USC Men's Basketball Closes Road Trip At Stanford Saturday

The USC Trojans (9-14, 3-9) will play at the Stanford Cardinal (11-11, 6-6) at Maples Pavilion on Feb. 10 at 7:00 p.m. The game will air on ESPNU with Dave Fleming and Adrian Branch calling the action. USC has lost its last six road games, its longest road losing streak since falling in six consecutive road contests in the 2016 season. USC lost nine consecutive road games in the 2015 season.

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD -- From Dec. 17-Jan. 20, USC played 7 of its 10 games on the road and went 3-7. Through games of Feb. 8, USC has played eight road games and four neutral site contests. The 12 games away from home (4 neutral, 8 road) are tied for the most among all Power 6 schools and its eight true road games are tied for the second-most.

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 STANFORD -- The Stanford Cardinal (11-11, 6-6) are coming off an 82-74 home loss against UCLA on Feb. 7. Forward Maxime Raynaud leads leads five Stanford players averaging in double figures with a 14.8 average. USC defeated Stanford 93-79 at the Galen Center on Jan. 6 and owns a 130-129 all-time record against the Cardinal (1 win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 131-129).

ON DECK: UTAH -- The Utah Runnin' Utes (15-8, 6-6) lost 105-99 in triple overtime to Arizona on Feb. 8 and will host Arizona State on Feb. 10 before playing USC at the Galen Center on Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. Forward Branden Carlson leads Utah in scoring (16.6 ppg) and rebounding (6.8 rpg). USC is 26-26 all-time against Utah, winning the last five meetings.

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 214-143 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 255-171 record.

IN THEIR DEFENSE-- As USC's available players continues to rotate, the defense has struggled to find its footing. However, in the last six games, USC has held its opponents to a combined 38.9 percent shooting (149-for-383). USC allowed Oregon St. to make 59.6 percent of its shots on Dec. 30, the highest shooting percentage by a Trojan opponent since UW made 67.3 percent of its FGs 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. This season, USC has held its opponents to 42.4 percent shooting, fourth in the conference. 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.

THE OFFENSE COMING ALIVE -- USC scored 82 points in its 82-54 win vs. Oregon State on Feb. 3 and scored 77 points in its 83-77 overtime loss at California on Feb. 7. In the previous six games, USC averaged 62.5 points per game. The last time USC had scored over 69 points in a game was when it scored 93 points vs. Stanford on Jan. 6. USC scored 70 or more points in 14 of its first 15 games and averaged 78.9 points per game.

MISSING IN ACTION -- USC has now had players miss 47 games of action due to injury or illness. To date players missing games are Gardner (22), 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 23 games.

BLOCK AROUND THE CLOCK -- USC registered 14 blocks vs. Oregon on Feb. 1 to tie the school record for blocks in a single game. USC also had 14 blocks vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11, 2016. Josh Morgan (4) and Arrinten Page (4) became the first Trojan teammates to record 4 or more blocks in the same game since Alex Stepheson and Nikola Vucevic each had 4 blocks vs. Northern Arizona on Dec. 11, 2010. USC has 38 blocks in its last four games and it has 124 blocks this season, tops among Pac-12 teams.

ELLIS A TOP 10 TALENT -- USC guard Boogie Ellis was named a Top 10 candidate for the 2024 Jerry West Award which recognizes the top collegiate shooting guards on Jan. 30.

A POINT OF COMPARISON – USC freshman guard Isaiah Collier returned from injury to post 20 points at California on Feb. 7. Through his first 17 games (16 starts) he compares well with recent freshman point guard standout Jordan McLaughlin, now with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

G-GS Min/G PPG FG% 3PT% FT% REB/G A/G TO/G STL/G
Isaiah Collier 17-16 28.5 15.6 .492 .306    .676    2.6     4.1 3.5 1.3
Jordan McLauglin 17-16 31.2 12.4 .358    .273 .689 2.8 4.8 2.2 1.6

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Isaiah Collier

Boogie Ellis

Arrinten Page