Oregon State • 66
USC • 92
No. 5 Oregon • 81
USC • 70
USC • 70
No. 6 UCLA • 102
Feb. 9 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Feb. 11 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Feb. 18 • Pauley Pavilion
Westwood, Calif.
Oregon State scored the first six points of the
game, but after that it was all USC in a 92-66
win on Feb. 9 at the Galen Center. USC made
7 of its first 9 shots, including 6 of 8 3-pointers
to take a 22-15 lead 8 minutes into the game
and never looked back. Shaqquan Aaron
led USC with 21 points, including making a
career-best 5 3-pointers (5 of 6). USC took
a 44-27 lead into halftime and OSU got no
closer than 11 points at 59-48 in the second
half. USC responded with a 17-3 run to put
away the Beavers. Bennie Boatwright scored
8 of his 16 points during the run. Elijah Stewart
added 14 points and Chimezie Metu 11. Nick
Rakocevic had 7 points, 4 rebounds and a
career-best 4 blocks in 15 minutes of action off
the bench. USC shot 50.9 percent in the game
and held OSU to 38.7 percent shooting. USC
outscored OSU 20-3 on points off turnovers,
14-5 on second-chance points and 39-14 on
bench points. USC’s 92 points were its high in
a Pac-12 game this season and its most since
netting 94 vs. Wyoming on Dec. 23. USC ran
its conference winning streak to 5 games, its
most since the 2002 season. USC improved
to 21-4, its best start since also going 21-4 in
the 1992 season.
USC rallied back from a 10-point deficit in
the second half to trail by 3 with 3 minutes
left, but Oregon’s Tyler Dorsey hit 2 clutch
3-pointers and Oregon held on for an 81-70
victory at the Galen Center on Feb. 11. USC
was thwarted from winning its sixth consecutive conference game in one season for the
first time since 1992. USC also had its losing
streak against Oregon extended to 14 games.
USC trailed by 11 points in the first half but cut
it to 2 at 35-33 at halftime. USC took the lead
early in the second half at 50-46, but Oregon
responded with a 15-4 run to go up 7 at 61-54
with 8:41 remaining and never trailed again.
USC struggled with it shooting, hitting just 32.4
percent in the first half and 37.3 percent for
the game. It was even worse for the Trojans
from long range, making just 6 of 27 3-pointers
(22.2 percent). Oregon hit 10 of 23 3-pointers
(43.5 percent). USC which usually wins the
turnover battle, committed 16 turnovers which
led to a Oregon advantage of 23-12 on points
off turnovers. Chimezie Metu led USC with
16 points. Dillon Brooks, who fouled out with
3:28 remaining, led the Ducks with 21 points
and Dorsey added 19. Oregon close the game
on a 10-2 run to finish the game matching its
largest lead.
UCLA finished on a 31-9 run over the final 7:30
of the game to defeat USC 102-70 at Pauley
Pavilion on Feb. 18. USC trailed 71-61 at that
point, but UCLA made 11 of its next 15 shots,
including a dunk by Lonzo Ball with 1:15 remaining which eclipsed the century mark. USC
was 2-for-10 in that same stretch and finished
the game shooting 33.8 percent from the floor.
The Bruins made 53.8 percent of their shots,
including 50 percent from 3-point range. USC
made only 31.8 percent from 3-point range.
The 1st half went back and forth with USC
enjoying its biggest lead at 23-18 with 8:00 remaining, but UCLA closed out that half by outscoring USC 28-11 to take a 46-34 lead at the
break. The Bruins outrebounded USC 50-33
and outscored USC 44-28 on points in the paint
in the game, 27-13 and 26-14 respectively in
the 2nd half. Bennie Boatwright led USC with
20 points and 10 rebounds for his 2nd career
double-double. Bryce Alford led 5 Bruins in
double-figures with 26 points. Thomas Welsh
was 6-for-6 in the 2nd half and had a doubledouble of 16 points and 16 rebounds for the
Bruins. The loss snapped USC’s 4-game winning streak against UCLA. USC’s starters were
outscored 89-55 and outshot 37.0-61.0 percent
in the game. UCLA (24) had more baskets in
the 2nd half than USC had in the game (22).
OREGON STATE • 66
OREGON • 81
USC • 70
Player
FG
Eubanks
5-8
Rakocevic 3-6
McLaughlin 4-10
Thompson Jr. 4-15
Manuel
4-10
Stacy
1-4
Dahlen
0-0
Sanders
0-0
Kone
3-9
TEAM
Totals
24-62
3FG
0-0
1-2
3-7
1-7
3-5
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
FT
1-2
0-1
1-2
2-2
0-1
1-2
0-0
0-0
4-4
9-22
9-14
FG% 1st Half: 11-34 (.324)
3FG% 1st Half: 4-13 (.308)
FT% 1st Half: 1-4 (.250)
REB
O-D-TOT
2-2 4
1-1 2
0-2 2
2-6 8
2-3 5
0-2 2
0-0 0
0-0 0
3-3 6
1-0 1
11-19 30
F
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
TP
11
7
12
11
11
4
0
0
10
A TO B
0 3 2
0 0 1
3 3 0
6 3 0
1 1 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1
23 66 12 11 3
2nd Half: 13-28 (.464)
2nd Half: 5-9 (.556)
2nd Half: 8-10 (.800)
S MIN
0 30
1 23
0 36
0 36
2 31
0 14
0 4
0 3
1 23
4 200
Game: 24-62 (.387)
Game: 9-22 (.409)
Game: 9-14 (.643)
REB
Player
FG
3FG FT
O-D-TOT
Bell
4-10 0-0
4-4
7-7 14
Brooks
8-14 3-5
2-2
1-1 2
Pritchard
2-5
0-2
1-2
0-2 2
Dorsey
6-13 4-8
3-4
1-4 5
Ennis
4-10 2-3
2-2
1-4 5
Benson
1-2
0-1
0-0
0-0 0
Boucher
3-9
1-4
1-4
1-2 3
Bigby-Williams 1-1
0-0
0-0
0-3 3
