ONCE A TROJAN, ALWAYS A TROJAN... Above NBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist DeMar DeRozan returns home to the Galen Center and meets with USC’s staff. To the left, Minnesota Tim- berwolves Taj Gibson takes a team pho- to with the Trojans following win over Washington in 2016.

Many of the former USC players fi nd their way back to Galen to visit, get a workout in or spend a night at a game when their NBA teams come into town. Among those frequently swinging by Galen have included Dewayne Dedmon, DeRozan, Gibson, Marcus Johnson, Mar- cus Simmons, Alex Stepheson, Nikola Vucevic and Nick Young.

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• NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 0 Shaqquan Aaron G 6-7 195 Sr.* 7/21/95 Los Angeles, Calif. (Rainier Beach HS/Louisville) 1 Jordan Usher G/F 6-7 230 So. 5/21/98 Canton, Ga. (Wheeler HS) 2 Jonah Mathews G 6-3 200 Jr. 2/10/98 Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS) 3 Elijah Weaver G 6-5 210 Fr. 12/30/98 Cocoa, Fla. (Rockledge HS) 4 Kevin Porter Jr. G 6-6 218 Fr. 5/4/00 South Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach HS) 5 Derryck Thornton G 6-3 195 Jr.* 5/30/97 Los Angeles, Calif. (Findlay Prep, Nev./Duke) 12 Devin Fleming G 6-2 190 Sr. 6/17/97 Moreno Valley, Calif. (Valley View HS/Mt. San Jacinto) 13 Charles O’Bannon Jr. G 6-6 210 So. 3/1/99 Compton, Calif. (Bishop Gorman) 15 McKay Anderson G 6-5 190 Jr. 11/30/94 La Canada, Calif. (La Verne Lutheran/SUU/PCC) 25 Bennie Boatwright F 6-10 235 Sr. 7/13/96 Mission Hills, Calif. (Village Christian HS) 31 Nick Rakocevic F 6-11 225 Jr. 12/31/97 Chicago, Ill. (Saint Joseph’s HS) 33 J’Raan Brooks F 6-9 220 Fr. 5/13/99 Seattle, Wash. (Garfi eld HS) 34 Victor Uyaelunmo F 6-11 220 So. 3/20/98 Miami, Fla. (Calvary Christian Academy)

* Utilized redshirt year

• ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 0 Shaqquan Aaron G 6-7 195 Sr.* 7/21/95 Los Angeles, Calif. (Rainier Beach HS/Louisville) 15 McKay Anderson G 6-5 190 Jr. 11/30/94 La Canada, Calif. (La Verne Lutheran/SUU/PCC) 25 Bennie Boatwright F 6-10 235 Sr. 7/13/96 Mission Hills, Calif. (Village Christian HS) 33 J’Raan Brooks F 6-9 220 Fr. 5/13/99 Seattle, Wash. (Garfi eld HS) 12 Devin Fleming G 6-2 190 Sr. 6/17/97 Moreno Valley, Calif. (Valley View HS/Mt. San Jacinto) 2 Jonah Mathews G 6-3 200 Jr. 2/10/98 Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS) 13 Charles O’Bannon Jr. G 6-6 210 So. 3/1/99 Compton, Calif. (Bishop Gorman) 4 Kevin Porter Jr. G 6-6 218 Fr. 5/4/00 South Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach HS) 31 Nick Rakocevic F 6-11 225 Jr. 12/31/97 Chicago, Ill. (Saint Joseph’s HS) 5 Derryck Thornton G 6-3 195 Jr.* 5/30/97 Los Angeles, Calif. (Findlay Prep, Nev./Duke) 1 Jordan Usher G/F 6-7 230 So. 5/21/98 Canton, Ga. (Wheeler HS) 34 Victor Uyaelunmo F 6-11 220 So. 3/20/98 Miami, Fla. (Calvary Christian Academy) 3 Elijah Weaver G 6-5 210 Fr. 12/30/98 Cocoa, Fla. (Rockledge HS)

* Utilized redshirt year

HEAD COACH Andy Enfi eld (Johns Hopkins, 1991), 6th year

ASSISTANT COACH Jason Hart (Syracuse, 2000), 6th year Chris Capko (USF, 2006), 3rd year Eric Mobley (Portland, 1990), 1st year

DIRECTOR OF SCOUTING Martin Bahar (Vanderbilt, 2006) 4th Year

DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Michael Swets (Boston College, 2009) 3rd Year

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Senior forward Bennie Boatwright retuns to lead the Trojans in 2018-19. He averaged 13.6 points and 6.4 re- bounds last season before an injury cut short his season. He enters the season with 153 career three-point baskets, 11th on USC’s all-time list. 2013-2014 • 39 • USC BASKETBALL

2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 3 9 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 4 :5 8 PM SHAQQUAN AARON RS SENIOR • GUARD • 6-7 • 195 • LOS ANGELES • CA • RAINIER BEACH/LOUISVILLE

BREAKDOWN: Shaqquann Aaron is a 6-7, pointspoints andand pulledpulled down fi ve reboundsrebou in 23 195-pound redshirt senior guardrd who transferred minutes at Wake Forest on Jan. 4. Only to USC from Louisville on Junene 3, 2015. The plaplayedyed 10 or more minutes fi vve times, athletic wing has the ability to provideprovide the TrojansTrojans with a season-high season-high 24 minutes minute played with scoring punch as both a starterarter and comingcoming vs. PittsburghPittsburgh on FebruaryFebruary 23.23 Aaron off the bench. had to sit out the fi rst nine gamesg of the season due to an NCAANCAA eligibility 2017-18: Aaron averaged 4.33 pointspoints and issue.issue. LouisvilleLouisville reachedreached the Elite 2.1 rebounds in 35 games, 1010 starts. EightEight in the NCAA Tournament,Tour He was one of fi ve Trojans too appear fallingfalling in overtime to MichiganM in 35 or more games. He scoredcored a StateStatet in the East ReRegionalgio fi nal. season-best 14 points at UCLALA on Aaron played played two minutesm in Feb. 3, making a season-best three that ggameame and apappearedp in 3-pointers. Started for the fi rstt time threethree of Louisville’sLouisville’s fourfo NCAA vs. Princeton on Dec. 19 and scoredscored TournamentTournament games.games. 5 points. Started eight consecutivesecutive games from Jan. 10-Feb. 8 and USCUSC went HIGHHIGH SCHOOLSCHOOL: Aaron 6-2 in those games. Aaron scoreded 10 pointspoints attended Rainier BeachBea HS in and hit two big 3-pointers latee in the 89-84 Seattle,Seattle, Wash. He aaveraged victory over Middle Tennessee in the Diamond 19.7 points, 8.5 reboundsrebound and 7.5 Head Classic semifi nal on Dec.. 23.23. assists en route to leadingleading his team to the CClasslass 3A3A title forfor ththee second 2016-17: Aaron averaged 7.67.6 points in 36 consecutiveconsecutive season and earning games, making 20 starts. USCSC was 17-3 in 2013-14 Washington Washington Player Playe of the games he started. He scored inn double fi gguresures YearYear hhonors.onors. ThThee twtwo-timeo-time fi rst-team nine times, six times in USC’s fi rst nine gamgames.es. AP CClasslass 33AA all-state seleselectionc was He showed early in the seasonn that he could ranked No. 26 nationanationallylly by 247Sports.24 0 be a big scoring threat, tallying a then career-career- ccom,om, 27th byby Scout.comScout.com andand 30th by best 17 points and grabbing a career-high career-high RRivals.com.ivals.com. He He wwasas aalsolso rrankedan No. seven rebounds in his fi rst gameme as a TroTrojanjan 33 in the EESPNSPN 100. He averagedavera 17.7 vs. Montana on Nov. 11. He thenhen betteredbettered points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.3 assistsa as that with 19 points to key USC’s’s comeback a jjuniorunior at Rainier Beach, helpinghel lead Career Highs win over BYU at the Staples Centernter on Dec. them to a 225-45-4 record and the sstate title. 3. He scored a career-high 233 points andandn OOriginallyriginally from from Pomona, Ca.,Ca Aaron Points made four three-pointers in USC’sSC’s 84-76 averaaveragedged 9.2 points, 4.1 rebounds,rebo 3.2 23, 1/25/17 vs. UCLA win over UCLA on Jan. 25. He waswas named assists and 2.02.0 steals as a freshmanf the Pac-12 Player of the Week foror the week in joiningjoining with current teammateteamm Katin Rebounds of Jan. 23-29. He made a career-besteer-best fi ve RReinhardteinhardt in leadingleading Mater DeiDe High to 7, 2x, last 11/30/16 at San Diego three-pointers (5 of 6) and scoreded 21 points a 332-32-3 recordrecord andand the 20112011 CaliforniaC vs. Oregon State on Feb. 9. DivisiDivisionon I CIFCIF state title. He transferredtra Assists to TaftTaft as a sosophomore,phomore, but bu did not 4, 2x, last 12/11/16 vs. Pepperdine 2015-16 : Sat out the seasoneason aafterfter ccompete.ompete. He was a member memb of the tranfering from Louisville. Hadd surgerysurgery toto 22011011 USAUSA Basketball 3x33x3 YouthYou World repair an old pinky fracture suffereduffered while CChampionshiphampionship team which finished Steals at Louisville to improve his rangenge ofof motion eeighthighth in the inauinauguralgural FIBA intinternationale 2, 5x, last 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville on March 29. He was back in actionaction byby the 336-team6-team competition in Rimini,Rimini, Italy. He 2016 summer practices. also participated with the 220100 USA 3-Pointers Developmental National Team anda 2011- 5, 2/9/17 vs. Oregon State 2014-15 : Aaron appeared inn 23 gamesgames 12 USA Developmental NatioNationaln Team. and made two starts for thee Cardinals,Cardinals, averaging 1.3 points and 0.7 reboundsbounds while PERSONALPERSONAL: Aaron was bornborn on July 2017-18 Season playing 7.2 minutes per game. HeHe playedplayed in 21, 1995. His parents are MadinahMad and his fi rst collegiate game vs. CSS NorthridgeNorthridge CarlCarl Aaron and he has oneone brother, on Dec. 23 and grabbed two reboundsebounds and SShaddean,haddean, and one sister, SShalexxus. Points 14, 2/3/18 at UCLA had an assist in fi ve minutes off acaction.tion. HiHiss HHisis brother Shaddean playedplayed basketballb fi rst career points came whenn he made at Mercer from 2004-08, totaltotalingi 1,115 a three-pointer vs. Kentucky onon Dec. 27. careercareer points for the Bears. ShalexxusSha is Rebounds He started the next game vs. LongLong Beach a redshirt freshman on USC’sUSC’s women’s 6, 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville State on Dec. 30, but did not score.core. Also team this season. His father CarlCa played started at Georgia Tech on Feb.eb. 23 and professional basketball in Australia.Austr Assists scored two points in three minutesminutes of of 3, 3x, last 3/8/18 vs. Oregon St. action. Scored a then career-high-high ofof 11

