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USC Concludes Road Trip At Arizona State Saturday
January 19, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Trojans to play 7th road game in last 10 contests
The USC Trojans (8-10, 2-5) will play at the Arizona State Sun Devils (10-7, 4-2) at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz. on Jan. 20 at 11:00 a.m. PT. The game will air on FOX with Jason Benetti and Corey Jacobsen calling the action. USC's eight wins through its first 18 games is its fewest since being 7-11 to start the 2012-13 season.
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD -- USC is playing the last of three consecutive road games, Jan. 13 at Colorado (L), Jan. 17 at Arizona (L) and Jan. 20 at ASU. USC is playing its 7th road game in the last 10 contests from Dec. 17-Jan. 20. With its four neutral site games, USC's 10 games away from home (4 neutral, 6 road) to date lead all Power 6 schools. Also, USC's six true road games going into today trail only Creighton (7) for road games among Power 6 teams.
USC'S STELLAR STRETCH -- USC won a school-record 95 games over the previous four seasons (22 in 2020, 25 in 2021, 26 in 2022 and 22 in 2023). The four consecutive seasons of 20+ wins sets a school record for most consecutive 20-win seasons, breaking the mark of three consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins from 2016-18. USC's 95 total wins the last four seasons was tied for sixth-most among all Power 6 basketball programs, trailing only Kansas (111), Baylor (104), Arizona (99), UCLA (99) and Duke (97). Â
FACING ARIZONA STATE -- The Arizona State Sun Devils (10-7, 4-2) are coming off a 68-66 home loss to UCLA on Jan. 17, their first home loss of the season (7-1). Guard Frankie Collins leads ASU with a 13.8 scoring average. USC is 61-43 all-time against ASU (2 wins vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 63-43). ASU defeated USC 77-72 in the 2023 Pac-12 Tournament, snapping the Trojans' 7-game winning streak against the Sun Devils. Nine of the last 12 games played between USC and ASU in Tempe have been decided by 5 points or less and all 12 within 10 points. USC won 77-69 in Tempe, Ariz. last season on Jan. 21.
ON DECK: RIVAL UCLA AT GALEN -- The UCLA Bruins (8-10, 3-4) are coming off a 68-66 win at Arizona State on Jan. 17 and will play at Arizona on Jan. 20 before facing USC at the Galen Center on Jan. 27 at 5:00 p.m. Freshman guard Sebastion Mack leads UCLA with a 13.7 scoring average. USC has a 115-146 record all-time against UCLA (1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 116-146). USC has won six of its last nine games with UCLA, including five consecutive wins against the Bruins at the Galen Center.
TROJANS BUYERS, NOT SELLERS -- USC sophomore guard Oziyah Sellers' stock continues to rise. He scored a career-high 18 points scored at Colorado on Jan. 13 and added 10 points at Arizona on Jan. 17. He has scored in double-figures four times this season and is averaging 6.0 points per game, after averaging 1.1 ppg last season. He has made 14 of his last 27 three-point shots (51.9 percent) and leads USC with an 85.7 shooting percentage from the free throw line.
ENFIELD MOVING UP THE USC ALL-TIME COACHING WINS LIST -- USC head coach Andy Enfield is in his 11th season at USC and has compiled an 213-139 record. He picked up his 200th win on Feb. 4, 2023 vs. Washington. Enfield's win total ranks fourth on USC's all-time wins list, trailing only Sam Barry (260), Forrest Twogood (251) and Bob Boyd (216). Including his two seasons as the head coach at FGCU (2012-13), Enfield has compiled a 254-167 record.
IT STARTS WITH DEFENSE -- USC allowed Oregon State to make 59.6 percent of its shots on Dec. 30, the highest shooting percentage by a Trojan opponent since Washington made 67.3 percent of its field goals against USC on Dec. 29, 2017. USC opponents have shot 50 percent or higher from the field six times in the last two seasons, including four times this season. Through the first 18 games this season, USC has held its opponents to 43.5 percent shooting. USC held its opponents to a 39.3 shooting percentage last season, 8th in the country. Over the last four seasons, USC's defense held the opposition to 38.9 FG percentage, third in the country, tops among teams in the six basketball power conferences. Also over the previous four seasons, USC held the opposition to a 42.4 shooting percentage on 2-point field goals, best in the country.Â
ELLIS SHOOTING TOWARDS THE TOP - Fifth-year guard Boogie Ellis was held to two points a Alabama State on Dec. 19 as he left the game with a left hip contusion and scored 11 points at Oregon on Dec. 28, but still has averaged 18.7 points per game this season. He is 10th in the country with 3.40 makes from three-point range per game, netting a career-high 8 vs. Eastern Washington on Nov. 29. The 8 three-pointers made tied him for fourth on USC's all-time list for three-pointers made in a game. He has made 51 of 112 three-point shots this season (45.5 percent, 11th in the country). Ellis has made 190 three-point baskets as a Trojan, seventh on USC's all-time three-point baskets made list. Current USC assistant coach Desmon Farmer (2001-04) is sixth on the list with 203 career three-pointers made.
THE FOUL TRUTH -- USC was called for 24 fouls at Arizona on Jan. 17, falling to 0-6 this season when whistled for 20 or more fouls in a game. In those six games, USC was called for 140 fouls, while its opponents were called for 101.