Sorkin
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0 0
TEAM
3-2 5
Totals
29-64 10-23 13-18 14-25 39
FG% 1st Half: 13-32 (.406)
3FG% 1st Half: 4-12 (.333)
FT% 1st Half: 5-8 (.625)
USC • 92
REB
Player
FG
3FG FT
O-D-TOT
Metu
4-8
0-0
3-5
1-6 7
Boatwright 3-8
1-5
9-9
0-4 4
McLaughlin 1-3
1-2
3-4
1-1 2
Melton
2-5
0-1
2-4
2-2 4
Stewart
5-9
2-4
2-2
0-3 3
Aaron
7-10 5-6
2-2
3-3 6
Buggs
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-0 0
Mathews
3-7
1-3
2-2
0-0 0
Henderson 0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1 1
Fleming
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0 0
Dhillon
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0 0
Karis
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0 0
Rakocevic 2-3
0-0
3-3
2-2 4
TEAM
1-5 6
Totals
28-55 10-22 26-31 10-27 37
27
44
39
48
–
–
TP
12
21
5
19
12
2
8
2
0
A TO B
4 0 1
2 1 0
3 1 0
2 4 0
2 1 0
0 3 0
0 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
2
19 81 13 13 2
2nd Half: 16-32 (.500)
2nd Half: 6-11 (.545)
2nd Half: 8-10 (.800)
S MIN
1 26
1 26
2 33
2 29
2 31
0 19
0 30
0 5
0 1
8 200
Game: 29-64 (.453)
Game: 10-23 (.435)
Game: 13-18 (.722)
Player
Metu
Boatwright
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Buggs
Mathews
Karis
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-12
4-12
3-10
2-5
2-7
3-9
0-0
1-6
0-0
1-4
F
2
3
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
4
TP
11
16
6
6
14
21
0
9
0
0
0
2
7
A TO B
0 3 2
3 0 0
3 1 0
2 1 1
2 1 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
3 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 2 0
0 2 4
S MIN
1 27
0 27
1 27
1 23
2 24
0 23
0 2
0 20
1 3
0 2
0 2
0 5
0 15
17 92 14 10 7
6 200
Game: 28-55 (.509)
Game: 10-22 (.455)
Game: 26-31 (.839)
66
92
Officials: Gregory Nixon, Shawn Lehigh, Marques Pettigrew
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 3,989
Player
Metu
Boatwright
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Buggs
Mathews
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-8
3-15
2-7
2-5
5-10
3-8
0-0
1-6
0-0
3FG
0-0
1-9
1-2
1-2
2-6
1-5
0-0
0-3
0-0
22-59 6-27
FG% 1st Half: 11-34 (.324)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-15 (.133)
FT% 1st Half: 9-10 (.900)
Oregon
USC
35
33
REB
O-D-TOT
2-2 4
3-3 6
2-5 7
1-2 3
1-4 5
2-1 3
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-1 1
1-3 4
20-23 12-22 34
FT
4-5
8-8
1-2
4-4
3-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
–
–
FT
2-5
8-8
2-3
3-4
0-1
1-2
0-0
1-2
0-0
2-2
22-65 7-22
FG% 1st Half: 12-36 (.333)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-15 (.333)
FT% 1st Half: 5-6 (.833)
F
1
1
0
3
1
2
0
3
0
3
1
15
TP
14
20
9
7
5
8
0
3
0
4
A TO B
0 1 0
1 2 0
5 2 0
1 2 0
1 2 1
1 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
1
70 10 10 2
2nd Half: 10-29 (.345)
2nd Half: 2-7 (.286)
2nd Half: 14-21 (.667)
S MIN
2 32
1 31
2 33
4 26
0 24
0 26
0 3
0 17
0 1
0 7
9 200
Game: 22-65 (.338)
Game: 7-22 (.318)
Game: 19-27 (.704)
UCLA • 102
F
3
2
0
3
3
1
0
2
3
TP
16
15
6
9
15
7
0
2
0
A TO B
3 2 0
2 0 3
4 5 0
2 4 1
1 4 1
0 0 0
0 0 2
1 0 0
0 0 1
1
17 70 13 16 8
2nd Half: 11-25 (.440)
2nd Half: 4-12 (.333)
2nd Half: 11-13 (.846)
46
37
REB
O-D-TOT
3-3 6
4-6 10
1-3 4
1-1 2
0-0 0
2-3 5
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-0 0
0-0 0
2-3 5
19-27 13-20 33
3FG
0-0
4-9
1-3
0-0
1-4
1-3
0-0
0-3
0-0
0-0
USC • 70
FG% 1st Half: 13-27 (.481) 2nd Half: 15-28 (.536)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-13 (.462)
2nd Half: 4-9 (.444)
FT% 1st Half: 12-12 (1.000) 2nd Half: 14-19 (.737)
Oregon State
USC
F
4
5
1
3
2
1
3
0
0
S MIN
0 25
0 34
1 30
2 29
0 31
0 22
0 11
0 15
0 3
3 200
Game: 22-59 (.373)
Game: 6-27 (.222)
Game: 20-23 (.870)
81
70
Officials: Tony Padilla, Frank Harvey III, Eric Curry
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 9,256
Player
Leaf
Welsh
Ball
Hamilton
Alford
Holiday
Anigbogu
Goloman
Smith
Wulff, A.
Okwarabizie
TEAM
Totals
FG
8-13
8-10
6-9
6-12
8-15
3-8
0-5
2-4
1-1
0-0
0-1
3FG
2-3
0-0
1-3
1-3
5-9
1-1
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
FT
1-1
0-0
2-2
0-0
5-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
42-78 10-20 8-8
REB
O-D-TOT
2-6 8
2-14 16
2-6 8
1-2 3
0-4 4
0-0 0
6-0 6
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-0 0
0-0 0
2-2 4
15-35 50
F
2
2
1
3
1
2
3
2
0
0
1
TP
19
16
15
13
26
7
0
4
2
0
0
A TO B
1 2 3
2 0 1
8 4 0
2 1 0
6 0 1
4 3 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
S MIN
0 30
0 29
2 32
0 28
0 30
2 28
0 8
1 12
0 1
0 1
0 1
17 102 23 10 6
5 200
FG% 1st Half: 18-37 (.486)
3FG% 1st Half: 7-12 (.583)
FT% 1st Half: 3-3 (1.000)
2nd Half: 24-41 (.585)
2nd Half: 3-8 (.375)
2nd Half: 5-5 (1.000)
USC
UCLA
36
56
34
46
–
–
Game: 42-78 (.538)
Game: 10-20 (.500)
Game: 8-8 (1.000)
70
102
Officials: Randy McCall, John Higgins, Gerry Pollard
Technical fouls: USC -Team (Enfield), UCLA - None
Attendance: 13,659
game • twenty-eight
game • twenty-nine
game • thirty
USC • 77
No. 4 Arizona • 90
USC • 82
Arizona State • 83
Washington State • 64
USC • 87
Feb. 23 • McKale Center
Tucson, Ariz.
Feb. 26 • Wells Fargo Arena
Tempe, Ariz.