Steals 2, 2x, last 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville

3-Pointers 3, 2/3/18 at UCLA

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 0 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :1 6 PM SHAQQUAN AARON • 2014-2015 GAME BY GAME SHAQQUAN AARON • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CS Northridge ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 CSF ...... 3-6 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 5 1 0 0 1 15 7 Kentucky ...... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 North Dakota St. ..1-2 0-0 0-2 2-2 4 1 3 2 0 0 17 2 Long Beach St. ....0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 at Vanderbilt ...... 2-3 1-2 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 20 5 at Wake Forest ....4-9 1-5 2-3 1-4 5 2 1 1 0 1 23 11 Lehigh ...... 1-7 1-4 1-2 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 Clemson ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 TAMU ...... 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 1 at North Carolina .0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 at SMU...... 1-4 0-3 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 1 0 1 19 2 Virginia Tech ...... 2-4 2-4 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 vs. Oklahoma...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 Duke ...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 Santa Clara...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 at Pittsburgh ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 UCSB...... 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-2 3 3 0 2 0 0 10 2 at Boston College 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 14 0 Princeton ...... 2-5 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 5 0 2 0 0 19 5 North Carolina .....2-6 1-3 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 1 0 1 14 5 vs. Akron ...... 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 13 5 at Miami ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 vs. Middle Tenn. ..4-5 2-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 0 0 1 30 10 at Virginia ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 vs. NM State ...... 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 19 10 Pittsburgh ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 1 0 1 1 24 0 Washington...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 NC State ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Washington St. ....3-4 1-2 0-0 1-3 4 2 1 0 1 0 18 7 Miami ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 at California ...... 2-5 1-2 0-2 0-3 3 1 3 1 0 0 20 5 at Georgia Tech ...1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 at Stanford ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 at Florida State ....0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Colorado ...... 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 4 1 3 0 1 10 4 Notre Dame ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Utah ...... 3-7 2-5 1-1 1-0 1 3 2 0 1 1 23 9 Virginia ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 at Oregon...... 3-6 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 5 0 0 15 6 vs. Northern Iowa 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 at Oregon St...... 2-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 2 3 0 1 0 0 17 5 vs. NC State ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 Stanford ...... 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 0 0 2 12 2 vs. Michigan St. ...0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 California ...... 3-7 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 4 1 2 19 6 TOTALS ...... 11-42 5-23 2-5 6-11 17 11 5 8 2 3 166 29 at UCLA...... 5-8 3-5 1-2 1-3 4 1 1 2 0 0 23 14 at Arizona St...... 1-5 0-2 2-2 0-4 4 2 0 0 0 0 23 4 at Arizona...... DNP Oregon...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Oregon St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 1 0 0 7 0 at Colorado ...... 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-3 3 1 1 0 1 0 16 6 at Utah ...... 2-6 1-4 2-2 2-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 23 7 UCLA ...... 4-6 1-2 0-1 1-0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19 9 vs. Oregon St...... 2-4 0-2 0-1 0-5 5 2 3 0 0 0 27 4 vs. Oregon ...... 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 4 0 1 0 1 12 4 vs. Arizona ...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 UNC Asheville...... 2-6 0-2 0-2 1-5 6 3 1 0 0 2 32 4 W. Kentucky...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-3 3 0 1 1 0 0 12 1 TOTALS ...... 60-131 21-64 9-25 12-60 72 55 28 30 5 12 557 150 SHAQQUAN AARON • 2016-2017 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Montana...... 6-10 2-5 3-4 1-6 7 1 0 1 0 2 30 17 Omaha ...... 5-14 2-5 4-6 1-3 4 1 0 1 0 0 29 16 at Texas A&M ...... 2-7 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 2 1 1 19 4 New Orleans ...... 4-8 3-5 1-1 1-3 4 1 1 1 1 1 24 12 SMU ...... 3-6 1-2 0-2 1-2 3 0 0 1 0 0 18 7 UCSB...... 5-10 2-6 3-4 1-4 5 0 4 0 0 0 26 15 at San Diego ...... 3-7 0-2 3-4 1-6 7 2 0 0 0 0 24 9 vs. BYU...... 6-16 4-7 3-4 3-2 5 3 2 3 0 1 27 19 Pepperdine ...... 4-9 2-5 3-3 1-1 2 1 4 2 1 1 26 13 Troy ...... 3-7 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 3 3 1 0 0 24 8 Cornell ...... 4-8 1-3 0-0 0-5 5 3 3 1 0 0 26 9 vs. Missouri St. ....3-9 3-8 0-0 1-3 4 2 3 1 0 1 28 9 vs. Wyoming ...... 0-8 0-5 0-2 1-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 18 0 at Oregon St...... 2-7 0-2 1-2 0-4 4 3 1 2 0 0 19 5 at Oregon...... 1-7 0-1 2-3 0-2 2 2 2 3 0 0 27 4 Stanford ...... 2-6 2-5 2-2 0-3 3 0 0 3 0 0 12 8 California ...... 2-3 1-1 1-2 1-1 2 1 0 1 0 0 12 6 at Utah ...... 2-7 0-2 2-3 2-4 6 1 3 1 0 2 24 6 at Colorado ...... 2-6 0-1 2-2 3-1 4 1 0 0 0 1 22 6 Arizona ...... 1-7 0-2 5-5 2-4 6 0 1 1 0 0 25 7 Arizona St...... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-4 4 0 1 1 1 0 16 3 UCLA ...... 6-12 4-9 7-8 1-3 4 1 1 0 0 0 26 23 at Washington ...... 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 2 0 0 16 2 at Washington St. 0-2 0-1 0-0 2-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 Oregon St...... 7-10 5-6 2-2 3-3 6 1 1 0 0 0 23 21 Oregon...... 3-8 1-5 0-0 2-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 22 7 at UCLA ...... 3-9 1-3 1-2 2-3 5 2 1 0 0 0 26 8 at Arizona...... 2-4 1-2 0-1 0-1 1 3 2 0 0 1 18 5 at Arizona St...... 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2 Washington St. ....4-7 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 1 0 1 26 8 Washington ...... 1-2 0-1 2-2 0-2 2 2 2 2 1 2 28 4 vs. Washington ....2-3 1-2 5-8 0-2 2 1 1 1 0 0 22 10 vs. UCLA...... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 vs. Providence .....0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 3 0 0 9 0 vs. SMU ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 vs. Baylor ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 TOTALS ...... 91-232 37-110 54-75 31-81 112 48 41 37 6 14 747 273

SHAQQUAN AARON • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2014-15 23-2 11-42 .262 5-23 .217 2-5 .400 29 1.3 6 11 17 0.7 11-0 5 8 2 3 166 2015-16 Sat out due to transfer rules 2016-17 36-20 91-232 .392 37-110 .336 54-75 .720 273 7.6 31 81 112 3.1 48-0 41 37 6 14 747 2017-18 35-10 60-131 .458 21-64 .328 9-25 .360 150 4.3 12 60 72 2.1 55-2 28 30 5 12 557 TOTALS: 94-32 162-405 .400 63-197 .320 65-105 .619 452 4.8 49 152 201 2.1 114-2 74 75 13 29 1470

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 1 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :1 8 PM McKAY ANDERSON JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-5 • 190 • LA CANADA • CA • LA VERNE LUTHERAN HS/SUU/PCC

BREAKDOWN: McKay Anderson is a 6-5, HIGH SCHOOL: Anderson graduated from La 190-pound guard who comes to USC from Pasa- Verne Lutheran in 2013. He averaged 10.5 points as dena City College with two seasons of eligibility re- a senior and helped lead La Verne Lutheran to a 26-8 maining. He will add to USC’s depth at the guard record and to the CIF 4A title game, falling 70-52 to position. Anderson will have to sit out the fi rst se- Serra. He was a three-year captain. mester to cocompletemplete the second half of his academic yyear-in-residence.ear-in-residence. PERSONAL:PERSONAL: McKayMcKay was born on NovemberNovemb 30, 1994 in Pasadena, Calif. His parents areare Lisa BBEFOREEFORE USC:USC: Anderson plaplayedyed the 2016-17 and RogerRoger Anderson and he has fourfour siblings,sib sseasoneason at Pasadena CityCity College.College. He aver- Haley,Haley, Whitney, Whitney, Rhett and Clarke.Clarke. HeH was aagedged 18.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game,game, married to his wife CaseCaseyy on Oct.Oct. 13,13, 2018. while makinmakingg 51.9 percent ofof his shots. He led HisHis hobbies include snowboarding,snowboarding, hiking,h the Lancers in scoringscoring and rebounding.rebounding. He beach activities and reading.reading. McKayMcKay is fl u- was namenamedd to thethe All-SouthAll-South CoastCoast Confer-Confer- entent in Mandarin Chinese.Chinese. He is majoringma eencence team. He beganbegan his career at South-South- in International Relations GlobalGlobal BusinessBu eernrn Utah duringduring the 2013-14 season at USC,USC, with a minor in Mandarin Chinese.Ch and averaaveragedged 2.0 points and 1.2 HeHe is in the ArmArmyy Reserve Offi cer TrTraining rebounds in 23 games.games. He was CorpsCorps at USC.USC. 99-for-19-for-19 fromfrom three-point rangerange ((47.447.4 percent).percent). Anderson then went on a two-two-yearyear church mimission.ssion. 1155

Career Highs

Points 12, 1/25/14 at Portland State

Rebounds 4, 11/8/13 vs. Arizona Christiann

Assists 3, 1/16/14 at Idaho State

Steals 1, 5x, last 3/8/14 vs. Northern Coloradoado

3-Pointers 4, 1/25/14 at Portland State

2017-18 Season Highshs

Points DNP

Rebounds DNP

Assists DNP

Steals DNP

3-Pointers DNP 2013-2014 • 42 • USC BASKETBALL

2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 2 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :1 8 PM BENNIE BOATWRIGHT SENIOR • FORWARD • 6-10 • 235 • MISSION HILLS • CA • VILLAGE CHRISTIAN HS

BREAKDOWN: Bennie Boatwrightatwright is a 66-foot-10,-foot-10, 2015-16:2015-16: BoatwBoatwright had an outstanding 235-pound senior forward whowho can score fromfrom fi rst season as a Trojan, averaging 11.5 anywhere on the court. Hee is a high-scoring high-scoring pointspoints and 5.2 rebounds per game. He bigman that has excellent touchuch fromfrom three-point waswas namednamed honorableho mention to the range which can cause match-upch-up problems forfor Pac-12Pac-12 All-FreshmanAll-Fre team. He started the opposition. Serving as a team captaincaptain forfor 3232 ofof USC’sUSC’s 3434 games, missing the game the third consecutive season.n. vs. LaLafayettefayette oon Dec. 23 with lower bask sorenesssoreness andand not starting due to Senior 2017-18: Boatwright averagedged 13.6 points DayDay vs. OregonOre on March 5. He was and 6.4 rebounds in 23 games,mes, 18 starts. tied for fi rst oon the team with 60 three- He began the season as one ofof 20 playersplayers pointpoint basketsbaske and second in rebounds named to the preseason watchwatch list forfor (171).(1171). OnOn USC’s all-time freshman the Karl Malone Award whichch recognizesrecognizes lists,lists, he ranksran tied for third in three- college’s top power forward. He scored 28 pointerspointers (60),(60 seventh in points (378), points in the second game ofof the season seventhseventh in rebounds (171), seventh vs. North Dakota State on Nov.Nov. 13.13. He had in freefree throwsthrow made (76) and eighth in three double-doubles duringg the season: 19 three-point ppercentage (35.9 percent). points/11 rebounds vs. Lehighgh on Nov. 22, 21 HeHe was the only Pac-12 freshman to points/11 rebounds vs. Santata ClaraClara on Dec. rankrank in the topto 8 in points, FG made, 14 and 13 points/11 reboundsds at StanfordStanford on rebounds,rebounds, three-pointers,thre FT made, FT Jan. 7...giving him fi ve careerr double-doubles. percent,percent, assistsassist and blocks. He scored Scored a career-high 33 pointsints and made a a career-highcareer-high 232 points and grabbed a career-best six 3-pointers in a 77-72 win over career-bestcareer-best 12 rebounds at Oregon on New Mexico State on Dec. 25 in the Diamond Jan.Jan. 21 forfor his fi rst career double-double. Head Classic title game...Hee drained a longlong RegisteredRegistered doubledo fi gures in scoring in 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds lefteft to clinch the 21 ooff his 32 starts.sta He had three games game and earn tournamentt MVP honors. in which he nailedn fi ve three-pointers, 2255 He was hampered throughoutout the season Nov. 26 vs. WichitaW State, Dec. 7 vs. with a foot injury which finallynally improved Idaho and MMarcha 9 vs. UCLA. Started when an infection was foundnd andand cleanedcleaned and scored 111 points in USC’s NCAA out. Unfortunately, four gameses later he would TournamentTournament first-round game vs. Career Highs suffer a left patella injury (knee)nee) on Feb. 15 ProvidenceProvidence ono March 17. vs. Oregon and missed the remainderremainder ofof the Points season. He had offseason kneeknee surgery.surgery. HIGHHIGH SCHOOLSCH : Boatwright was 33, 12/25/17 vs. New Mexico St. thethe CIFCIF SoSouthernu Section Division 2016-17: Boatwright averagedaged 15.1 points pointst 1AA PlayerPlayer ofof the Year as he averaged Rebounds and 4.5 rebounds in 19 games,ames, reaching reaching 27.8 points andand 13 rebounds for Village 12, 1/21/16 at Oregon double fi gures in 15 of the games.ames. He missed ChristianChristian in SSunun Valley, Calif. He led the 17 of USC’s fi rst 22 games due to ininjury.jury. He CrusadersCrusaders to theth Southern Section 1AA Assists missed much of USC’s preseasonseason practice title bbyy scorinscoringg 303 points and grabbing 13 6, 12/23/17 vs. Middle Tennessee as he was recovering from a labrum injury injury rebounds in a 79-6179 win over top-seeded suffered in the summer. Wass unable to bebegingin GreatGreat OOak.ak. Boatwright Bo was also a Los Steals practice for the season untilil about 10 days days AngelesAngeles Times All-Star,A named to the Cal- 3, 11/26/15 vs. Wichita State before the opener, but misseded USC’sUSC’s fi rst two HighHigh SportsSports All-StateAll-S Elite Second Team games with back spasms. PlayedPlayed in his fi rst and CIFCIF co-Player co-Pl of the Year in the 3-Pointers game on Nov. 18 at Texas A&M&M and scored 9 CaliforniaCalifornia DivisionDivis I voting. Boatwright, 6, 12/25/17 vs. New Mexico St. points. He scored 17 points in USC’sUSC’s 78-73 a top 60 recruitrecruit according to Rivals.com win vs. SMU on Nov. 25. FollowedFollowed that up and Scout.com,Scout.com, scoreds a school-record 50 with 21 points vs. UCSB on Nov. 27, beforebefore pointspoints and made made eight three-pointers in 2017-18 Season Highs being injured 3 minutes into thethe gamegame at SanSan a win over Saugus.Saug He also made eight Diego on Nov. 30. He sufferedd a gradegrade 2 medial three-pointersthhree-pointers anandd scored 45 points in a win Points collateral sprain of his left kneenee which kept him out over ValleyValley Christian.Christian. He registeredre 10 games of 30 33, 12/25/17 vs. New Mexico St. of action USC’s next 15 games. RReturned t d to t action ti points and 27 games of 10 or more rebounds, with a on Feb. 1 at Washington and matched a then career high of 23 twice. Rebounds high with 23 points to help USC erase a 10-point 11, 3x, last 1/7/18 at Stanford halftime defi cit in an 82-74 win. Had three straight PERSONAL: Bennie was born on July 13, 1996 in 20-point games with 20 at UCLA on Feb. 18, 23 at Los Angeles. His parents are Bennie Boatwright, Sr. Assists Arizona on Feb. 23 and 22 at Arizona State on Feb. and Rebecca Mejia. His father, who was an All-CIF 6, 12/23/17 vs. Middle Tennessee 26...matched his season and career high with fi ve guard at Lutheran High, served in the Los Angeles three-pointers made in that game. Had a streak of Police Department at the Police Academy and used Steals 34 consecutive free throw made snapped with a miss to bring his children to their gym at 6 a.m. to get 500- 2, 2x, last 1/18/18 at Oregon vs. Washington on March 4, seven short of the USC 1,000 shots up daily. Boatwright’s godfather, Fran- record of 41 consecutive free throws made by David cois Wise (former Trojan Eric Wise’s father), was an 3-Pointers Bluthenthal. He scored a career-high 24 points in All-American at Long Beach State and taught him 6, 12/25/17 vs. New Mexico St. USC’s come-from-behind 75-71 First Four win over rebounding techniques that helped him graduate as Providence on March 15. the school’s all-time leader in rebounds. 2013-2014 • 43 • USC BASKETBALL

