USC Men's Basketball Begins Final Homestand Hosting ASU Thursday

The USC Trojans (12-17, 6-12) will host the Arizona State Sun Devils (14-15, 8-10) at the Galen Center on March 7 at 8:00 p.m. The game will air on FS1 with Wayne Randazzo and Jim Jackson calling the action. USC is 4-4 in its last eight games with two of the losses coming in overtime and one being a one-possession game.

WRAPPING UP THE ROAD -- USC won 82-75 at Washington on March 2 to finish road action by winning two of its last three road games. The Trojans 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 finished 3-9 in road games this season. Through games of March 4, USC has played 12 road games and four neutral site contests. The 16 games away from home (4 neutral, 12 road) are tied for the most among all Power 6 schools. The 12 true road games are also tied for the most 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 ARIZONA STATE -- The Arizona State Sun Devils (14-15, 8-10) are coming off an 85-67 home loss to Arizona on Feb. 28. Guard Frankie Collins leads four ASU players averaging double figures in scoring with a 13.8 points per game average. USC lost 82-67 at ASU on Jan. 20, but is 7-2 in the last nine games against the Sun Devils. USC has won its last seven home games against ASU and is 61-44 all-time against the Sun Devils (2 wins vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 63-44).

ON DECK: No. 5 ARIZONA -- The Arizona Wildcats (23-6, 14-4) won 103-83 at home vs. Oregon on March 2 and will play at UCLA on March 7, before facing USC at the Galen Center on March 9 at 7:00 p.m. Guard Caleb Love leads five Arizona players scoring in double figures with a 19.4 average. Arizona defeated USC 82-67 on Jan. 17 in Tucson, Ariz. and has won its last six games against the Trojans. USC is 45-74 all-time against Arizona (1 win and 1 loss vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 46-75).

ENFIELD GRABS 3RD ON USC'S ALL-TIME WINS LIST -- USC head coach Andy Enfield is in his 11th season at USC and has compiled an 217-146 record. He picked up his 200th win on Feb. 4, 2023 vs. Washington and his 217th at Washington on Feb. 24, 2024. Enfield's win total ranks third on USC's all-time wins list, 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 258-174 record.

KOBE JOHNSON: MAN OF STEAL -- Junior Kobe Johnson has 58 steals this season which ranks second in the conference. He now has 146 career steals which rank 9th on USC's all-time steals list. Johnson had had four consecutive games with 4 steals, the first Trojan with four consecutive games with four steals or more since Jeff Trepagnier during the 1999-2000 season. There have nine instances since the 1996-97 season with a Pac-12 player registering 4 steals or more in four consecutive games, last by Matisse Thybulle of Washington in 2019. The last Major Conference player with 4 or more steals in five consecutive games was Chris Paul of Wake Forest in the 2003-04 season (8 straight).

THE OFFENSE COMING ALIVE -- USC has averaged 75.0 points (600 total) in its last eight 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.

MISSING IN ACTION -- USC has had players miss 53 games of action due to injury or illness. Players missing games are Gardner (28), 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 29 games.

APPARENTLY SHOOTING IS IMPORTANT -- USC is 11-5 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 8-4. USC is 5-2 in Pac-12 games with this lineup, with the losses being in OT vs. Colorado and by 3 points at WSU.

BIG ATTRACTION -- USC's played four games from Jan. 13-Jan. 27 that were each played before more than 10,000 fans (an average of 12,184 fans per game). Twenty of USC's first 29 games have been played before 6,000 or more fans (69.0 percent). The last season USC played in more games before crowds of 6,000 or more was the 2008-09 season when 23 of its 35 games were played before crowds of 6,000-plus. USC has played before an average crowd of 9,910 in its 12 road games, tops in the Pac-12.

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Players Mentioned

Isaiah Collier

Boogie Ellis

Kobe Johnson

Joshua Morgan

DJ Rodman