March 1 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
Arizona took the lead late in the first half and
went on to defeat USC 90-77 at the McKale
Center on Feb. 23. Arizona improved to 70-1
in its last 71 home games. USC had its biggest lead at 26-17 with 6:11 remaining in the
first half and 35-28 with 4 minutes before the
break, but Arizona got hot. The Wildcats made
6 of their final 7 shots, including 3 3-pointers
to take a 44-39 lead at halftime. USC cut the
deficit to 51-49 5 minutes into the second
half, but Arizona went on a 20-6 run to open
its biggest lead of 16 points. USC started to
chip away and got as close a 7 points at 80-73
with 1:49 remaining, but Arizona closed on a
10-4 run. Bennie Boatwright led USC with 23
points which tied his career high and Chimezie
Metu had his 5th double-double of the season
with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Allonzo Trier
led Arizona with a game-high 25 points. USC
actually outshot Arizona 52.9 percent to 50.8
percent, but the Wildcats made 11 of 20 3-point
shots (55.0 percent). The Trojans lost for the
second time this season when outshooting
its opponent. USC committed 14 turnovers
which led to a 23-9 advantage for Arizona on
points off turnovers. USC was outrebounded
30-27, but outscored Arizona 42-38 on points
in the paint. Arizona’s bench outscored USC’s
subs 30-11.
USC was outscored 12-1 in the final 2:32 of
the game and fell 83-82 at Arizona State on
Feb. 26. USC led 81-71 after Chimezie Metu
dunked with 3:55 remaining which turned out
to be the Trojans’ final field goal of the game.
USC would go 0-for-4 with 3 fouls and 2 turnovers, while making 1 of 3 free throws, including missing the front end of a 1-and-1 to close
out the game. First Obinna Oleka hit a pair of
FTs to cut it to 81-73 with 2:32 left, then after a
turnover, Shannon Evans hit a 3-pointer to cut
it to 81-76 with 2:20 remaining. Metu hit 1 of 2
free throws to make it 82-76 with 2:08 remaining. After 3 ASU misses and 2 USC misses,
Tra Holder made a layup to cut it to 82-78 with
28 seconds to go. Elijah Stewart missed the
front end of a 1-and-1 and Kodi Justice hit a
contested fall-away 3-pointer to make it 82-81
USC with 14.1 seconds left. USC’s inbounds
pass was stolen and Holder was fouled in the
lane with 7 seconds left. He made both FTs
to give ASU the 83-82 lead. USC was able to
free Bennie Boatwright for an open 3-pointer,
but it rimmed out and the Trojans suffered the
heart-breaking road loss. Boatwright led USC
with 22 points and Metu had a double-double
with 14 points and 13 rebounds. USC made
56.4 percent of its shot and 42.9 percent of its
3-pointers. ASU shot 46.2 percent, including
46.4 percent from 3-point range. USC was outscored 27-11 on points off turnovers. USC lost
for the first time when leading at halftime (17-1).
USC scored the first basket of the game and
never trailed in an 87-64 win vs. Washington
State at the Galen Center on March 1. USC
jumped out to a 22-7 lead 7 minutes into the
game and was never truly challenged. WSU
scored the next 6 points but the lead remained
in double digits the rest of the way. USC led
48-28 at halftime and never led by less than 20
points in the second half. Jordan McLaughlin
just missed out on the second triple-double in
school history, with 16 points, 10 assists and
9 rebounds. Chimezie Metu added 15 points
and 9 rebounds. USC made 53.0 percent of
its shots, while holding WSU to 43.9 percent.
USC had 25 assists and only 8 turnovers
and outscored the Cougars 22-6 on points
off turnovers. USC improved to 22-8, its best
record after 30 games since also going 22-8
in 2002. It is also the 10th time a USC team
has won 22 games or more in a season. All
nine Trojans who played more than 2 minutes
made at least 50 percent of their shots. USC
outrebounded WSU 34-27 and outscored them
42-32 on points in the paint. WSU’s Robert
Franks led all scorers with a career-high 20
points. USC had 7 blocks, its 12th this season
with 7 or more swats.
USC • 77
Player
Metu
Boatwright
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Mathews
Karis
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-11
6-11
5-7
5-9
2-5
2-4
0-2
1-1
0-1
3FG
0-0
3-7
1-1
0-3
0-1
1-2
0-1
0-0
0-0
27-51 5-15
FG% 1st Half: 16-28 (.571)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-8 (.375)
FT% 1st Half: 4-4 (1.000)
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
3-4
2-10 12
8-8
1-3 4
2-2
0-0 0
0-1
1-4 5
1-2
0-1 1
0-1
0-1 1
0-0
1-0 1
0-0
0-0 0
4-4
1-2 3
0-0 0
18-22 6-21 27
F
2
2
1
1
3
3
4
0
1
TP
15
23
13
10
5
5
0
2
4
A TO B
2 3 1
2 4 0
3 3 0
4 3 0
3 0 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
S MIN
0 33
0 31
1 34
0 28
1 35
1 18
0 9
0 1
0 11
17 77 16 14 1
3 200
2nd Half: 11-23 (.478)
2nd Half: 2-7 (.286)
2nd Half: 14-18 (.778)
Game: 27-51 (.529)
Game: 5-15 (.333)
Game: 18-22 (.818)
ARIZONA • 90
Player
Markkanen
Comanche
J-Cartwright
Allen
Trier
Alkins
Simmons
Ristic
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
2-5 7
0-1 1
2-1 3
1-4 5
0-4 4
2-2 4
1-0 1
2-1 3
0-2 2
32-63 11-20 15-17 10-20 30
FG
4-10
1-5
3-5
4-10
7-11
5-5
3-9
5-8
3FG
0-1
0-0
3-4
0-3
4-6
2-2
2-4
0-0
FG% 1st Half: 16-35 (.457)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-11 (.545)