2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 3 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 0 PM BENNIE BOATWRIGHT • 2015-2016 GAME BY GAME BENNIE BOATWRIGHT • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS San Diego...... 3-6 2-5 2-3 2-4 6 3 0 1 0 0 15 10 CSF ...... 4-10 2-6 3-6 0-6 6 3 2 2 3 0 25 13 Monmouth...... 2-6 0-3 0-1 0-1 1 5 0 1 0 0 12 4 North Dakota St. 10-17 1-4 7-10 5-3 8 1 1 4 3 0 36 28 New Mexico ...... 4-11 4-9 3-8 1-8 9 3 2 1 1 0 31 15 at Vanderbilt ...... 4-9 3-7 3-4 0-6 6 5 1 0 0 0 34 14 CSUN ...... 5-12 1-6 1-1 2-4 6 3 3 1 0 0 20 12 Lehigh ...... 7-16 3-7 2-2 8-3 11 0 3 0 0 0 26 19 vs. Wichita St...... 7-13 5-9 3-3 2-3 5 2 0 3 1 3 27 22 TAMU ...... 3-13 2-8 2-2 4-3 7 3 1 1 1 1 30 10 vs. Xavier ...... 2-8 1-4 3-3 2-3 5 5 2 0 1 0 20 8 at SMU...... 3-9 0-4 2-4 2-6 8 3 2 3 2 0 33 8 vs. Monmouth .....6-11 1-4 3-3 3-6 9 2 1 2 1 1 34 16 vs. Oklahoma...... 3-13 1-7 3-4 3-6 9 1 4 3 2 0 31 10 at UCSB...... 2-7 1-4 0-0 1-4 5 5 1 0 4 0 25 5 Santa Clara...... 7-14 3-5 4-4 3-8 11 0 3 2 1 0 33 21 Idaho...... 5-8 5-8 2-2 2-3 5 3 2 3 0 0 22 17 UCSB...... DNP Yale ...... 5-10 2-5 5-5 1-2 3 0 1 2 0 0 36 17 Princeton ...... DNP Cal Poly ...... 3-6 2-4 2-2 0-6 6 4 1 1 1 1 19 10 vs. Akron ...... 1-3 0-2 0-2 0-2 2 1 1 0 1 0 13 2 SIUE ...... 2-9 1-3 3-4 1-4 5 3 1 0 2 0 26 8 vs. Middle Tenn. .4-11 3-7 12-16 1-5 6 3 6 3 2 0 37 23 Lafayette ...... DNP vs. NM State ...... 10-16 6-10 7-7 0-7 7 1 1 2 0 0 34 33 at Washington St. 3-6 2-3 0-1 0-3 3 4 1 2 0 0 27 8 Washington...... 9-17 3-8 3-3 2-1 3 2 4 2 0 0 35 24 at Washington .....5-13 3-8 2-4 1-3 4 3 0 3 2 2 26 15 Washington St. ...6-10 1-5 0-2 2-5 7 3 1 1 0 1 28 13 Arizona State ...... 5-9 2-3 2-2 2-5 7 3 0 2 2 0 25 14 at California ...... 6-15 3-6 0-0 2-5 7 3 2 2 1 2 23 15 Arizona ...... 4-12 2-8 5-6 0-3 3 4 0 0 1 1 41 15 at Stanford ...... 5-12 3-6 0-0 3-8 11 3 0 1 0 0 33 13 at UCLA ...... 1-6 1-4 2-2 2-3 5 3 0 0 1 0 17 5 Colorado ...... 1-9 1-4 0-0 0-3 3 2 2 3 0 0 29 3 at Oregon...... 9-18 3-9 2-2 3-9 12 5 3 3 0 0 28 23 Utah ...... 5-12 2-5 1-2 2-6 8 1 1 0 0 0 25 13 at Oregon State ...1-7 1-6 4-6 2-4 6 3 2 2 1 0 27 7 at Oregon...... 7-14 4-7 0-1 0-5 5 1 2 0 1 2 32 18 Washington St. ...5-10 0-4 1-3 1-3 4 3 0 3 0 1 22 11 at Oregon St...... 3-9 0-6 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 0 0 1 18 6 Washington ...... 3-6 1-3 8-10 4-4 8 4 0 2 0 0 22 15 Stanford ...... DNP UCLA ...... 2-9 2-7 6-6 1-4 5 2 0 0 0 1 28 12 California ...... DNP at Arizona State ...0-4 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 5 0 2 0 0 14 0 at UCLA...... 0-5 0-3 2-2 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 at Arizona...... 7-15 3-8 1-2 2-5 7 4 2 0 1 0 26 18 at Arizona St...... 6-14 4-10 2-2 0-8 8 2 3 3 1 0 28 18 Colorado ...... 1-5 1-3 4-6 0-2 2 4 0 2 1 1 26 7 at Arizona...... 3-7 1-3 0-0 0-3 3 2 0 0 0 0 26 7 Utah ...... 7-15 2-4 1-2 3-3 6 4 4 0 1 0 29 17 Oregon...... 0-3 0-3 0-0 1-6 7 1 1 0 1 0 20 0 at Stanford ...... 3-10 1-5 4-5 2-3 5 2 1 2 0 0 22 11 Oregon St...... DNP at California ...... 0-6 0-1 0-0 2-1 3 5 0 0 0 0 14 0 at Colorado ...... DNP Oregon State ...... 5-10 2-6 1-2 2-4 6 2 2 2 2 1 24 13 at Utah ...... DNP Oregon...... 2-8 1-5 3-4 1-4 5 2 2 3 1 0 26 8 UCLA ...... DNP vs. UCLA...... 6-13 5-9 2-2 3-6 9 2 1 1 2 0 27 17 vs. Oregon St...... DNP vs. Utah ...... 2-10 1-4 0-0 1-1 2 0 1 1 0 1 23 5 vs. Oregon ...... DNP vs. Providence .....4-8 2-3 1-2 1-2 3 3 1 0 0 0 24 11 UNC Asheville ...... DNP TOTALS ...... 121-307 60-167 76-103 50-121 171 105 34 45 26 13 805 378 W. Kentucky...... DNP TOTALS ...... 107-258 46-133 53-73 39-108 147 42 45 32 19 7 638 313

BENNIE BOATWRIGHT • 2016-2017 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Montana...... DNP (back) Omaha ...... DNP (back) at Texas A&M ...... 3-13 1-8 2-2 3-3 6 1 0 3 0 1 31 9 New Orleans ...... 2-11 1-7 2-2 2-2 4 1 3 1 0 2 24 7 SMU ...... 5-12 4-7 3-4 1-4 5 2 1 2 0 0 33 17 UCSB...... 7-13 5-11 2-2 1-3 4 3 2 2 0 0 32 21 at San Diego ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 vs. BYU...... DNP (knee) Pepperdine ...DNP (knee) Troy ...... DNP (knee) Cornell ...... DNP (knee) vs. Missouri St.DNP (knee) vs. Wyoming .DNP (knee) at Oregon St. DNP (kree) at Oregon...... DNP (knee) Stanford ...... DNP (knee) California ...... DNP (knee) at Utah ...... DNP (knee) at Colorado ...DNP (knee) Arizona ...... DNP (knee) Arizona St. ....DNP (knee) UCLA ...... DNP (knee) at Washington .....7-10 2-4 7-8 1-1 2 3 4 2 0 0 21 23 at Washington St. 5-10 3-7 0-2 1-6 7 1 3 1 0 1 29 13 Oregon St...... 3-8 1-5 9-9 0-4 4 3 3 0 0 0 27 16 Oregon...... 3-15 1-9 8-8 3-3 6 2 2 0 3 0 34 15 at UCLA ...... 4-12 4-9 8-8 4-6 10 1 1 2 0 1 31 20 at Arizona...... 6-11 3-7 8-8 1-3 4 2 2 4 0 0 31 23 at Arizona St...... 8-12 5-8 1-1 3-2 5 2 2 3 0 0 32 22 Washington St. ...5-10 4-8 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 24 14 Washington ...... 2-6 0-3 5-6 0-2 2 5 1 2 2 0 20 9 vs. Washington ...3-10 1-4 6-6 2-3 5 3 0 2 0 2 31 13 vs. UCLA...... 3-11 3-8 2-2 1-2 3 3 0 2 0 0 28 11 vs. Providence ....8-16 3-10 5-7 4-3 7 1 3 1 1 0 33 24 vs. SMU ...... 6-10 2-5 0-0 1-4 5 3 0 2 0 0 24 14 vs. Baylor ...... 6-11 4-9 0-0 1-4 5 3 3 1 0 1 36 16 TOTALS ...... 86-201 47-129 68-75 29-57 86 40 32 30 7 8 524 287

BENNIE BOATWRIGHT • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2015-16 33-32 121-307 .394 60-167 .359 76-103 .738 378 11.5 50 121 171 5.2 105-6 34 45 26 13 805 2016-17 19-18 86-201 .428 47-129 .364 68-75 .907 287 15.1 29 57 86 4.5 40-1 32 30 7 8 524 2017-18 23-18 107-258 .415 46-133 .346 53-73 .726 313 13.6 39 108 147 6.4 42-1 45 32 19 7 638 TOTALS: 75-68 314-766 .410 153-429 .357 197-251 .785 978 13.0 118 286 404 5.4 187-8 111 107 52 28 1967

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 4 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 3 PM J’RAAN BROOKS FRESHMAN • FORWARD • 6-9 • 220 • SEATTLE • WA • GARFIELD HS

BREAKDOWN: J’Raan Brooks is a 6-9, 220-pound PERSONAL: Brooks was born on May 13, 1999 forward who has a good mid-range game and is a in Newport RI. His mother is Jen Brooks and his strong rebounder.nder. HeHe isis a versatileversatile playerplayer whowho bbrother’srother’s name isis Jvonte.Jvonte. HisHis hobbieshobbies includein play- fi gures to be a goodgood addition to the Trojans’Trojans’ inging video gamesgames and photography.photography. ListsL his fa- frontcourt. vorite musical artists as Travis Scott,Scott Migos, Lil Baby,Baby, GunnaGunna and Juice Wrld. SaysSays his favorite HIGH SCHOOLHOOL: Brooks graduatedgraduated foodsfoods are pasta and ribs. He would likeli to be re- from Garfi eldd HighHigh in Seattle,Seattle, Wash. in membered not onlonlyy as a goodgood basketball 2018, helpingg lead his team to the 3A title player,player, but as a student-athletestudent-a who with a 72-633 overtime win over Rainier betteredbettered himself.himself. BrooksBrooks would like Beach on Marcharch 3...fellow3...fellow freshmanfreshman to travel to Europe someday.somed He is a Kevin Porter Jr.Jr. was on the Rainier Business majormajor at USC.USC. squad. Brooksks averaaveragedged 15 points and 11 reboundsnds andand waswas votedvoted first-team All-Metroll-Metro and C Co-o- Defensive Playerayer ofof the Year, as well as beingg named to the ClassClass 3A First Team.m. BrBrooksooks wwasas rrankedanked NoNo.. 76 on Rivals and No. 8484 on the ESPNESPN Top 100 recruitsuits list forfor the 2018 class. Garfield High,h, coached by by Brandon Roy, went 28-2-2 and fi nished ranked No. 11 in the countryntry afafterter beinbeingg invited to 3333 play in the Geicoeico Nationals.

