USC Men's Basketball To Play At No. 19 Washington State Thursday

The USC Trojans (11-16, 5-11) will play at the Washington State Cougars (21-7, 12-5) at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Wash. on Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network with AJ Kanell and Eldridge Recasner calling the action. USC is 3-3 in its last six games with two of the losses coming in overtime.

TROJANS SNAP 7-GAME ROAD LOSING STREAK -- USC defeated UCLA 62-56 on Feb. 24 in Westwood, Calif. to snap a seven-game road losing streak, its longest road losing streak since falling in nine consecutive road contests in the 2015 season. USC is 2-8 in road games this season. Through games of Feb. 26, USC has played 10 road games and four neutral site contests. The 14 games away from home (4 neutral, 10 road) are tied for the second most among all Power 6 schools. The 10 true road games are tied for fifth 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).

FACING No. 19 WSU -- The No. 19 Washington State Cougars (21-7, 12-5) are coming off a 73-61 loss at Arizona State on Feb. 24, but have won 11 of their last 13 games. WSU is 13-1 at home this season. Forward Isaac Jones (15.8 ppg) and guard Myles Rice (15.4 ppg) lead the Cougars in scoring. Washington State defeated USC at the Galen Center on Jan. 10 by a score of 72-64, scoring the final nine points of the game. USC is 82-50 all-time against Washington State. USC is 13-2 in its last 15 games against Washington State.

ON DECK: AT WASHINGTON -- The Washington Huskies (15-13, 7-10) are coming off a 91-75 loss at Arizona on Feb. 24. Forward Keion Brooks Jr. leads all Pac-12 players with a 21.0 scoring average and UW averages 80.8 points per game, second in the conference. This will be the first meeting of the season between USC and Washington. USC won both games against Washington last season and has won its last seven games against the Huskies. USC is 79-75 all-time against Washington (2 wins vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 77-75).

ENFIELD TIES FOR 3RD ON USC'S ALL-TIME WINS LIST -- USC head coach Andy Enfield is in his 11th season at USC and has compiled an 216-145 record. He picked up his 200th win on Feb. 4, 2023 vs. Washington and his 216th at UCLA on Feb. 24, 2024. Enfield's win total ranks tied for third on USC's all-time wins list with Bob Boyd (216), trailing only Sam Barry (260) and Forrest Twogood (251). Including his two seasons as the head coach at FGCU (2012-13), Enfield has compiled a 257-173 record.

THE OFFENSE COMING ALIVE -- USC has averaged 74.3 points in its last six games, after averaging 62.5 points in its previous six games. USC scored 70 or more points in 14 of its first 15 games and averaged 78.9 points per game in that stretch. USC is averaging 17.3 assists and 9.5 turnovers in its last six games.

MISSING IN ACTION -- USC has had players miss 51 games of action due to injury or illness. Players missing games are Gardner (26), James (8), Collier (6), Ellis (4), Morgan (2), Iwuchukwu (2), Johnson (2), Rodman (1). USC has at least one projected starter missing in 10 of its 27 games.

TEAM TROJAN -- All 11 Trojans that have played at least 5 minutes this season have had at least one game in which they scored 12 or more points. USC has used 12 different lineups this season. USC is the only Pac-12 team to have 11 players play at least 280 minutes this season.

APPARENTLY SHOOTING IS IMPORTANT -- USC is 10-4 in games it outshoots its opponent and 1-12 in games the opponent has a better shooting percentage.

THE STARTING FIVE -- When USC has started its opening night lineup of Boogie Ellis, Isaiah Collier, Kobe Johnson, DJ Rodman and Joshua Morgan it is 7-3. USC outscores the opposition 79.9-73.6 in those games and outshoots the opposition .479-.431. USC is 4-1 in Pac-12 games with this lineup, with the lone loss being in overtime vs. Colorado.

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Isaiah Collier

Boogie Ellis

Kobe Johnson

Joshua Morgan

DJ Rodman