FT% 1st Half: 6-7 (.857)
USC
Arizona
39
44
FT
3-3
4-4
1-2
0-0
7-8
0-0
0-0
0-0
F
2
2
2
2
4
1
0
2
TP
11
6
10
8
25
12
8
10
16 90 16 8
2nd Half: 16-28 (.571)
2nd Half: 5-9 (.556)
2nd Half: 9-10 (.900)
38
46
–
–
A TO B
2 0 0
1 1 0
5 1 1
2 1 1
1 1 1
4 3 1
0 0 0
1 1 0
4
S MIN
0 35
0 21
2 30
3 32
0 34
1 17
0 13
1 18
7 200
Game: 32-63 (.508)
Game: 11-20 (.550)
Game: 15-17 (.882)
77
90
Officials: Gregory Nixon, Deron White, Larry Spaulding
Technical fouls: USC -Stewart, Arizona - None
Attendance: 14,644
USC • 82
Player
Metu
Boatwright
McLaughlin
Melton
Stewart
Aaron
Buggs
Mathews
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
5-7
8-12
4-10
2-4
4-10
1-2
1-1
4-7
2-2
3FG
1-1
5-8
0-3
1-3
2-6
0-1
1-1
2-5
0-0
FT
3-4
1-1
0-0
0-0
2-3
0-1
0-0
2-2
0-0
31-55 12-28 8-11
FG% 1st Half: 18-26 (.692)
3FG% 1st Half: 8-15 (.533)
FT% 1st Half: 4-4 (1.000)
REB
O-D-TOT
0-13 13
3-2 5
0-3 3
0-2 2
1-1 2
1-0 1
0-1 1
0-2 2
0-1 1
0-2 2
5-27 32
F
4
2
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
TP A TO B
14 2 2 1
22 2 3 0
8 10 1 0
5 4 3 1
12 0 1 1
2 0 0 1
3 0 1 0
12 2 0 0
4 0 1 0
S MIN
1 33
0 32
0 35
0 18
1 32
0 12
0 2
1 26
2 10
12 82 20 12 4
5 200
2nd Half: 13-29 (.448)
2nd Half: 4-13 (.308)
2nd Half: 4-7 (.571)
Game: 31-55 (.564)
Game: 12-28 (.429)
Game: 8-11 (.727)
ARIZONA STATE • 83
Player
Oleka
Holder
Graham
Evans II
Justice
Adams
Vila
TEAM
Totals
REB
O-D-TOT
3-7 10
1-1 2
0-4 4
0-3 3
0-5 5
4-1 5
1-0 1
3-0 3
30-65 13-28 10-14 12-21 33
FG
6-11
6-13
2-12
4-9
8-14
2-4
2-2
3FG
3-4
2-4
0-7
2-4
6-9
0-0
0-0
FT
3-5
4-4
0-0
0-1
0-0
1-2
2-2
F
0
1
2
2
3
2
0
TP
18
18
4
10
22
5
6
10 83 19 7
FG% 1st Half: 17-32 (.531)
3FG% 1st Half: 10-16 (.625)
FT% 1st Half: 3-5 (.600)
2nd Half: 13-33 (.394)
2nd Half: 3-12 (.333)
2nd Half: 7-9 (.778)
USC
Arizona
38
46
39
44
–
–
A TO B
1 2 0
6 0 0
2 2 0
6 2 0
3 1 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
0
S MIN
1 36
0 39
1 35
2 34
2 33
0 12
0 11
6 200
Game: 30-65 (.462)
Game: 13-28 (.464)
Game: 10-14 (.714)
77
90
Officials: David Hall, Michael Irving, Mike Scyphers
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 8,037
WASHINGTON STATE • 64
Player
Hawkinson
Clifford
Iroegbu
Flynn
Callison
Franks
Daniels
Langston
Shpreyregin
Pollard
TEAM
Totals
FG
5-6
4-9
4-8
0-6
3-8
8-13
1-4
0-2
0-0
0-1
3FG
1-1
0-0
2-3
0-5
1-4
0-3
1-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
25-57 5-19
FG% 1st Half: 10-25 (.400)
3FG% 1st Half: 1-8 (.125)
FT% 1st Half: 7-8 (.875)
FT
5-6
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
4-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
9-10
REB
O-D-TOT
3-4 7
1-0 1
2-3 5
0-2 2
0-1 1
0-4 4
2-2 4
0-1 1
0-0 0
0-1 1
1-0 1
9-18 27
F
2
3
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
TP
16
8
10
0
7
20
3
0
0
0
A TO B
5 3 0
0 3 0
3 3 0
0 1 0
2 1 0
3 3 0
4 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
S MIN
1 34
0 12
0 35
0 25
1 31
1 29
1 23
0 5
0 1
0 5
12 64 17 14 0
4 200
2nd Half: 15-32 (.469)
2nd Half: 4-11 (.364)
2nd Half: 2-2 (1.000)
Game: 25-57 (.439)
Game: 5-19 (.263)
Game: 9-10 (.900)
USC • 87
Player
Metu
Boatwright
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Buggs
Mathews
Henderson
Fleming
Dhillon
Karis
Stewart
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-12
5-10
4-7
6-12
3-6
2-2
4-8
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-1
3-5
2-2
3FG
0-0
4-8
0-2
4-7
0-1
0-0
2-3
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-2
0-0
FT
3-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
35-66 10-24 7-10
REB
O-D-TOT
4-5 9
0-1 1
0-2 2
3-6 9
2-1 3
0-0 0
1-2 3
0-0 0
0-1 1
0-0 0
1-0 1
0-2 2
0-1 1
1-1 2
12-22 34
F
3
1
2
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
TP A TO
15 1 0
14 2 0
8 2 1
16 10 2
6 3 3
4 0 1
12 4 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
6 2 0
6 1 1
13 87 25 8
FG% 1st Half: 18-36 (.500)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-13 (.462)
FT% 1st Half: 6-8 (.750)
2nd Half: 17-30 (.567)
2nd Half: 4-11 (.364)
2nd Half: 1-2 (.500)
Washington State 28
USC
48
36
39
–
–
B
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
S MIN
1 25
0 24
1 26
2 31
4 26
0 9
0 21
0 2
0 1
0 1
0 1
1 17
0 16
7
9 200
Game: 35-66 (.530)
Game: 10-24 (.417)
Game: 7-10 (.700)
64
87
Officials: Tony Padilla, Kevin Brill, Marc A. Beasley
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 3,553
game • thirty-one
game • thirty-two
game • thirty-three
Washington • 58
USC • 74
Washington • 73
USC • 78
USC • 74
No. 3 UCLA • 76
March 4 • Galen Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
March 8 • T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nev.
- Pac-12 Tourney First Round -
March 9 • T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nev.
- Pac-12 Tourney Quarterfinal -
Chimezie Metu scored 24 points and grabbed 9
rebounds and USC came from 10 points back
to win 78-73 in the first round of the Pac-12
Tournament held at T-Mobile Arena on March
8. USC trailed 37-27 with 3 minutes remaining in gthe first half but closed on a 10-2 run
to trail 39-37 at the break. USC turned up the
defense in the second half to go up by 14 points
and held on for the 5-point win. USC matched
a season high with 15 steal, 9 in the second
half. USC forced 17 turnovers which led to
an 18-8 adavantage on points off turnovers.