Career Highs

Points First season at USC

Rebounds First season at USC

Assists First season at USC

Steals First season at USC

Blocks First season at USC

Enfi eld on Brooks

“J’Raan is a talented and versatile player who can play multiple positions. He’s an excellent rebounder and has a very skilled offensive game.”

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 5 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 4 PM DEVIN FLEMING SENIOR • GUARD • 6-2 • 190 • MORENO VALLEY • CALIF • VALLEY VIEW/MT. SAN JACINTO

BREAKDOWN: Senior guard Devin Fleming is in BEFORE USC: Played the 2015-16 season for Mt. his third season on the USC men’s basketball team San Jacinto College where he helped lead his team to a after transferring from Mt. San Jacinto College. He 24-6 record. He started at guard in 29 of their 30 games provides the Trojans with depth at the guard position. and averaged 12.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Fleming made 50 three-point baskets. He 2017-18: Fleming played in three games for the made 71.9 percent of his free throw attempts. Trojans and scored two points and grabbed two rebounds. He played in the opener vs. CS Fullerton HIGH SCHOOL: He graduated from Valley View and had a rebound in one minute of action. Scored HS where he was a three-time All-League first- his fi rst points as a Trojan with a driving layup vs. team selection and second-team All-CIF choice. He California on Jan. 28. averaged 19.9 points as a junior and 19.0 as a senior.

2016-17: Fleming played in four games, totaling PERSONAL: Devin was born on June 17, 1997. six minutes of action.ion. Ma Madede h hisis d debutebut Hiss parents pa e s are a e Curtis Cu s and a Angela Fleming. He has as a Trojan playingg a minute vs. New three siblinsiblings:gs: Shayne,Shayne, ReaganR and William. He likes Orleans on Nov. 22.2. Had a rebound to watch movies and playpl video games in his spare and a steal in twoo minutes ofof playplay time.time. LiListssts hihiss favoritefavorite musical artist as Drake and against Pepperdinee on Dec. 11...took hishis sports hero as KobeKob Bryant. He is a Real Estate his only shot of the season. SSawaw his Development majormajor at USC. fi rst Pac-12 action with twotwo minutesminutes played vs. Oregonn StateState on Feb. 9. Played a minute andd had a rebound at home against WashingtonWashington 1122 State on March 1.

Career Highs

Points 2, 1/28/18 vs. California

Rebounds 1, 4x, last 1/28/18 vs. California

Assists None

Steals 1, 2x, last 2/9/17 vs. Oregon St.

Blocks None

2017-18 Season

Points 2, 1/28/18 vs. California

Rebounds 1, 2x, last 1/28/18 vs. California

Assists None

Steals None

Blocks None

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 6 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 6 PM DEVIN FLEMING • 2016-2017 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Montana...... DNP Omaha ...... DNP at Texas A&M ..... DNP New Orleans ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 SMU ...... DNP UCSB...... DNP at San Diego ...... DNP vs. BYU...... DNP Pepperdine ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Troy ...... DNP Cornell ...... DNP vs. Missouri St. .. DNP vs. Wyoming ...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP at Oregon...... DNP Stanford ...... DNP California ...... DNP at Utah ...... DNP at Colorado ...... DNP Arizona ...... DNP Arizona St...... DNP UCLA ...... DNP at Washington ....DNP at Washington St. DNP Oregon St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Oregon...... DNP at UCLA ...... DNP at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... DNP Washington St. ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Washington ...... DNP vs. Washington .. DNP vs. UCLA...... DNP TOTALS ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0

DEVIN FLEMING • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CSF ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 North Dakota St. DNP at Vanderbilt ...... DNP Lehigh ...... DNP TAMU ...... DNP at SMU...... DNP vs. Oklahoma..... DNP Santa Clara...... DNP UCSB...... DNP Princeton ...... DNP vs. Akron ...... DNP vs. Middle Tenn. DNP vs. NM State ...... DNP Washington...... DNP Washington St. .. DNP at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP Colorado ...... DNP Utah ...... DNP at Oregon...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP Stanford ...... DNP California ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 at UCLA...... DNP at Arizona St...... DNP at Arizona...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... DNP at Colorado ...... DNP at Utah ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 UCLA ...... DNP vs. Oregon St..... DNP vs. Oregon ...... DNP vs. Arizona ...... DNP UNC Asheville.... DNP W. Kentucky...... DNP TOTALS ...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

DEVIN FLEMING • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2016-17 4-0 0-1 .000 0-0 .--- 0-0 .--- 0 0.0 0 2 2 0.5 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 2017-18 3-0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .--- 2 0.7 0 2 2 0.7 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 TOTALS: 7-0 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .--- 2 0.3 0 4 4 0.6 0-0 0 0 0 1 9

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 7 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 7 PM JONAH MATHEWS JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-3 • 200 • SANTA MONICA • CA • SANTA MONICA

BREAKDOWN: Jonah Mathews HIGHHIGH SCHOOLSCHOOL: Mathews graduatedg from Santa is a 6-3, 200-pound junioror guardguard MMonicaonica HiHighgh in 2016 and servedse as the Vikings’ who is a key contributoror both team captain, leadingleading them inin scoring with a 24.1 offensively and defensivelyvely forfor pointspoints per gamegame and averagingaveraging 8.4 rebounds and 6.2 the Trojans. He has an excellentexcellent assists. He scored 41 points in the season-opener all-around game and is a strongstrong and never looked back leadinleadingg the Vikings to a 30-3 shooter from the outside.side. HHee rrecordecord which included a 25-game 25-g winning streak. is serviing as one of USC’sUSC’s team That streak was snsnappedapped in a 64-60 loss to George captains this season. WashinWashingtongton Prep in the CaliforniaCalifo state Division II playoffplayoff ggameame on MarchM 9. Santa Monica 2017-18: Mathews playedyed in 34 games,games, defeateddefeated TemeTemeculac Valley 66-60 in the making 23 starts, and averagedveraged 9.3 pointspoints CIFCIF SSouthernouthern Section 1A title game and 2.6 rebounds. He waswas secondsecond on thethe on March 5, as Mathews scored team with 58 3-pointers made and his 42.3 3333 pointspoints in thet come-from-behind shooting percentage fromm beyondbeyond the arc led victory.victory. He a also earned a title as USC and was sixth amongng Pac-12 players.players. a freshmanfreshman whenw his older brother Six times he made four or more 3-pointers JordanJordan (California/Gonzaga)(C in a game. He scored inn double fi guguresres 13 ledled SantaSanta Monica to the 2013 times, scoring a career-highhigh 27 in the Pac- championships.cha Mathews 12 Tournament semifi nall win over Oregon...Oregon... wasw named the 2016 he made a career-best seven 3-pointers in CIF Southern Section that game and was namedmed to the All-Pac-12 Division 1A Player Tournament Team. He alsoso scored 20 points of the Year. He was vs. Oregon on Feb. 15. MathewsMathews grabbedgrabbed a also named to the career-best seven reboundsnds andand scoredscored 18 L.A. Times All-Area 2 points vs. Lehigh on Nov. 22. He started the TeamT and honorable fi rst nine games before beinbeingg sidelined mentionment on the MaxPreps with an ankle injury whichh caused him to All-StateAll-State team. tea Mathews was miss two of the next threeee games.games. He rankedranked the No. 79 recruit in his class Career Highs returned to the starting lineupineup forfor goodgood byby ESPN.ESPN. He was also ranked the the fi nal 10 games of thehe season and No. 62 overall prospectp and the No. 1 Points averaged 9.8 points, scoringring 10 or more shootingshooting guardguard in the West by Scout. 27, 3/9/18 vs. Oregon points in four of those games.mes. com.com. MMathewsathews was team MVP three times and leleftft asas Santa Monica High’s Rebounds 2016-17: Mathews playeded in 35 games,games, all-time leadinleadingg scorer.s 7, 11/22/17 vs. Lehigh including three starts, and averaged averaged 7.0 points and 1.8 reboundsunds perper game.game. PEPERSONALRSONAL: JoJonah was born on Feb. Assists Finished the season fourthth onon thethe teamteam inin 10, 1998 in SanSan Franicisco,F Calif. His 5, 11/27/16 vs. UCSB three-pointers made (42),), third in steals pparentsarents are Philip Philip and Margie and he (31) and sixth in minutess pla playedyed ( (715).715). hhasas three siblinsiblings,gs, Jordan, Sabrina and Steals Played in the opener vs. MontanaMontana on Nov. 6, 12/23/16 vs. Wyoming AAkilah.kilah. It isis a ba basketballs family as his 11 and tied for the team leadead with threethree fatherfather Phil is currentlycurre the head coach assists and grabbed threee rebounds in at Riverside CommunityComm College and his 3-Pointers 16 minutes off the bench. ScoredScored his 7, 3/9/18 vs. Oregon older brother, Jordan,Jorda played for Gonzaga fi rst four points, had threeee rebounds in the 2017 NNCAACAA ChampionshipsC game and two steals vs. Omahaa on Nov. 13.13. aafterfter beginning beginning his career at California. Totaled 14 points (7 of 10 fromfrom the ffreeree throw linline)e) vs. 2017-18 Season Highs Likes reading,reading, playingplayi video games and SMU on Nov. 25. Scored a season-highseason-high 26 points with hhanginganging out with friendsfrien in his spare time. fi ve three-pointers made (5(5 ofof 8)8) and fi ve rebounds. Points SaysSays Allen Iverson Iverson is his sports hero vs. Wyoming on Dec. 23 in Las VegasVegas ClassicClassic title 27, 3/9/18 vs. Oregon because he was small,sma but had a big heart. game....also a career-highgh six steals in the game.game. Lists Lil Uzi Vert, BiBiggieg Smalls, Kendrick Rebounds Started his fi rst game on Jan. 22 vs. Arizona StateState Lamar, Drake and J.J Cole as his favorite 7, 11/22/17 vs. Lehigh and had 14 points and three steals. ScoredScored 18 points and grabbed a season-bestason-best six rebounds at musicalmusical artists.artists. His Hi favorite foods are Assists Washington State on Feb. 4. Was accidentally kicked chicken, spaghetti and pizza. Would like 3, 2x, last 3/9/18 vs. Oregon in the head after a pump fake vs. Washington State on to travel to Fiji some day. After a career in March 1...sat out next game vs. Washington on March the NBA, he would like to be a sports commentator on Steals 4 with concussion-like symptoms. Returned to action ESPN. Mathews is a Communications major at USC. 3, 3/9/18 vs. Oregon the next game vs. Washington in the fi rst round of the Pac-12 Tournament on March 8. Scored 11 points vs. 3-Pointers UCLA in the Pac-12 Quarterfi nals on March 9. Scored 7, 3/9/18 vs. Oregon 7 points on 2-for-2 shooting from three-point range in USC’s First Four win over Providence on March 15. 2013-2014 • 48 • USC BASKETBALL