MISSING IN ACTION -- With starting guards Boogie Ellis and Isaiah Collier missing the last two games, USC has now had players miss 37 games of action due to injury or illness. To date players missing games are Gardner (17), James (8), Ellis (3), Collier (2), Morgan (2), Iwuchukwu (2), Johnson (2), Rodman (1).
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD -- USC is playing the last of three consecutive road games, Jan. 13 at Colorado (L), Jan. 17 at Arizona (L) and Jan. 20 at ASU. USC is playing its 7th road game in the last 10 contests from Dec. 17-Jan. 20. With its four neutral site games, USC's 10 games away from home (4 neutral, 6 road) to date lead all Power 6 schools. Also, USC's six true road games going into today trail only Creighton (7) for road games among Power 6 teams.
USC'S STELLAR STRETCH -- USC won a school-record 95 games over the previous four seasons (22 in 2020, 25 in 2021, 26 in 2022 and 22 in 2023). The four consecutive seasons of 20+ wins sets a school record for most consecutive 20-win seasons, breaking the mark of three consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins from 2016-18. USC's 95 total wins the last four seasons was tied for sixth-most among all Power 6 basketball programs, trailing only Kansas (111), Baylor (104), Arizona (99), UCLA (99) and Duke (97). Â
FACING ARIZONA STATE -- The Arizona State Sun Devils (10-7, 4-2) are coming off a 68-66 home loss to UCLA on Jan. 17, their first home loss of the season (7-1). Guard Frankie Collins leads ASU with a 13.8 scoring average. USC is 61-43 all-time against ASU (2 wins vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 63-43). ASU defeated USC 77-72 in the 2023 Pac-12 Tournament, snapping the Trojans' 7-game winning streak against the Sun Devils. Nine of the last 12 games played between USC and ASU in Tempe have been decided by 5 points or less and all 12 within 10 points. USC won 77-69 in Tempe, Ariz. last season on Jan. 21.
ON DECK: RIVAL UCLA AT GALEN -- The UCLA Bruins (8-10, 3-4) are coming off a 68-66 win at Arizona State on Jan. 17 and will play at Arizona on Jan. 20 before facing USC at the Galen Center on Jan. 27 at 5:00 p.m. Freshman guard Sebastion Mack leads UCLA with a 13.7 scoring average. USC has a 115-146 record all-time against UCLA (1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 116-146). USC has won six of its last nine games with UCLA, including five consecutive wins against the Bruins at the Galen Center.
TROJANS BUYERS, NOT SELLERS -- USC sophomore guard Oziyah Sellers' stock continues to rise. He scored a career-high 18 points scored at Colorado on Jan. 13 and added 10 points at Arizona on Jan. 17. He has scored in double-figures four times this season and is averaging 6.0 points per game, after averaging 1.1 ppg last season. He has made 14 of his last 27 three-point shots (51.9 percent) and leads USC with an 85.7 shooting percentage from the free throw line.
ENFIELD MOVING UP THE USC ALL-TIME COACHING WINS LIST -- USC head coach Andy Enfield is in his 11th season at USC and has compiled an 213-139 record. He picked up his 200th win on Feb. 4, 2023 vs. Washington. Enfield's win total ranks fourth on USC's all-time wins list, trailing only Sam Barry (260), Forrest Twogood (251) and Bob Boyd (216). Including his two seasons as the head coach at FGCU (2012-13), Enfield has compiled a 254-167 record.
IT STARTS WITH DEFENSE -- USC allowed Oregon State to make 59.6 percent of its shots on Dec. 30, the highest shooting percentage by a Trojan opponent since Washington made 67.3 percent of its field goals against USC on Dec. 29, 2017. USC opponents have shot 50 percent or higher from the field six times in the last two seasons, including four times this season. Through the first 18 games this season, USC has held its opponents to 43.5 percent shooting. USC held its opponents to a 39.3 shooting percentage last season, 8th in the country. Over the last four seasons, USC's defense held the opposition to 38.9 FG percentage, third in the country, tops among teams in the six basketball power conferences. Also over the previous four seasons, USC held the opposition to a 42.4 shooting percentage on 2-point field goals, best in the country.Â
ELLIS SHOOTING TOWARDS THE TOP - Fifth-year guard Boogie Ellis was held to two points a Alabama State on Dec. 19 as he left the game with a left hip contusion and scored 11 points at Oregon on Dec. 28, but still has averaged 18.7 points per game this season. He is 10th in the country with 3.40 makes from three-point range per game, netting a career-high 8 vs. Eastern Washington on Nov. 29. The 8 three-pointers made tied him for fourth on USC's all-time list for three-pointers made in a game. He has made 51 of 112 three-point shots this season (45.5 percent, 11th in the country). Ellis has made 190 three-point baskets as a Trojan, seventh on USC's all-time three-point baskets made list. Current USC assistant coach Desmon Farmer (2001-04) is sixth on the list with 203 career three-pointers made.
THE FOUL TRUTH -- USC was called for 24 fouls at Arizona on Jan. 17, falling to 0-6 this season when whistled for 20 or more fouls in a game. In those six games, USC was called for 140 fouls, while its opponents were called for 101.
MISSING IN ACTION -- With starting guards Boogie Ellis and Isaiah Collier missing the last two games, USC has now had players miss 37 games of action due to injury or illness. To date players missing games are Gardner (17), James (8), Ellis (3), Collier (2), Morgan (2), Iwuchukwu (2), Johnson (2), Rodman (1).
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