Jordan McLaughlin had 11 points, six assists
without a turnover and matched a career high
with 5 steals. USC made 82.8 percent of its
free throws (24 of 29), but all 5 misses came
in the final 3:15 of the game which allowed
Washington to cut the lead to 76-73 with 22
seconds remaining. After a pair of misses by
Shaqquan Aaron, Washington’s David Crisp
got off a long contested 3-point attempt which
missed with 3 seconds left. Aaron grabbed
the rebound and hit a pair of free throws to put
the game away. Aaron finished with 10 points
and Bennie Boatwright added 13 points and
five rebounds. Crisp led Washington with 22
points. Washington made 53.8 percent of its
shots, while USC hit 42.4 percent.
USC missed its first 8 shots and trailed wire-towire despite a valiant comeback attempt in a
76-74 loss to UCLA in the Pac-12 Quarterfinals
at T-Mobile Arena on March 9. USC’s cold
spell was not short-lived as it started 1-for-14
and 4-for-22 from the floor before the offense
started to click. USC trailed 32-18 with 5 minutes left in the first half, but closed to 38-35 at
the break. UCLA opened with a 12-2 run to
start the second half to open the lead back up
to 13. USC trailed 71-64 with 5:16 remaining,
but Elijah Stewart made a layup and a 3-pointer
to cut it to 71-69 with 4:23 to go. USC would
miss its next 5 shots and Bennie Boatwright’s
3-point basket with 4.1 left made it 76-74, but
UCLA got the ball inbounds and avoided being fouled. Jordan McLaughlin led USC with
18 points and had 6 assists. Stewart finished
with 17 points and Boatwright and Jonah
Mathews tallied 11 points each. Chimezie
Metu scored 8 points and had a career-high
14 rebounds. UCLA outrebounded USC 44-33
and outscored the Trojans 32-26 on points in
the paint and 15-6 on second-chance points.
USC held UCLA to 15 points below its NCAAleading 91.3 points per game average and to
41.2 percent shooting. The game was played
before 18,153, the largest quarterfinal session
in Pac-12 Tournament history.
Jordan McLaughlin had 22 points and 9 assists
and USC closed out the regular season with a
74-58 win over Washington at the Galen Center
on March 4. USC trailed 14-4 early, but took
a 6-point lead by halftime and led the entire
second half. The Trojans’ lead did not reach
double figures until under 4 minutes remained.
USC came-from-behind to win for the 12th time
this season when trailing by at least 9 points.
The win was USC’s 23rd, it most since winning
a school-record 25 (25-12) in 2007 and 7th time
ever. Also, the 23 regular season wins were
the most since USC went 23-5 and finished
24-6 in 1992. USC was 10-8 to tie for 5th in
conference play, its best finish since also going
10-8 in 2011. USC made a season-high 58.7
percent of its shots, while holding Washington
to 42.0 percent. USC had 11 steals and 9
blocks and outscored the Huskies 44-22 on
points in the paint. Chimezie Metu added 17
points, 4 rebound and 3 blocks. USC walk-on
senior Samer Dhillon closed out the scoring for
the Trojans on Senior Day by making his first
career 3-pointer. USC’s other senior, Charles
Buggs was 2-for-2 shooting and finished with
5 points. USC registered a season-high 10
dunks in the game, 4 by Metu.
WASHINGTON • 58
Player
Dickerson
Johnson
Timmins
Crisp
Thybulle
Kingma
Dime
Green
TEAM
Totals
FG
10-15
0-6
2-3
0-3
6-10
0-4
1-1
2-8
3FG
0-1
0-2
0-0
0-2
5-7
0-4
0-0
0-3
21-50 5-19
FG% 1st Half: 12-27 (.444)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-9 (.333)
FT% 1st Half: 6-7 (.857)
REB
O-D-TOT
3-5 8
0-2 2
3-3 6
0-1 1
0-1 1
0-1 1
2-3 5
0-1 1
2-1 3
11-21 10-18 28
FT
7-12
1-2
0-0
0-0
2-4
0-0
1-3
0-0
F
2
3
1
5
4
4
1
2
TP
27
1
4
0
19
0
3
4
WASHINGTON • 73
A TO B
0 1 0
2 2 0
1 1 0
4 4 0
3 4 0
0 2 0
0 0 0
1 2 0
S MIN
0 37
1 25
2 22
0 18
5 38
0 20
0 16
0 24
22 58 11 16 0
8 200
2nd Half: 9-23 (.391)
2nd Half: 2-10 (.200)
2nd Half: 5-14 (.357)
Game: 21-50 (.420)
Game: 5-19 (.263)
Game: 11-21 (.524)
Player
Dickerson
Timmins
Crisp
Thybulle
Johnson
Dime
Green
TEAM
Totals
FG
8-11
0-1
8-15
5-8
3-8
4-7
0-2
3FG
0-2
0-0
4-9
4-5
0-2
0-0
0-0
28-52 8-18
FG% 1st Half: 16-28 (.571)
3FG% 1st Half: 5-10 (.500)
FT% 1st Half: 2-2 (1.000)
Player
Metu
Boatwright
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Buggs
Dhillon
Stewart
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
7-11
2-6
1-2
8-11
0-3
2-2
1-1
1-5
5-5
3FG
0-0
0-3
0-1
2-4
0-2
1-1
1-1
0-2
0-0
27-46 4-14
F
4
5
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
TP
17
9
4
22
2
5
3
2
10
A TO B
0 3 3
1 2 2
2 2 1
9 3 0
5 2 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 2
0 1 1
S MIN
0 28
0 20
2 28
4 37
3 26
1 10
0 1
1 29
0 21
18 74 17 14 9
11 200
FG% 1st Half: 16-30 (.533)
3FG% 1st Half: 3-10 (.300)
FT% 1st Half: 4-5 (.800)
2nd Half: 11-16 (.688)