2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 8 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 7 PM JONAH MATHEWS • 2016-2017 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Montana...... 0-3 0-3 0-2 0-3 3 1 3 0 0 0 16 0 Omaha ...... 1-7 1-4 1-2 0-3 3 0 1 0 0 2 16 4 at Texas A&M ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 New Orleans ...... 4-7 3-4 2-2 1-2 3 1 1 2 0 1 20 13 SMU ...... 3-4 1-2 7-10 1-1 2 1 2 1 0 1 20 14 UCSB...... 0-5 0-4 0-1 0-3 3 0 5 1 0 0 12 0 at San Diego ...... 0-5 0-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 2 19 0 vs. BYU...... 3-6 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 2 20 8 Pepperdine ...... 3-5 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 1 0 0 23 8 Troy ...... 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 2 0 0 23 5 Cornell ...... 2-5 1-2 2-4 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 7 vs. Missouri St. ....1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 1 17 2 vs. Wyoming ...... 9-17 5-8 3-4 2-3 5 3 2 2 0 6 39 26 at Oregon St...... 3-10 2-6 2-2 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 10 at Oregon...... 4-11 2-7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 11 Stanford ...... 4-10 2-6 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 2 1 4 24 10 California ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 1 0 1 0 0 24 2 at Utah ...... 3-8 3-4 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 21 9 at Colorado ...... 3-9 2-7 3-4 2-3 5 2 1 0 0 0 26 11 Arizona ...... 1-5 0-4 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 2 Arizona St...... 6-12 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 1 3 31 14 UCLA ...... 1-5 1-5 0-0 1-1 2 3 0 0 0 3 19 3 at Washington ...... 3-7 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 0 0 2 22 7 at Washington St. 6-10 4-6 2-4 0-6 6 2 2 1 0 0 26 18 Oregon St...... 3-7 1-3 2-2 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 20 9 Oregon...... 1-6 0-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 15 2 at UCLA ...... 1-6 0-3 1-2 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 17 3 at Arizona...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 at Arizona St...... 4-7 2-5 2-2 0-2 2 0 2 0 0 1 26 12 Washington St. ....4-8 2-3 2-4 1-2 3 1 4 0 0 0 21 12 Washington ...... DNP vs. Washington ....0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 vs. UCLA...... 3-10 2-6 3-3 0-3 3 1 1 1 0 1 28 11 vs. Providence .....2-4 2-2 1-1 1-0 1 4 0 1 0 0 23 7 vs. SMU ...... 2-6 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 2 0 0 22 4 vs. Baylor ...... 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 11 0 TOTALS ...... 83-223 42-127 36-52 14-50 64 47 40 22 2 31 715 244

JONAH MATHEWS • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CSF ...... 3-9 1-4 4-5 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 North Dakota St. ..2-5 1-2 1-3 1-3 4 1 1 3 0 2 25 6 at Vanderbilt ...... 3-5 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 4 1 1 1 0 37 7 Lehigh ...... 7-10 4-6 0-0 1-6 7 0 2 1 0 1 24 18 TAMU ...... 1-8 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 1 1 0 30 3 at SMU...... 4-9 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 2 0 0 29 9 vs. Oklahoma...... 3-8 0-4 1-1 0-3 3 4 1 2 0 0 29 7 Santa Clara...... 2-5 2-3 0-0 1-4 5 3 2 1 1 0 28 6 UCSB...... 6-11 4-7 0-0 2-3 5 1 1 0 1 0 33 16 Princeton ...... DNP vs. Akron ...... 5-9 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 1 23 13 vs. Middle Tenn. DNP vs. NM State ...... 4-6 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 1 1 2 0 0 28 9 Washington...... 2-4 0-1 2-2 1-1 2 3 1 1 0 0 26 6 Washington St. ....5-8 0-2 1-1 0-4 4 4 0 0 0 0 24 11 at California ...... 1-6 0-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 3 0 2 20 3 at Stanford ...... 0-6 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 2 Colorado ...... 3-7 3-6 0-4 0-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 27 9 Utah ...... 7-12 3-5 0-0 2-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 24 17 at Oregon...... 4-9 2-6 1-2 0-2 2 1 2 0 0 1 27 11 at Oregon St...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-6 6 4 2 0 0 1 24 3 Stanford ...... 7-12 4-6 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 1 31 18 California ...... 6-8 4-5 0-2 1-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 24 16 at UCLA...... 3-8 2-7 0-0 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 2 22 8 at Arizona St...... 3-5 2-4 0-0 1-1 2 5 0 0 0 0 13 8 at Arizona...... 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 Oregon...... 7-11 5-7 1-3 0-1 1 1 0 2 0 0 31 20 Oregon St...... 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 30 0 at Colorado ...... 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-2 3 2 1 0 0 1 23 4 at Utah ...... 3-6 1-4 1-2 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 2 27 8 UCLA ...... 1-5 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 2 0 0 0 0 23 3 vs. Oregon St...... 5-10 3-5 0-0 0-3 3 2 1 1 0 0 36 13 vs. Oregon ...... 8-10 7-9 4-4 1-2 3 0 3 2 0 3 38 27 vs. Arizona ...... 4-12 1-6 2-2 1-2 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 11 UNC Asheville...... 1-4 1-4 1-2 0-2 2 3 0 3 0 0 36 4 W. Kentucky...... 3-10 1-4 1-2 2-1 3 2 2 0 0 1 33 8 TOTALS ...... 115-251 58-137 27-45 21-67 88 59 32 28 5 19 921 315

JONAH MATHEWS • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2016-17 35-3 83-223 .372 42-127 .331 36-52 .692 244 7.0 14 50 64 1.8 47-0 40 22 2 31 715 2017-18 34-23 115-251 .458 58-137 .423 27-45 .600 315 9.3 21 67 88 2.6 59-1 32 28 5 19 921 TOTALS: 69-26 198-474 .418 100-264 .379 63-97 .649 559 8.1 35 117 152 2.2 106-1 72 50 7 50 1636

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 4 9 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 9 PM CHARLES O’BANNON SOPHOMORE • GUARD • 6-6 • 210 • COMPTON • CA • BISHOP GORMAN HS

BREAKDOWN: Charles (Chuck) HIGH SCHOOL: The fi ve-star recruit O’Bannon O’Bannon’Bannon Jr.Jr. isis a 6-6,6-6, 210-pound210-pound Jr.Jr. ooff LLasas VVegas,egas, Nev.Nev. was ranked ranked thethe No.No. 28 sophomoreophomore guardguard who will add prospectprospect on the ESPNESPN Top 100 list and the No. offensiveffensive explosiveness anandd lengthlength 6 small forwardforward in the 20172017 class. O’BannonO’Bannon att the gguarduard position forfor the Trojans.Trojans. was a 2017 2017 McDonald’s McDonald’s All-American and Hee has the potential to take a bigbig scoredscored 10 points, had three rebounds and stepep fforwardorward this season. disheddished outout twotwo assistsassists in thethe McDonald’sMcDonald’s All- American gamegame on March 29 in Chicago,Chicago, Ill. The 2017-18017-18: O O’Bannon’Bannon appeared in 14 gamesgames forfor USC,USC, scoringscoring 18 All-StateAll-State wingwing led Bishop GormanGorman HighHigh to a pointsoints and grabbinggrabbing nine rebounds. 22-22-99 recordrecord hishis seniorsenior seasonseason whilewhile Hee playedplayed in the season opener vs. aavera v e r a g iin n g 21.4 points, 8.1 CSS Fullerton on Nov. 1010 and had reboundsrebounds and 4.04.0 assists. twowo reboundsrebounds andand anan assistassist in ninenine OO’Bannon’Bannon h eelped l p e d llead e a d minutesinutes ofof action. ScoredScored his fi rst BishB i s h oop p GGormanorman to f fourour pointsoints as a TrTrojanojan fromfrom the ffreeree throw of it itss s sixix coc o n ssecu e c u ttiv i v e linene on Nov. 22 vs. Lehigh...HeLehih gh...He was s t a te 4 A t i t l e s , 2-for-2-for-2 in that gamegame and made all seven includinincludingg a 62- attemptsttempts ffromrom the charitcharityy stripe he took 58 comeback win duringuring the season. ScoredScored his fi rst fi eld over ClarkClark in the goaloal and added two rebounds vs. SantaSanta 2017 title gamegame in Claralara on Dec. 14. PlayedPlayed a season-highseason-high which he scored 36 144 minutes vs. Princeton on Dec. 1199 and ppointsoints and grabbedgrabbed hadad a season-best two steals. ScoredScored 11 rrebounds.ebounds. a season-highseason-high fivefive points, made his 1133 PERPERSONALSONAL: OO’Bannon’Bannon was born fi rrstst three-pointer and again again had two on March 1, 1999 in LonLongg Beach, reboundsebounds vs.vs. ArkonArkon onon Dec.Dec. 22. MadeMade CCalif.alif. His parents are Valencia and hiss onlyonly shot in U USC’sSC’s Pac-12 CCharlesharles O’Bannon.O’Bannon. HisHis fatherfather waswas Career Highs semiemifi nal win vs. OOregonregon on a starter on UC UCLA’sLA’s 11995995 national Marcharch 9. Points cchampionshiphampionship team and went on to 5, 12/22/17 vs. Akron be a second-round pick in the 1997 NBNBAA dr draft.aft. H Hisis u unclencle EdEd O’BannonO’Bannon Rebounds also was a star on the 11994-95994-95 Bru- 2, 3x, last 12/22/17 vs. Akron ininss teteamam aandnd waswas thethe ninthninth overalloverall ppickick in the 1995 NBA dradraft.ft. Assists 1, 2x, last 11/19/17 at Vanderbilt

Steals 2, 12/19/17 vs. Princeton

3-Pointers 1, 12/22/17 vs, Akron

2017-18 Season Highs

Points 5, 12/22/17 vs. Akron

Rebounds 2, 3x, last 12/22/17 vs. Akron

Assists 1, 2x, last 11/19/17 at Vanderbilt

Steals 2, 12/19/17 vs. Princeton

3-Pointers 1, 12/22/17 vs, Akron

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 0 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :2 9 PM CHARLES O’BANNON • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CSF ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 1 1 0 0 9 0 North Dakota St. DNP at Vanderbilt ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Lehigh ...... 0-4 0-0 2-2 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 TAMU ...... DNP at SMU...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 vs. Oklahoma..... DNP Santa Clara...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 2 UCSB...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 Princeton ...... 1-5 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 2 14 2 vs. Akron ...... 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 vs. Middle Tenn. DNP vs. NM State ...... DNP Washington...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Washington St. ....0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP Colorado ...... DNP Utah ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 at Oregon...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP Stanford ...... DNP California ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 at UCLA...... DNP at Arizona St...... DNP at Arizona...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... DNP at Colorado ...... DNP at Utah ...... 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 UCLA ...... DNP vs. Oregon St..... DNP vs. Oregon ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 UNC Asheville.... DNP W. Kentucky...... DNP TOTALS ...... 5-23 1-8 7-7 1-8 9 10 2 2 0 4 72 18

CHARLES O’BANNON • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2017-18 14-0 5-23 .217 1-8 .125 7-7 1.000 18 1.3 1 8 9 0.6 10-0 2 2 0 4 72 TOTALS: 14-0 5-23 .217 1-8 .125 7-7 1.000 18 1.3 1 8 9 0.6 10-0 2 2 0 4 72

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 1 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 1 PM KEVIN PORTER Jr. FRESHMAN • GUARD • 6-6 • 218 • SOUTH SEATTLE • WA • RAINIER BEACH HS

BREAKDOWN: Kevin Porter Jr. is a 6-6, 218-pound PERSONAL: Kevin was born on May 4, 2000 in athletic guard who can score from anywhere on the South Seattle, Wash. His parents are Ayanna and court and has the ability to break down a defense Kevin Porter Sr. His interests are basketball and and make plays. relaxing. Says his favorite musical artists are Lil Baby, Young Thug and Gunna. His favorite food HIGH SCHOOL: Porter graduated from Rainier is macaroni. One day would like to travel to Paris, Beach High inin Seattle,Seattle, Wash.Wash. France. Porter is a CCommunicationommunication majormajor at USC.USC. in 2018. Thee fi veve-star-star rerecruitcruit averaged 2727 points, 14 rebounds andnd fivefive assistsassists as a seniorr andand ledled hishis team to a 22-7-7 record.record. HisHis Rainier Beachh teamteam lostlost thethe Washington statestate title gamegame to teammate J’RaanJ’Raan Brooks’Brooks’ Garfi eld team,, 72-63, despite 22 points andnd 12 rebounds by Porter. He also scored 29 points in thee state quarterfinalsquarterfinals win over Wilson. PorterPorter was was votedvoted thethe No.No. 1 player in thehe state of of WashingtonWashington and named “Mr. Basketball” forfor the state by by the Washingtonton Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association.ociation. Porter was ranked the No. 16 recruitt in the 2018 class byby Rivals. com and No. 28 byby 247Sports.com.247Sports.com. Hee 4 becomes USC’sC’s fi rst Rivals.com fi ve-star recruit since DeMarDeMar DeRozanDeRozan in 2008.2008. Porter was namedamed Co-PlayerCo-Player ooff the Year at the 2018 Allen Iverson Roundball Career Highs Classic.

Points First season at USC

Rebounds First season at USC

Assists First season at USC

Steals First season at USC

3-Pointers First season at USC

Enfi eld on Porter

“Kevin is a very dynamic scorer and passer. He is a terrifi c ath- lete and has the unique ability to avoid the defense and make plays for his teammates.”

