University Southern California Trojans
Wednesday, January 3
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USC Hosts California On Wednesday To Begin Three-Game Homestand
January 02, 2024 | Men's Basketball
Trojans have lost 5 of their last 6 games; Return home for first time since Dec. 10
The USC Trojans (6-7, 0-2) will host the California Golden Bears (4-9, 0-2) at the Galen Center on Jan. 3 at 7:00 p.m. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network with J.B. Long and Don MacLean calling the action. USC has lost its first two conference games for the first time since the 2015 season and has not lost its first three Pac-12 games since starting 0-5 in conference play in the 2014 season. USC is under .500 after 13 games for the first time since beginning the 2013 season with a 5-8 record.
REMEMBER US? -- USC is playing its first home game since Dec. 10 vs. Long Beach and has played only two home games (also home vs. EWU on Nov. 29) since Nov. 20 (44 days). USC has played its last four games on the road: at Auburn on Dec. 17 (L), at Alabama State on Dec. 19 (W), at Oregon on Dec. 28 (L) and at Oregon State on Dec. 30 (L). The stretch was the first time USC played four consecutive road games since the 2002 season. If you go back to the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego, USC just finished a stretch of playing 7 of 9 games away from the Galen Center. USC also played only five home games in its first 13 games for the first time since also playing just five home games in the first 13 games of the 2005 season. USC, ASU and Villanova are the only three Power 6 teams to have played only 5 home games this season. Â
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 CALIFORNIA -- The California Golden Bears (4-9, 0-2) are coming off a 71-69 home loss vs. Arizona State on Dec. 31. Jaylon Tyson leads Cal in scoring with a 19.7 points per game average. USC is 132-136 all-time against the Bears (1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 133-136), USC has won its last 10 games against California, with the last loss being a 74-73 setback in the 2017 season.
ON DECK: STANFORD -- The Stanford Cardinal (6-6, 1-1) will play at UCLA on Jan. 3 before facing USC at the Galen Center on Jan. 6 at 1:00 p.m. Stanford is coming off a 100-82 home win over Arizona on Dec. 31 in which it made a school-record 16 three-point shots. Forward Maxime Raynaud leads the Cardinal in scoring (14.4 ppg) and rebounding (9.4 rpg). Seven Stanford players are averaging 9.3 points or more. USC has a 129*-129 record all-time against Stanford (1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 130-129). USC defeated Stanford 85-75 at home in the only meeting between the two schools last season and has won 6 of its last 7 games at the Galen Center against Stanford.
TROJANS IN A FOUL MOOD OF LATE -- USC has been called for 109 fouls in the last five games for an average of 21.8 per game. USC's opponents have outshot the Trojans 144-113 from the free throw line and outscored them 108-78 from the charity stripe in the last five games.Â
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 211-136 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 252-164 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. It was just the fifth game in the last two seasons an opponent has made 50 percent or more of its field goals against the Trojan defense. Through the first 13 games this season, USC has held its opponents to 42.7 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.
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 18.8 points. He is 14th in the country with 3.42 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 41 of 93 three-point shots this season (44.1 percent). Ellis has made 180 three-point baskets as a Trojan, tied for eighth on USC's all-time three-point baskets made list. Jordan McLaughlin (2015-18) is seventh on the list with 185 three-pointers made.
IT MAKES SENSE... -- The following is a break down of the Trojans in its six wins vs. its seven losses this season.  Â
                 PPG     PPGA     FG%     3-PT%     FT%     FG Def     REB     Assist     TO
6 Wins: Â Â Â Â 84.0 Â Â Â 66.3 Â Â Â 48.7 Â Â Â 41.0 Â Â Â 75.0 Â Â Â 37.4 Â Â Â 40.0 Â Â Â 98 Â Â Â 79
7 Losses: 72.0 Â Â Â Â 82.0 Â Â Â Â 42.6 Â Â Â 30.1 Â Â Â 68.6 Â Â Â 47.8 Â Â Â 33.9 Â Â Â 94 Â Â Â 104
REMEMBER US? -- USC is playing its first home game since Dec. 10 vs. Long Beach and has played only two home games (also home vs. EWU on Nov. 29) since Nov. 20 (44 days). USC has played its last four games on the road: at Auburn on Dec. 17 (L), at Alabama State on Dec. 19 (W), at Oregon on Dec. 28 (L) and at Oregon State on Dec. 30 (L). The stretch was the first time USC played four consecutive road games since the 2002 season. If you go back to the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego, USC just finished a stretch of playing 7 of 9 games away from the Galen Center. USC also played only five home games in its first 13 games for the first time since also playing just five home games in the first 13 games of the 2005 season. USC, ASU and Villanova are the only three Power 6 teams to have played only 5 home games this season. Â
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 CALIFORNIA -- The California Golden Bears (4-9, 0-2) are coming off a 71-69 home loss vs. Arizona State on Dec. 31. Jaylon Tyson leads Cal in scoring with a 19.7 points per game average. USC is 132-136 all-time against the Bears (1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 133-136), USC has won its last 10 games against California, with the last loss being a 74-73 setback in the 2017 season.
ON DECK: STANFORD -- The Stanford Cardinal (6-6, 1-1) will play at UCLA on Jan. 3 before facing USC at the Galen Center on Jan. 6 at 1:00 p.m. Stanford is coming off a 100-82 home win over Arizona on Dec. 31 in which it made a school-record 16 three-point shots. Forward Maxime Raynaud leads the Cardinal in scoring (14.4 ppg) and rebounding (9.4 rpg). Seven Stanford players are averaging 9.3 points or more. USC has a 129*-129 record all-time against Stanford (1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 130-129). USC defeated Stanford 85-75 at home in the only meeting between the two schools last season and has won 6 of its last 7 games at the Galen Center against Stanford.
TROJANS IN A FOUL MOOD OF LATE -- USC has been called for 109 fouls in the last five games for an average of 21.8 per game. USC's opponents have outshot the Trojans 144-113 from the free throw line and outscored them 108-78 from the charity stripe in the last five games.Â
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 211-136 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 252-164 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. It was just the fifth game in the last two seasons an opponent has made 50 percent or more of its field goals against the Trojan defense. Through the first 13 games this season, USC has held its opponents to 42.7 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.
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 18.8 points. He is 14th in the country with 3.42 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 41 of 93 three-point shots this season (44.1 percent). Ellis has made 180 three-point baskets as a Trojan, tied for eighth on USC's all-time three-point baskets made list. Jordan McLaughlin (2015-18) is seventh on the list with 185 three-pointers made.
IT MAKES SENSE... -- The following is a break down of the Trojans in its six wins vs. its seven losses this season.  Â
                 PPG     PPGA     FG%     3-PT%     FT%     FG Def     REB     Assist     TO
6 Wins: Â Â Â Â 84.0 Â Â Â 66.3 Â Â Â 48.7 Â Â Â 41.0 Â Â Â 75.0 Â Â Â 37.4 Â Â Â 40.0 Â Â Â 98 Â Â Â 79
7 Losses: 72.0 Â Â Â Â 82.0 Â Â Â Â 42.6 Â Â Â 30.1 Â Â Â 68.6 Â Â Â 47.8 Â Â Â 33.9 Â Â Â 94 Â Â Â 104
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