2nd Half: 1-4 (.250)
2nd Half: 12-15 (.800)
Washington
USC
25
35
33
39
–
–
9-11
REB
O-D-TOT
1-4 5
0-4 4
1-7 8
1-4 5
0-1 1
3-2 5
1-0 1
0-2 2
7-24 31
F
4
4
1
2
3
2
4
TP
18
0
22
14
9
10
0
USC • 74
A TO B
1 1 0
0 0 0
7 5 0
2 5 0
2 4 0
3 1 6
0 1 0
S MIN
0 32
0 15
0 40
2 38
1 30
0 28
0 17
20 73 15 17 6
3 200
2nd Half: 12-24 (.500)
2nd Half: 3-8 (.375)
2nd Half: 7-9 (.778)
Game: 28-52 (.538)
Game: 8-18 (.444)
Game: 9-11 (.818)
USC • 78
USC • 74
REB
FT
O-D-TOT
3-4
0-4 4
5-6
0-2 2
2-2
0-2 2
4-4
0-4 4
2-3
1-2 3
0-0
0-1 1
0-0
0-0 0
0-1
0-0 0
0-0
2-6 8
0-1 1
16-20 3-22 25
FT
2-3
0-0
2-3
0-0
3-3
2-2
0-0
Game: 27-46 (.587)
Game: 4-14 (.286)
Game: 16-20 (.800)
58
74
Officials: Bob Staffen, Larry Spaulding, Nate Harris
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 7,256
Player
Metu
Boatwright
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Mathews
Stewart
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
10-17
3-10
2-3
4-11
3-6
0-1
1-5
2-6
3FG
0-0
1-4
1-2
1-3
0-2
0-1
1-4
0-0
25-59 4-16
REB
O-D-TOT
4-5 9
2-3 5
0-2 2
1-2 3
1-3 4
0-0 0
0-1 1
3-2 5
1-0 1
24-29 12-18 30
FT
4-4
6-6
5-8
2-2
3-4
0-0
1-2
3-3
F
4
3
1
0
4
0
2
1
TP
24
13
10
11
9
0
4
7
15 78 14 8
FG% 1st Half: 14-34 (.412)
3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 (.250)
FT% 1st Half: 7-7 (1.000)
2nd Half: 11-25 (.440)
2nd Half: 2-8 (.250)
2nd Half: 17-22 (.773)
Washington
USC
34
41
39
37
–
–
A TO B
0 1 2
0 2 0
1 1 0
6 0 0
3 1 0
1 0 0
1 2 1
2 1 0
S MIN
1 34
2 31
0 22
5 36
3 27
0 11
2 22
2 17
3 15 200
Game: 25-59 (.424)
Game: 4-16 (.250)
Game: 24-29 (.828)
73
78
Officials: Mike Reed, Michael Irving, Deron White
Technical fouls: Wash - Johnson, USC - None
Attendance: 9,978
Player
Metu
Boatwright
Aaron
McLaughlin
Melton
Mathews
Stewart
Rakocevic
TEAM
Totals
FG
2-5
3-11
0-3
7-15
2-6
3-10
6-10
1-2
3FG
0-0
3-8
0-2
1-3
0-1
2-6
3-5
0-0
24-62 9-25
FG% 1st Half: 11-34 (.324)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-16 (.375)
FT% 1st Half: 7-13 (.538)
REB
O-D-TOT
2-12 14
1-2 3
0-0 0
1-1 2
0-1 1
0-3 3
1-2 3
2-2 4
2-1 3
17-25 9-24 33
FT
4-7
2-2
0-0
3-4
1-2
3-3
2-3
2-4
F
3
3
0
0
3
1
5
1
TP
8
11
0
18
5
11
17
4
A TO B
3 3 0
0 2 0
1 0 0
6 1 0
2 0 0
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
1
16 74 13 8 1
2nd Half: 13-28 (.464)
2nd Half: 3-9 (.333)
2nd Half: 10-12 (.833)
S MIN
0 32
0 28
0 16
1 36
3 17
1 28
0 29
0 14
5 200
Game: 24-62 (.387)
Game: 9-25 (.360)
Game: 17-25 (.680)
UCLA • 76
Player
Leaf
Welsh
Ball
Hamilton
Alford
Holiday
Anigbogu
Goloman
TEAM
Totals
FG
6-12
5-10
4-10
8-15
2-10
2-8
0-2
1-1
3FG
0-1
0-0
2-7
4-9
2-7
1-1
0-0
0-0
28-68 9-25
REB
O-D-TOT
2-4 6
2-9 11
0-4 4
1-2 3
0-5 5
1-3 4
3-4 7
0-1 1
2-1 3
11-13 11-33 44
FT
2-2
1-2
2-2
2-2
2-2
0-0
2-3
0-0
F
2
5
3
1
2
4
2
2
TP
14
11
12
22
8
5
2
2
A TO B
5 2 1
1 1 2
7 2 1
1 2 0
2 1 1
2 2 1
0 1 0
1 1 1
1
21 76 19 13 7
FG% 1st Half: 15-34 (.441)
3FG% 1st Half: 6-13 (.462)
FT% 1st Half: 2-2 (1.000)
2nd Half: 13-34 (.382)
2nd Half: 3-12 (.250)
2nd Half: 9-11 (.818)
USC
UCLA
39
38
35
38
–
–
S MIN
0 33
0 26
1 33
1 31
0 33
0 24
0 11
0 9
2 200
Game: 28-68 (.412)
Game: 9-25 (.360)
Game: 11-13 (.846)
74
76
Officials: Mike Scyphers, Greg Nixon, Nate Harris
Technical fouls: None
Attendance: 18,153
2016 • 2017 USC Roster
• NUMERICAL
NO.
NAME
POS.
HT.
WT.
YR.
BIRTHDATE
0
Shaqquan Aaron
G
6-7
190
So.*
7/21/95
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE)
1
Charles Buggs
F
6-9
230
Sr.*
4/3/93
2
Jonah Mathews
G
6-3
185
Fr.
2/10/98
Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS)
3
Harrison Henderson
F
6-10
220
Fr.
3/18/97
Dallas, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS)
4
Chimezie Metu
F
6-11
225
So.
3/22/97
5
Derryck Thornton
G
6-2
185
So.
5/3/97
11
Jordan McLaughlin
G
6-1
180
Jr.
4/9/96
12
Devin Fleming
G
6-2
180
So.
6/17/97
13
Samer Dhillon
F
6-8
220
Sr.
4/18/95
Sacramento, Calif. (Inderkum HS)
21
Kurt Karis
G
6-1
190
Jr.*
4/17/95
Northbrook, Ill. (Glenbrook North/Chicago State)
22
De’Anthony Melton
G
6-4
190
Fr.
5/28/98
Encino, Calif. (Crespi HS)
25
Bennie Boatwright
F
6-10
230
So.
7/13/96
Mission Hills, Calif. (Village Christian HS)
30
Elijah Stewart
G
6-5
190
Jr.
11/14/95
DeRidder, La. (Westchester HS)
31
Nick Rakocevic
F
6-11
215
Fr.
12/31/97
Chicago, Ill. (Saint Joseph’s HS)
Seattle, Wash (Rainier Beach HS/Louisville)
Arlington, Texas (Hargrave Military Academy, Va./Minnesota)
Lawndale, Calif. (Lawndale HS)
Chatsworth, Calif. (Findlay Prep, Nev./Duke)
Etiwanda, Calif. (Etiwanda HS)
Moreno Valley, Calif. (Valley View HS)
* Utilized redshirt year
• ALPHABETICAL
NO.
0
25
NAME
POS.
HT.
WT.
YR.
BIRTHDATE
Shaqquan Aaron
G
6-7
190
So.*
7/21/95
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE)
Seattle, Wash (Rainier Beach HS/Louisville)
Bennie Boatwright
F
6-10
230
So.