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 2 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 2 PM NICK RAKOCEVIC JUNIOR • FORWARD • 6-11 • 225 • CHICAGO • ILL. • SAINT JOSEPH’S HS

BREAKDOWN: Nick Rakocevic (rah-COE-cev- HIGH SCHOOL: Rakocevic played for Saint ik) is a 6-11, 225-pound versatilesatile JJoseph’soseph’s High inin Westchester,Westchester, IllIll.,., wwherehere hhee averaaveragedged sophomore forward who addsddsd 19.8 points, 14.4 rebounds and 4.0 blocks as a senior. needed depth to the Trojans’s’ HHee was named the CChicagohicago Tribune All-StarAll-Star fi rst team, frontline. He can step out too All-All-StateState and All-Conference.All-Conference. In St.St. Joseph’s 56-55 three-point range to hit a jumperer llossoss to Manual (Peoria)(Peoria) in overtime in the ClassClass 3A and is an aggressive rebounder.er. third-place gamegame to end Rakocevic’sRakocevic’s prep career, he sscoredcored 26 points, had 13 rebounds, six blocks and 2017-18: Rakocevic playeded in ffourour steals. Rakocevic posted a double-double in all all 36 games, making 22 starts,starts, ooff his 33 starts. As a jjunior,unior, he led his team to the 3A and averaging 8.1 points andnd 6.2 Illinois state title. In the championship gamegame againstagainst rebounds. He averaged 10.11 points Belleville AlthoAlthoff,ff, he scored 18 points and grabbedgrabbed and 8.3 rebounds over USC’ss fi nal 1313 11 rrebounds.ebounds. games. His 62.7 fi eld goal percentageercentage led USC, was third among Pac-1212 playersplayers PERPERSONALSONAL: NickNick waswas bornborn and ranks second on USC’s single-single- on Dec. 31, 1997 in Chicago,Chicago, season fi eld goal percentage list. He Ill. His parents are Momo scored in double fi gures 13 timesmes and andand DeniseDenise RakocevicRakocevic had double-digit rebounds sixx times. and he has one brother, Ten times he led USC in rebounding,ounding, Pete. Likes listeninlisteningg to including the final four gameses of of the music,music, watching watching movies season. He had a career highh in both points and hanhangingging out with and rebounds in USC’ NIT opener vs. UNC UNC ffriendsriends durinduringg his spare Asheville on March 13, fi nishingng with 24 points and time. List Denzel WashingtonWashington 19 rebounds...his 19 reboundss were the most byby a and Mark Walhberg Walhberg as his Trojan since David Bluthenthal tiedtied the school record 3311 ffavoriteavorite aactorsctors anandd J. CColeole with 28 vs. ASU in 2000. Rakoceviccevic had four-doublefour-double anandd DrakeDrake as hishis favoritefavorite doubles: 16 points/10 reboundsds vs. SantaSanta ClaraClara on musmusicalical artists.artists. Would Would likelike Dec. 14, 12 points/12 reboundsds vs. UCSBUCSB on Dec. to travel to SpainSpain some 17, 14 points, 10 rebounds at UCLAUCLA on Feb.3 and Career Highs daday.y. SSaysays his sports hero 24 points/19 rebounds vs. UNCC Asheville on March is Michael JordanJordan because 13. He was second on the teamm with 223223 rebounds Points hhee was the greatestgreatest ofof all and led USC with 97 offensivee rebounds, fourthfourth in 24, 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville time. SServederved as a tutor to the conference. mmiddleiddle schoolschool childrenchildren

Rebounds durinduringg highhigh school. Is : Rakocevic playeded in all 36 games,games, 19, 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville 2016-17 a CommunicationsCommunications making eight starts. He averagedraged 5.2 points and majormajor at USC.USC. Assists 3.7 rebounds in 14.9 minutes playedplayed per game.game. He 4, 12/23/16 vs. Wyoming was fourth on the team in reboundsunds (134)(134) and blocks (23). Also, second on the teamam with 60 offensive offensive Steals rebounds. Started the opener vs. Montana, but gotgot 3, 2x, last 3/10/18 vs. Arizona in foul trouble and fi nished withth one point and two rebounds in 10 minutes. Startedted againagain vs. OmahaOmaha Blocks on Nov. 13 and scored seven pointspoints and had seven 4, 2/9/17 Oregon State rebounds...also had two blocks.s. CameCame offoff the bench to score six points at Texas A&MM on Nov. 18. SScoredcored eight points and grabbed four reboundsebounds in 11 minutes 2017-18 off the bench vs. UCSB on Nov.Nov. 27. SStartedtarted and had a season-best 13 points andnd nine rebounds vs. Points Pepperdine on Dec. 11...was 9 ofof 10 fromfrom the freefree 24, 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville throw line. He scored 10 points,, had seven rebounds and three blocks vs. Troy on Dec. 17. He had 11 Rebounds points on 5 of 6 shooting and addedadded eighteight rebounds 19, 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville vs. ASU on Jan. 22. Had a career-highreer-high fourfour blocks, Assists seven points and four reboundsnds against against OregonOregon 2, 4x, last 3/3/18 vs. UCLA St. on Feb. 9. Was 5-for-5 to score 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds vs. Washingtonashington on March 4. Steals Helped key USC’s comeback fromfrom 15 points down 3, 2x, last 3/10/18 vs. Arizona at the half vs. Providence in thee First Four gamegame on March 15, scoring nine points, withwith seven points and Blocks a steal in the second half. 2, 2x, last 2/21/18 at Colorado

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 3 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 3 PM NICK RAKOCEVIC • 2016-2017 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Montana...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 4 0 2 0 0 10 1 Omaha ...... 2-6 0-0 3-5 6-1 7 0 1 1 2 0 21 7 at Texas A&M ...... 1-3 0-0 4-4 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 6 New Orleans ...... 2-4 0-0 2-4 3-2 5 2 0 2 0 0 18 6 SMU ...... 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-2 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 2 UCSB...... 4-5 0-0 0-1 2-2 4 2 0 2 1 0 11 8 at San Diego ...... 2-3 0-0 2-4 1-4 5 3 1 2 1 1 23 6 vs. BYU...... 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 Pepperdine ...... 2-3 0-0 9-10 1-8 9 1 0 1 3 1 24 13 Troy ...... 4-7 0-0 2-2 5-2 7 3 1 0 3 0 21 10 Cornell ...... 4-7 0-0 0-0 3-3 6 2 0 1 1 0 13 8 vs. Missouri St. ....3-3 0-0 1-1 1-2 3 2 2 1 0 0 15 7 vs. Wyoming ...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 3 4 1 1 1 22 4 at Oregon St...... 2-4 0-0 2-2 3-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 20 6 at Oregon...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 4 2 0 1 0 12 2 Stanford ...... 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-2 3 4 1 2 0 0 16 0 California ...... 1-3 0-0 1-4 1-4 5 4 0 3 1 0 24 3 at Utah ...... 3-5 0-0 3-5 2-0 2 4 0 1 0 1 16 9 at Colorado ...... 1-3 0-0 2-6 3-3 6 0 1 1 0 0 16 4 Arizona ...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 3-0 3 4 0 2 0 0 14 4 Arizona St...... 5-6 0-0 1-1 3-5 8 3 1 0 0 0 23 11 UCLA ...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 4 0 1 0 0 12 4 at Washington ...... 0-3 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 at Washington St. 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 12 4 Oregon St...... 2-3 0-0 3-3 2-2 4 4 0 2 4 0 15 7 Oregon...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 at UCLA ...... 1-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 4 at Arizona...... 0-1 0-0 4-4 1-2 3 1 0 1 0 0 11 4 at Arizona St...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 2 10 4 Washington St. ....2-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 1 0 1 1 0 16 6 Washington ...... 5-5 0-0 0-0 2-6 8 2 0 1 1 0 21 10 vs. Washington ....2-6 0-0 3-3 3-2 5 1 2 1 0 2 17 7 vs. UCLA...... 1-2 0-0 2-4 2-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 14 4 vs. Providence .....3-6 0-0 3-3 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 1 19 9 vs. SMU ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 3 0 0 0 0 14 2 vs. Baylor ...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 4 TOTALS ...... 67-119 0-0 53-79 60-75 134 89 16 31 23 9 538 187

NICK RAKOCEVIC • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CSF ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 5 0 0 1 0 13 1 North Dakota St. ..0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Vanderbilt ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 0 1 0 11 0 Lehigh ...... 3-4 0-0 0-1 1-3 4 3 1 0 0 0 15 6 TAMU ...... 5-7 0-0 1-2 4-3 7 1 0 0 1 1 20 11 at SMU...... 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 2 0 3 0 0 9 3 vs. Oklahoma...... 5-8 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 2 0 0 0 1 18 10 Santa Clara...... 6-9 0-0 4-7 6-4 10 5 1 1 2 0 18 16 UCSB...... 6-10 0-0 0-0 4-8 12 2 1 4 0 0 27 12 Princeton ...... 1-2 0-0 3-6 5-2 7 3 2 1 0 0 27 5 vs. Akron ...... 3-4 0-0 3-5 2-7 9 4 0 1 1 0 20 9 vs. Middle Tenn. ..1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 0 0 0 9 2 vs. NM State ...... 2-3 0-0 2-2 2-1 3 2 0 2 0 1 15 6 Washington...... 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 11 5 Washington St. ....6-7 0-0 0-2 3-6 9 4 2 1 0 1 24 12 at California ...... 8-11 0-0 3-3 4-3 7 3 0 0 1 0 26 19 at Stanford ...... 8-12 0-0 1-2 6-1 7 4 0 1 0 1 21 17 Colorado ...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 4-0 4 3 2 2 1 0 16 4 Utah ...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 4-2 6 3 1 0 1 1 16 0 at Oregon...... 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 3 0 0 0 0 10 4 at Oregon St...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 1 1 1 12 4 Stanford ...... 4-8 0-0 1-2 3-5 8 0 0 0 1 2 29 9 California ...... 3-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 1 2 1 23 6 at UCLA...... 7-11 0-0 0-2 7-3 10 4 0 1 0 3 24 14 at Arizona St...... 6-6 0-0 7-10 3-4 7 3 1 1 0 1 24 19 at Arizona...... 6-8 0-0 0-0 4-5 9 5 0 2 0 1 25 12 Oregon...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 3 0 0 0 1 24 5 Oregon St...... 4-9 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 2 1 1 1 1 26 8 at Colorado ...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 3-3 6 2 1 1 2 0 28 5 at Utah ...... 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-6 7 4 0 1 0 2 19 3 UCLA ...... 3-6 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 4 2 1 1 0 31 6 vs. Oregon St...... 1-3 0-0 2-2 2-6 8 3 0 0 1 0 28 4 vs. Oregon ...... 3-5 0-0 1-2 4-7 11 2 0 2 0 1 32 7 vs. Arizona ...... 6-7 0-0 1-2 3-3 6 3 1 1 0 3 34 13 UNC Asheville....11-17 0-0 2-5 7-12 19 1 1 2 1 0 41 24 W. Kentucky...... 5-7 0-0 1-4 3-7 10 4 0 1 0 2 32 11 TOTALS ...... 126-201 0-0 40-73 97-126 223 106 17 32 19 26 759 292

NICK RAKOCEVIC • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2016-17 36-8 67-119 .563 0-0 .--- 53-79 .671 187 5.2 60 74 134 3.7 89-1 16 31 23 9 538 2017-18 36-22 126-201 .627 0-0 .--- 40-73 .548 292 8.1 97 126 223 6.2 106-3 17 32 19 26 759 TOTALS: 72-30 193-320 .603 0-0 .--- 93-152 .612 479 6.7 157 200 357 5.0 195-4 33 63 42 35 1297

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 4 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 5 PM DERRYCK THORNTON RS-JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-3 • 195 • LOS ANGELES • CA • FINDLAY PREP (NEV.) • DUKE