7/13/96
1
Charles Buggs
F
6-9
230
Sr.*
4/3/93
13
Samer Dhillon
F
6-8
220
Sr.
4/18/95
Sacramento, Calif. (Inderkum HS)
12
Devin Fleming
G
6-2
180
So.
6/17/97
Moreno Valley, Calif. (Valley View HS)
Harrison Henderson
F
6-10
220
Fr.
3/18/97
Dallas, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS)
Kurt Karis
G
6-1
190
Jr.*
4/17/95
Northbrook, Ill. (Glenbrook North/Chicago State)
Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS)
3
21
2
Jonah Mathews
G
6-3
185
Fr.
2/10/98
11
Jordan McLaughlin
G
6-1
180
Jr.
4/9/96
22
Mission Hills, Calif. (Village Christian HS)
Arlington, Texas (Hargrave Military Academy, Va./Minnesota)
Etiwanda, Calif. (Etiwanda HS)
De’Anthony Melton
G
6-4
190
Fr.
5/28/98
Encino, Calif. (Crespi HS)
4
Chimezie Metu
F
6-11
225
So.
3/22/97
Lawndale, Calif. (Lawndale HS)
31
Nick Rakocevic
F
6-11
215
Fr.
12/31/97
Chicago, Ill. (Saint Joseph’s HS)
30
Elijah Stewart
G
6-5
190
Jr.
11/14/95
DeRidder, La. (Westchester HS)
5
Derryck Thornton
G
6-2
185
So.
5/3/97
* Utilized redshirt year
HEAD COACH
Andy Enfield (Johns Hopkins, 1991), 4th year
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
Tony Bland (San Diego State, 2009), 4th year
ASSISTANTS
Jason Hart (Syracuse, 2000), 4th year
Chris Capko (USF, 2006), 1st year
DIRECTOR OF SCOUTING
Martin Bahar (Vanderbilt, 2006) 2nd Year
DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS
Michael Swets (Boston College, 2009) 1st Year
Chatsworth, Calif. (Findlay Prep, Nev./Duke)
2016-17 USC Men's Basketball
USC Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 04, 2017)
Conference games
RECORD:
ALL GAMES
CONFERENCE
NON-CONFERENCE
OVERALL
10-8
10-8
0-0
HOME
6-3
6-3
0-0
##
Player
gp-gs
Total
3-Point
min avg fg-fga
fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
25
04
11
30
22
02
00
31
01
03
13
21
12
Boatwright, Bennie
Metu, Chimezie
McLaughlin, Jordan
Stewart, Elijah
Melton, De'Anthony
Mathews, Jonah
Aaron, Shaqquan
Rakocevic, Nick
Buggs, Charles
Henderson, Harrison
Dhillon, Samer
Karis, Kurt
Fleming, Devin
Team
Total..........
Opponents......
9-8
18-18
18-18
18-16
18-18
17-3
18-5
18-2
13-2
8-0
4-0
7-0
2-0
249
568
602
522
512
367
367
255
116
22
5
12
3
18
18
3600
3600
TEAM STATISTICS
SCORING
Points per game
Scoring margin
FIELD GOALS-ATT
Field goal pct
3 POINT FG-ATT
3-point FG pct
3-pt FG made per game
FREE THROWS-ATT
Free throw pct
F-Throws made per game
REBOUNDS
Rebounds per game
Rebounding margin
ASSISTS
Assists per game
TURNOVERS
Turnovers per game
Turnover margin
Assist/turnover ratio
STEALS
Steals per game
BLOCKS
Blocks per game
ATTENDANCE
Home games-Avg/Game
Neutral site-Avg/Game
Score by Periods
USC
Opponents
27.7
31.6
33.4
29.0
28.4
21.6
20.4
14.2
8.9
2.8
1.3
1.7
1.5
USC
1363
75.7
+0.5
471-1051
.448
140-381
.367
7.8
281-376
.747
15.6
605
33.6
-1.2
276
15.3
215
11.9
+0.6
1.3
123
6.8
90
5.0
51793
9-5755
-
1st 2nd
664 699
633 721
Totals
1363
1354
43-94
106-196
69-164
68-162
46-119
48-125
41-105
31-55
12-20
4-6
1-2
2-3
0-0
.457
.541
.421
.420
.387
.384
.390
.564
.600
.667
.500
.667
.000
F-Throw
ft-fta
ft%
.383 46-50
1.000 62-86
.475 46-57
.341 21-32
.273 42-58
.329 15-21
.348 27-35
.000 21-33
.500 0-0
.667 1-4
.500 0-0
.000 0-0
.000 0-0
off
Rebounds
def tot avg
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Date
12/28/30
12-30-16
01/05/17
01/08/17
01/12/17
1/15/17
1/19/17
01/22/17
01/25/17
02/01/17
02/04/17
02/09/17
02/11/17
02/18/17
02/23/17
02-26-17
03/01/17
03/04/17
.920
.721
.807
.656
.724
.714
.771
.636
.000
.250
.000
.000
.000
NEUTRAL
0-0
0-0
0-0
pf dq
13 28 41 4.6 20
34 100 134 7.4 47
14 47 61 3.4 14
17 41 58 3.2 44
23 59 82 4.6 41
8 22 30 1.8 24
19 41 60 3.3 22
26 35 61 3.4 47
4 14 18 1.4 25
1
3
4 0.5
2
0
0
0 0.0
0
1
0
1 0.1
3
0
1
1 0.5
0
22 32 54
1
471-1051 .448 140-381 .367 281-376 .747 182 423 605 33.6 290
507-1108 .458 150-382 .393 190-273 .696 199 427 626 34.8 321
OPP
1354
75.2
507-1108
.458
150-382
.393
8.3
190-273
.696
10.6
626
34.8
274
15.2
225
12.5
1.2
106
5.9
54
3.0
82251
9-9139
0-0
23-60
1-1
28-59
29-85
12-44
24-73
16-46
0-0
4-8
2-3
1-2
0-0
0-0
AWAY
4-5
4-5
0-0
Opponent
at Oregon State
at Oregon
STANFORD
CALIFORNIA
at Utah
at Colorado
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE
UCLA
at Washington
at Washington State
OREGON STATE
OREGON
at UCLA
at Arizona
at ARIZONA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE
UW
* - Conference game
a
1 20
0 24
0 102
1 23
2 64
0 18
0 18
0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
to blk stl
14
42
48
18
37
8
17
16
7
2
0
2
0
4
5 276 215
- 274 225
W
L
W
L
L
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
W
pts
avg
155
275
212
186
146
135
125
83
28
11
3
4
0
17.2
15.3
11.8
10.3
8.1
7.9
6.9
4.6
2.2
1.4
0.8
0.6
0.0
90 123 1363
54 106 1354
75.7
75.2
6
22
2
18
19
2
3
10
5
3
0
0
0
2
12
30
15
36
14
7
3
3
1
0
0
0
Score
70-63
61-84
72-56
73-74
64-86
71-68
66-73
82-79
84-76
82-74
86-77
92-66
70-81
70-102
77-90
82-83
87-64
74-58
Att.
4580
10051
4092
5528
12470
8036
4930
2931
10258
7223
3551
3989
9256
13659
14644
8037
3553
7256
2016-17 USC Men's Basketball
USC Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 09, 2017)
All games
RECORD:
ALL GAMES
CONFERENCE
NON-CONFERENCE
OVERALL
24-9
10-8
14-1
Total
3-Point
min avg fg-fga
fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
##
Player
gp-gs
25
04
11
30
22
00
02
31
01
03
21
13
12
Boatwright, Bennie
Metu, Chimezie
McLaughlin, Jordan
Stewart, Elijah
Melton, De'Anthony
Aaron, Shaqquan
Mathews, Jonah
Rakocevic, Nick
Buggs, Charles
Henderson, Harrison
Karis, Kurt
Dhillon, Samer
Fleming, Devin
Team
Total..........
Opponents......
16-15 431 26.9 66-164 .402
33-33 1029 31.2 185-338 .547
33-33 1119 33.9 148-321 .461
33-29 969 29.4 142-331 .429
33-22 902 27.3 96-218 .440
33-20 724 21.9 91-230 .396
32-3 659 20.6 79-210 .376
33-8 496 15.0 61-109 .560
23-2 208 9.0 21-35 .600
13-0
50 3.8 5-14
.357
13-0
23 1.8 2-3
.667
7-0
9 1.3 1-3
.333
4-0
6 1.5 0-1
.000
TEAM STATISTICS
SCORING
Points per game
Scoring margin
FIELD GOALS-ATT
Field goal pct
3 POINT FG-ATT
3-point FG pct
3-pt FG made per game
FREE THROWS-ATT
Free throw pct
F-Throws made per game
REBOUNDS
Rebounds per game
Rebounding margin
ASSISTS
Assists per game
TURNOVERS
Turnovers per game
Turnover margin
Assist/turnover ratio
STEALS
Steals per game
BLOCKS
Blocks per game
ATTENDANCE
Home games-Avg/Game
Neutral site-Avg/Game
Score by Periods
USC
Opponents
HOME
14-3
6-3
8-0
33
33
6625
6625
USC
2597
78.7
+5.5
897-1977
.454
259-713
.363
7.8
544-736
.739
16.5
1191
36.1
+0.4
505
15.3
368
11.2
+1.7
1.4
239
7.2
179
5.4
78632
17-4625
-
1st 2nd
1242 1346
1135 1273
OT
9
7
38-105
1-2
44-106
69-181
20-69
37-108
40-122
0-0
7-13
2-5
0-0
1-2
0-0
897-1977 .454 259-713
893-2074 .431 276-757
OPP
2415
73.2
893-2074
.431
276-757
.365
8.4
353-495
.713
10.7
1179
35.7
478
14.5
423
12.8
1.1
184
5.6
110
3.3
134428
11-8538
5-8101
Totals
2597
2415
.362
.500
.415
.381
.290
.343
.328
.000
.538
.400
.000
.500
.000
AWAY
6-5
4-5
2-0
F-Throw
ft-fta
ft%
63-68
106-147
92-113
56-79
75-106
54-75
35-51
50-76
6-7
5-12
2-2
0-0
0-0
.926
.721
.814
.709
.708
.720
.686
.658
.857
.417
1.000
.000
.000
.363 544-736 .739
.365 353-495 .713
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Date
11/11/16
11/13/16
11/18/16
11/22/16
11/25/16
11/27/16
11/30/16
12/03/16
12/11/16
12/17/16
12/19/16
12/22/16
12/23/16
12/28/30
12-30-16
01/05/17
01/08/17
01/12/17
1/15/17
1/19/17
01/22/17
01/25/17
02/01/17
02/04/17
02/09/17
02/11/17
02/18/17
02/23/17
02-26-17
03/01/17
03/04/17
03/08/17
03/09/17
off
23
64
25
43
46
31
12
59
8
1
1
0
0
43
356
378
NEUTRAL
4-1
0-0
4-1
Rebounds
def tot avg
46
195
87
90
115
80
48
69
33
11
0
2
2
57
835
801
69
259
112
133
161
111
60
128
41
12
1
2
2
100
1191
1179
a
to blk stl
33 1 26 26 6
85 3 44 73 51
29 0 181 73 4
89 4 40 35 40
74 2 113 60 33
44 0 41 32 6
41 0 38 18 2
82 1 16 30 23
37 1
4
9 10
5 0
2
2 4
5 0
0
3 0
0 0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0 0
1
7
36.1 525 12 505 368 179
35.7 622 - 478 423 110
Opponent
MONTANA
OMAHA
at Texas A&M
NEW ORLEANS
SMU
UC SANTA BARBARA
at San Diego
vs BYU
PEPPERDINE
TROY
CORNELL
vs MISSOURI ST.
vs WYOMING
at Oregon State
at Oregon
STANFORD
CALIFORNIA
at Utah
at Colorado
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE
UCLA
at Washington
at Washington State
OREGON STATE
OREGON
at UCLA
at Arizona
at ARIZONA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE
UW
vs Washington
vs UCLA
* - Conference game
pf dq
4.3
7.8
3.4
4.0
4.9
3.4
1.9
3.9
1.8
0.9
0.1
0.3
0.5
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
Wot
W
L
W
L
L
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
W
W
L
pts
avg
233
477
432
409
287
273
233
172
55
17
6
3
0
14.6
14.5
13.1
12.4
8.7
8.3
7.3
5.2
2.4
1.3
0.5
0.4
0.0
239 2597
184 2415
78.7
73.2
7
27
50
26
66
14
31
8
7
2
0
0
1
Score
75-61
82-72
65-63
88-54
78-73
96-72
76-55
91-84
93-67
82-77
79-67
83-75
94-92
70-63
61-84
72-56
73-74
64-86
71-68
66-73
82-79
84-76
82-74
86-77
92-66
70-81
70-102
77-90
82-83
87-64
74-58
78-73
74-76
Att.
3513
2993
8749
2711
3713
2892
2921
7952
2928
3941
4148
2154
2270
4580
10051
4092
5528
12470
8036
4930
2931
10258
7223
3551
3989
9256
13659
14644
8037
3553
7256
9978
18153