BREAKDOWN: Derryck Thornton is a 6-foot-3, HIGH SCHOOL: Thornton graduated from Findlay 195-pound redshirt junior guard who transfered to Prep (Nev.) in 2015 as the No. 11 ranked player by USC from Dukeuke before the 2016-172016-17 season.season. In his Scout.comScout.com andand thethe No.No. 14 rankedranked playerplayer by Rivals. second seasonson ofof playingplaying forfor USCUSC he will be counted com.com. He was rated as the No. 13 playerplayer in thet 2015 on to providede the TrojansTrojans with classclass byby the RecruitingRecruiting ServicesServices ConsensusConsensu Index. scoring, quickness,ckness, defense defense and HeHe reclassifi ed to 2015 to graduategraduate early,early, afterafte leading great passing.g. FindlayFindlay Prep to a 29-3 record and averaaveragingg 17.0 points, 6.2 assists and 3.4 rebounds per ggame as 2017-18: ApAppearedpeared in 25 gamesgames a j junior.unior. Thornton led his team to the semisem fi nals of in his first season playing playing forfor the Dick’s SSportingporting GoodsGoods High High SchoolSchool NationalsN USC and averagedaveraged 3.8 pointspoints tournament in 2015. As a sophomore, he helpedhel lead and 1.4 rebounds.bounds. In the the FindlayFindlay Prep to a 31-5 record while averaginga opener vs. CS Fullerton 11.6 points and 7.7 assists peper game. on Nov. 10, he scored a ThorntonThornton waswas namednamed toto thethe 2013-142013 U.S. season-highh 11 points, B aas s k eet t bba a lll l men’smen’s DevelopmentalDevelo grabbed a season-besteason-best NationalNational TeamT on four reboundsnds andand MarchMarch 27,2 2013. matched a career-career- HeHe playedpl his high with threeee 3-point fr e s h m a n baskets. S Suffereduffered sse e a s o n a dislocateded rightright at Sierra CCa a n y o n shoulder in practice HHi i ggh h andand led the o n N o v. 2 8 a n d TrailblazersTrail missed the nextnext ninenine ttoo a 17-11 recordrecord andand guided games. He returnedreturned to action them to C CIFIF SS 4AA secondsecon round. 5 on Dec. 31 vs. WashiWashingtonngtoon hhee averagedaveraged 15.9 points, 7.2 assists,ass 3.8 State and scoredcored two points in rebounds and 2.7 steals per game.gam nine minutess of action.action. HeHe scoredscored eight points andand had a career-highcareer-high PERPERSONALSONAL: DerrDerryckyck was bornbor on May four steals onn Jan.Jan. 1100 vs. Colorado.Colorado. 30, 1997 in Los AnAngeles,geles, Calif.Ca He is Career Highs Made his onlynly start ofof the season the son ofof DerryckDerryck Thornton,Thornton Sr. who on Feb. 10 at Arizona and scored plplayedayed collegiatelycollegiately at AzusaAzusa Pacifi c Points seven pointss and had three assists. and proprofessionallyfessionally in Germany.Germa His 19, 11/20/15 vs. VCU He made his fi rsrstt 21 ffreeree ththrowsrows befbeforeore mother’smother’s namename isis Liz andand hehe hash three ssisters,isters, Brandee, SkylarSkylar and Jordyn.Jor He missing on hisis fourthfourth attempt on March 3 isis interestedinterested in musicmusic andand makesmak beats Rebounds vs. UCLA. HHee fi nished the season makinmakingg 5, 2x, last 1/19/16 vs. Viginia Tech in his spare time. Lists he favorite 23 of 27 freee throws forfor a team-leadingteam-leading 85.2 actors as Will SSmithmith anand Eddie percent. Hee missed the fi rst two ggamesames ooff the Assists MurphyMurphy and his favoritefavorite musical 7, 1/9/16 vs. Virginia Tech Pac-12 Tournamentrnament with an upper respiratory respiratory artistartist as Drake.Drake. HeHe wouldw like infection. HeHe returned to playplay two minutes in the to travel to Spain ssomeome day.da Is a Steals Pac-12 Tournamentnament fi nal vs. Arizona on March 10.10. He 4, 1/10/18 vs. Colorado scored eightt points byby makingmaking 3 ofof 4 shots vs. UNCUNC BusineBusinesss major Asheville in thethe NIT opener on March 13.13. ata USCUSC.. 3-Pointers 3, 2x, last 11/10/17 vs. CS Fullerton 2016-17: PPracticedracticed with the team but was ineliineligiblegible to play due toto transfertransfer rules.

2017-18 Season Highs 2015-16: TThorntonhornton started at point guardguard in 20 ofof Duke’s 36 gamesames and averagedaveraged 7.1 points and 2.6 Points assists per game.game. He was second on the team in 11, 11/10/17 vs. CS Fullerton total assists (93)(93) and sixth in total points (255)(255) and minutes played (935). His assist total ranks 10th Rebounds all-time on Duke’s freshman list and his 1.58:1 assist 4, 11/10/17 vs. CS Fullerton to turnover ratio ranks tied for seventh all-time by a Assists Blue Devils’ freshman. He had 17 assists and six 4, 11/22/17 vs. Lehigh turnovers in Duke’s last fi ve games of the season. The Blue Devils went 15-5 in his 20 starts and he Steals averaged 8.7 points in those games. He scored in 4, 1/10/18 vs. Colorado double fi gures seven times, with a season-best of 19 points vs. VCU on Nov. 20, 2015. He had fi ve or 3-Pointers more assists four times, with a season-best of seven 3, 11/10/17 vs. CS Fullerton vs. Virginia Tech on Jan. 9, 2016.

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 5 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 5 PM DERRYCK THORNTON • 2015-2016 GAME BY GAME

3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Sienna...... 1-8 1-4 2-2 1-2 3 1 2 1 0 0 22 5 Bryant ...... 2-9 0-2 0-0 1-4 5 2 4 1 0 1 27 4 vs. Kentucky ...... 3-7 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 3 3 4 0 0 29 7 vs. VCU ...... 7-11 2-3 3-5 0-0 0 4 4 3 0 2 31 19 vs. Georgetown ...3-6 0-1 8-10 1-0 1 4 2 2 0 0 34 14 Yale ...... 2-4 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 3 1 1 2 1 22 6 Utah State...... 1-9 0-1 0-2 0-0 0 4 2 1 0 2 19 2 Indiana ...... 4-5 1-1 3-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 16 12 Buffalo ...... 2-4 0-0 4-4 0-2 2 1 5 0 0 0 24 8 Georgia Southern 5-8 3-3 2-4 0-4 4 2 4 2 0 0 27 15 vs. Utah ...... 2-13 1-4 3-4 2-1 3 1 4 1 0 0 42 8 Elon ...... 5-11 1-4 1-1 0-2 2 2 3 1 1 1 32 12 Long Beach St. ...8-12 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 4 5 3 1 2 30 18 at Boston College 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 2 1 3 0 1 15 3 at Wake Forest ....3-9 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 1 0 0 29 7 Virginia Tech ...... 2-10 0-3 1-2 1-4 5 3 7 5 0 0 30 5 at Clemson ...... 3-9 2-5 0-0 0-4 4 0 3 1 0 0 24 8 Notre Dame ...... 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 1 14 2 Syracuse...... 2-4 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 3 1 2 0 0 22 6 at NC State ...... 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 3 0 1 20 5 at Miami ...... 3-6 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 7 at Georgia Tech ..7-11 1-3 0-2 0-4 4 0 3 2 0 1 30 15 NC State ...... 2-4 1-1 2-3 0-1 1 4 2 2 0 3 23 7 Louisville ...... 2-5 0-2 0-2 0-1 1 3 2 4 1 1 29 4 Virginia ...... 2-8 0-3 0-0 1-3 4 3 4 0 0 2 34 4 at North Carolina .2-9 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 3 2 0 1 2 39 5 at Louisville ...... 3-9 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 2 0 2 34 7 Florida State ...... 2-4 1-2 2-2 0-0 0 5 0 1 0 0 20 7 at Pittsburgh ...... 2-9 1-6 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 3 0 1 35 5 Wake Forest ...... 2-8 0-2 2-2 1-1 2 2 4 1 1 0 37 6 North Carolina .....1-4 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 1 15 3 vs. NC State ...... 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 0 19 4 vs. Notre Dame....2-6 0-3 2-2 0-0 0 0 4 1 0 1 22 6 vs. UNC-Wilm...... 2-3 0-1 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 1 1 0 24 5 vs. Yale ...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 3 5 1 0 1 23 2 vs. Oregon ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 3 0 0 23 2 TOTALS ...... 94-241 27-83 40-58 10-56 66 76 93 59 8 27 935 255

DERRYCK THORNTON • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CSF ...... 4-9 3-4 0-0 0-4 4 1 0 3 0 1 20 11 North Dakota St. ..1-4 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 14 2 at Vanderbilt ...... 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 Lehigh ...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 2 4 2 0 0 19 2 TAMU ...... 1-4 0-1 1-1 0-2 2 1 1 4 1 0 11 3 at SMU...... DNP vs. Oklahoma...... DNP Santa Clara...... DNP UCSB...... DNP Princeton ...... DNP vs. Akron ...... DNP vs. Middle Tenn. DNP vs. NM State...... DNP Washington...... DNP Washington St. ....1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 2 at California ...... 0-2 0-1 4-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 18 4 at Stanford ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 2 Colorado ...... 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 4 18 8 Utah ...... 0-4 0-1 2-2 0-2 2 0 3 2 0 1 15 2 at Oregon...... 1-3 1-1 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 1 0 0 11 3 at Oregon St...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 Stanford ...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 1 0 0 0 16 4 California ...... 2-6 0-0 4-4 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 19 8 at UCLA...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 3 at Arizona St...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 2 at Arizona...... 1-4 1-1 4-4 0-1 1 2 3 1 0 0 31 7 Oregon...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 2 Oregon St...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 1 2 0 1 13 2 at Colorado ...... 3-5 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 2 0 3 18 7 at Utah ...... 3-4 0-1 1-1 0-2 2 0 1 2 1 3 19 7 UCLA ...... 0-4 0-2 3-4 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 3 vs. Oregon St..... DNP vs. Oregon ...... DNP vs. Arizona ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 UNC Asheville...... 3-4 0-0 2-5 0-1 1 1 0 1 1 0 16 8 W. Kentucky...... 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 2 4 0 0 15 4 TOTALS ...... 33-91 7-22 23-27 3-33 36 22 31 34 4 18 356 96

DERRYCK THORNTON • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2015-16 36-20 94-241 .390 27-83 .325 40-58 .690 255 7.1 10 56 66 1.8 76-1 93 59 8 27 935 2016-17 Redshirted due to transfer rules 2017-18 25-1 33-91 .363 7-22 .318 23-27 .852 96 3.8 3 33 36 1.4 22-0 31 34 4 18 356 TOTALS: 61-21 127-332 .383 34-105 .324 63-85 .741 351 5.8 13 89 102 1.7 98-1 124 93 12 45 1291

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 6 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 7 PM JORDAN USHER SOPHOMORE • GUARD/FORWARD • 6-7 • 230 • CANTON • GA • WHEELER HS

BREAKDOWNWN: J Jordanordan UsherUsher is a 6-foot-6-foot- HIHIGHGH SCHOOLSCHOO : Usher played the 2016-17 7, 230-pound sophomore wing wing who has seasonseason at WheelerWhe High in Marietta, Ga. and the ability to getget to the rim and create helpedhelped lead hish team to a 21-9 record and scoring opportunities.tunities. His athleticism to the state state GHSA 7-A quarterfinals. He and strength make him a force both averagedaveraged 17 1 points, eight rebounds and offensively andnd defensively defensively for the three steal perp game for Wheeler. He played Trojans. hishis fi rst thrthreee seasons at Sequoyah High in Canton,Canton, Ga.,G averaging 18.3 points, 8.2 2017-18: Ushersher averaveragedaged 4.8 rebounds,rebounds, 3.23 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.3 points and 2.00 rebounds and blocksblb ocks perper game as a junior, leading his played in all 366 gamesgames forfor the teamtteam to a 20-9 record. He scored 20 or Trojans. He mademade his onlyonly more pointspoin 13 times and had a personal- two starts of thehe seasoseasonn in bestbestt 2323 rebounds vs. Creekview. Usher the NIT games,s, scoringscoring 13 scoredscored 30 or more points four times, points in bothh the win vs. UNC Ashevillee on March 1313 includinginclud a career-best 37 points vs. and loss vs. WesternWestern KentuckyKentucky NorthNorth Forsyth in the 2014-15 season. on March 19. UsherUsher was the onlyonly DuringDurin the summer between his junior Trojan to shoott over 40 percentpercent fromfrom and seniors seasons, he played for the the fi eld and three-pointhree-point rangerange and AtlantaAtlant Celtics, averaging 26.4 points 75 percent or more fromfrom the freefree perper game.ga He averaged 22.3 points throw line. His 40.9 percent shootingshooting as a sophomoreso at Sequoyah HS. The from three-pointnt rangerange tied forfor third four-starfour-star prospect was ranked No. 98 on all-time amongng USCUSC freshmen.freshmen. ESPN’sESPN’s TopTo 100. Started the seasoneason slowlslowly,y, scoring scoring one point in USC’sSC’s fi rst eieightght games.games. PERSONALPERSONA : Usher was born on May 21, 1 Made 1 of 2 freeree throwsthrows vs.vs. NorthNorth 1998 in Atlanta,Atla Ga. His parents are Karen Dakota State on Nov. 13 13 forfor his and HenryHenry Usher.Us He is majoring in Business fi rst career point.nt. His fi rst collegiatecollegiate at USC.USC. fi eld goal was a three-pointer on Career Highs Dec. 17 vs. UCC S Santaanta Barbara and he fi nisheded the gamegame with Points eight points. ScoredScored 12 points 14, 3x, last 2/24/18 at Utah the next game vvs.s. Princeton on Dec. 19. He scoredcored a season- Rebounds best 14 pointss three times: 8, 1/28/18 vs. California at California onon Jan. 4, at Oregon State on Jan. 20 3-Pointers and at Utah onn Feb. 24. In 4, 2x, last 2/24/18 at Utah the game at Oregonegon State,State, he helped rallyy USCUSC back Steals from an 8-pointnt defi cit byby 4, 1/4/18 at California going 4-for-4 fromfrom 3-point 3-point range in the secondecond half.half. Assists 3, 4x, last 1/28/18 vs. California

2017-18 Season Highs

Points 14, 3x, last 2/24/18 at Utah

Rebounds 8, 1/28/18 vs. California

3-Pointers 4, 2x, last 2/24/18 at Utah

Steals 4, 1/4/18 at California

Assists 3, 4x, last 1/28/18 vs. California

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 7 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 7 PM JORDAN USHER • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CSF ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 3 0 2 1 0 15 0 North Dakota St. ..0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 at Vanderbilt ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 Lehigh ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 1 0 0 10 0 TAMU ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 at SMU...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 vs. Oklahoma...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 Santa Clara...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 1 2 0 0 10 0 UCSB...... 3-4 1-1 1-2 1-2 3 1 3 0 0 0 18 8 Princeton ...... 4-8 2-5 2-2 0-4 4 4 0 2 1 0 33 12 vs. Akron ...... 0-2 0-1 2-2 3-3 6 2 0 1 0 0 21 2 vs. Middle Tenn. ..1-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 13 3 vs. NM State ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Washington...... 1-4 0-1 2-2 1-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 17 4 Washington St. ....4-5 0-1 2-2 2-3 5 1 3 3 1 3 18 10 at California ...... 6-7 2-3 0-1 0-2 2 2 1 2 0 4 19 14 at Stanford ...... 1-4 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 3 Colorado ...... 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 13 5 Utah ...... 3-6 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 3 2 0 0 1 16 9 at Oregon...... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 2 0 0 11 2 at Oregon St...... 4-6 4-4 2-3 1-1 2 1 0 1 0 1 19 14 Stanford ...... 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 0 0 1 18 6 California ...... 1-6 1-3 0-0 3-5 8 3 3 1 0 1 15 3 at UCLA...... 0-4 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 2 2 0 0 1 11 2 at Arizona St...... 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 2 2 1 0 0 8 4 at Arizona...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 0 Oregon...... 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 2 1 1 0 1 11 2 Oregon St...... 3-4 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 3 1 0 0 0 20 7 at Colorado ...... 2-4 0-1 1-2 0-3 3 2 0 0 0 1 14 5 at Utah ...... 5-7 4-5 0-0 0-1 1 3 1 1 0 1 19 14 UCLA ...... 1-2 0-1 2-2 0-3 3 2 1 0 0 0 11 4 vs. Oregon St...... 1-4 1-3 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 3 vs. Oregon ...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 2-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 vs. Arizona ...... 3-8 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14 8 UNC Asheville...... 5-9 3-5 0-0 1-1 2 1 1 1 0 1 31 13 W. Kentucky...... 4-11 3-9 2-3 0-1 1 4 0 1 1 0 28 13 TOTALS ...... 60-135 27-66 24-32 21-50 71 65 34 25 4 18 509 171

JORDAN USHER • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2017-18 36-2 60-135 .444 27-66 .409 24-32 .750 171 4.8 21 50 71 2.0 65-0 34 25 4 18 509 TOTALS: 36-2 60-135 .444 27-66 .409 24-32 .750 171 4.8 21 50 71 2.0 65-0 34 25 4 18 509

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 8 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :3 9 PM VICTOR UYAELUNMO SOPHOMORE • FORWARD • 6-11 • 220 • MIAMI • FL • CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

BREAKDOWNKDOWN: Victor UUyaelunmoyaelunmo (oo-ya-loo-moe)(oo-ya-loo-moe) double-doubles. As a juniorjunior at GulliverGulliver HighHigh in Miami,Miam is a 6-foot-11,foot-11, 220-pound sophomoresophomore forwardforward FlFla.a. hehe aalsolsoo averagedaveraged a double-double with 10.410 who is longlong and athletic and can affectaffect the popointsints and andn 11.1 rebounds perper game,game, while wh game onon both sides ofof the court. He is rregisteringegistering 4.1 blocks per game.game. He had 20 an excellentellent shotshot blockerblocker andand a skilledskilled double-ddouble-digitigit rebound gamesgames with a highhigh ofof 21 vs.v scorer inin the paint.paint. MMiamiiami CountryCountry Day.Day. UyaelunmoUyaelunmo is ranked as thet No. 16 center and the No. 7 playerplayer fromfrom FloridaFlori 2017-1818: UyaelunmoUyaelunmo plaplayedyed in 15 games,games, in the 2017 class byby ESPN.com.ESPN.com. UUyaelunmoyaelunm scoringg 21 pointspoints and grabbinggrabbing 13 eearnedarned offersoffers fromfrom 17 differentdifferent colleges.college rebounds.nds. He He startedstarted thethe finalfinal game of the season vs. Western PERPERSONALSONAL: UUyaelunmoyaelunmo wasw Kentuckyky in the NIT and scored bobbornrn on March 20, 1998 in Lagos,Lago a season-bestson-best fivefive points. NiNigeria.geria. His parents are WendyWen He scoredored fourfour points in OOliver-Pyattliver-Pyatt and Michael Py-P the seasonason opener vs. CS att. Victor lived in NigeriaNige Fullertonon on Nov. 10, makingmaking untiluntil he was 12 yearsyea all four freefree throw attempts. old.old. HisHis brotherbroth Scored his fi rst career fi eld SoSolomonlomon is goal withth a dunk vs. LehighLehigh oneono e yearye on Nov.. 22...also22...also hadhad twotwo beb e hhin i n d hhi i m rebounds.ds. ScoredScored fourfour in schoolschool andand ththey points inn the win vs. SantaSanta pplayedlayed togethertogether at Cal-Cal- Clara onon Dec. 14. varvaryy C Christianhristian Acad- eemymy in 2017. He HIGHH SCHOOLSCH OOL : is mamajoringjoring in Busi- U y a e l uunmo n m o ppl l aay y e d nnessess at USUSC.C. 3344 the 2016-17016-17 season at Calvaryvary CChristianhristian Academymy in Miami, Fla. andd helped lead Career Highs his teamam to a 23-623-6 record andand thethe statestate Points 5A title.. In the 65 65-- 5, 3/19/18 vs. Western Kentucky 48 championshipampionship win overver Tampa Rebounds Catholicc on March 3, 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville 4, Uyaelunmoaelunmo s c o r e d nnin i n e Assists points, grabbedgrabbed 12 rebounds rebounds andand 2, 12/22/18 vs. Arkon b l o c k eed d f iiv v e sshots.hots. HeHe alsoalso scoredscored nine pointsoints and h hadad 1155 rebounds in the Steals 39-20 semisemifi nanalsls winw i n o v e r M a rri i a n a None o n Ma M a r c h 1. He averaged averaged 13.5 points, 15.0 rereboundsbounds andand 5.05.0 blocksblocks Blocks per gameame as a sesenior.nior. HeHe reachedreached 1, 1/28/18 vs. California d o u b l e fifiguguresres in rebounds 22 t i m e s with a highhigh ofof 19 vs. Pine Crest on Feb. 1100 and also had seven 2017-18 g a mes e s with 17 oror more more rebounds.rebounds. His scoringring hhighigh was 19 points vs. St.St. Points Andrew’sw’s in a 48-42 win on Feb. 16. He posted 15 5, 3/19/18 vs. Western Kentucky

Rebounds 3, 3/13/18 vs. UNC Asheville

Assists USC has long prided itself on its diverse student body. The university has attracted more interna- 2, 12/22/18 vs. Arkon tional students over the years than any other American university. Currently, 24.9 percent of USC’s students are international and represent approximately 90 foreign countries. In 2015-16, USC had Steals Serbians Strahinja Gavrilovic and Nikola Jovanovic on the roster and this year’s roster features Vic- None tor Uyaelunmo, who was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Also, on this year’s roster is Nick Rakocevic who has Serbian roots. During the 2006-18 seasons, other foreighn-born players included Abdoulaye Blocks N’diaye of Senegal, Danilo Dragovic of Serbia, Mamadou Diarra of Mali, Daniel Hackett of Italy, 1, 1/28/18 vs. California Omar Oraby of Egypt, Davis Rozitis of Latvia, Nikola Vucevic of Montenegro and Ryan Wetherell of Canada were also members of the Trojan squads.

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 5 9 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :4 0 PM VICTOR UYAELUNMO • 2017-2018 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CSF ...... 0-0 0-0 4-4 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 North Dakota St. DNP at Vanderbilt ...... DNP Lehigh ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 TAMU ...... DNP at SMU...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 vs. Oklahoma..... DNP Santa Clara...... 1-2 0-0 2-4 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 UCSB...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Princeton ...... DNP vs. Akron ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 vs. Middle Tenn. ..0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 vs. NM State ...... DNP Washington...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Washington St. ....0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 at California ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 at Stanford ...... DNP Colorado ...... DNP Utah ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 at Oregon...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP Stanford ...... DNP California ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 at UCLA...... DNP at Arizona St...... DNP at Arizona...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... DNP at Colorado ...... DNP at Utah ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 UCLA ...... DNP vs. Oregon St..... DNP vs. Oregon ...... DNP vs. Arizona ...... DNP UNC Asheville...... 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-2 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 W. Kentucky...... 1-2 0-0 3-6 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 TOTALS ...... 6-9 0-0 9-16 4-9 13 6 1 3 1 0 52 21

VICTOR UYAELUNMO • CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN 2017-18 15-1 6-9 .667 0-0 .--- 9-16 .563 21 1.4 4 9 13 0.9 6-0 1 3 1 0 52 TOTALS: 15-1 6-9 .667 0-0 .--- 9-16 .563 21 1.4 4 9 13 0.9 6-0 1 3 1 0 52

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 6 0 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :4 3 PM ELIJAH WEAVER FRESHMAN • GUARD • 6-5 • 210 • COCOA • FL • ROCKLEDGE HS

BREAKDOWN: Elijah Weaver is a 6-5, 210-pound PERSONAL: Elijah was born on December 30, point guard who is a strong leader, passer and 1998 in Albany, Ga.. His parents are Taucia Brown defender. He also possesses the ability to create and Maurice Griffin and his siblings are Tauchon shots for his teammates and for himself. and Monesha Griffi n. He likes scaryy movies and lists TrTransformersansformers as hishis favoritefavorite movie.movie. His HIHIGHGH SCHOOLSCHOOL: Weaver ggraduatedraduated fromfrom RockledgeRockledge favoritefavorite musical artist is YoungYoung Thug.T HHighigh in Rockledge,Rockledge, Fla. in 2018. The ffour-starour-star recruit HeHe lists his favoritefavorite foodsfoods as hot wingsw was ranked No. 37 on the EESPNSPN TopTop 100 list and and pancakes.pancakes. OneOne day day wouldwould like averaaveragedged 23.1 points, 8.2 rebounds, 8.7 assists and tot traveltravel to BoraBora Bora.Bora. WeaverWeaver is a 4.3 steals as a senior. He helped lead RockledRockledgege CCommunicationommunication majormajor at USC.USC. HHighigh to a 25-4 record and to the District 14 6A title. RockledgeRockledge lost in the second round ofof the Florida 6A state championships to eeventualventual state champion Leesburg. Leesburg. Weaver was named the ClassClass 6A6A PlPlayerayer ofof the Year. He was named MMVPVP of of Team Honor at the 22018018 Allen Iverson Roundball Classic.Classic. 3

Career Highs

Points First season at USC

Rebounds First season at USC

Assists First season at USC

Steals First season at USC

3-Pointers First season at USC

Enfi eld on Weaver

“Elijah Weaver is a big guard who is a tremendous leader, passer and defender. His overall skill set will immediately help our program.”

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2 0 1 9 Section 2 .indd 6 1 1 0 /2 5 /2 0 1 8 1 :2 5 :4 6 PM THE FABULOUS FRESHMEN CLASS

J’Raan BrooksKevin Porter Jr. Elijah Weaver

Once again USC has brought in a highly-ranked freshman class for the 2018-19 season. USC’s fresh- man class of forward J’Raan Brooks, guard Kevin Porter Jr. and guard Elijah Weaver was ranked No. 15 by ESPN.com. For the Trojans, it is the fi fth consecutive recruiting class under head coach Andy Enfi eld to rank in the Top 30 nationally. Porter Jr. was ranked No. 16 by Rivals.com and he became USC’s fi rst fi ve- star recruit since DeMar DeRozan. With building blocks like these, the future looks extremely bright for the USC men’s basketball program.

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