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USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 4 • USC Trojans (3-0) vs. UConn Huskies (2-0) • Dec. 3, 2020 University of Southern California Sports Information Offi ce, Heritage Hall 103A, L.A., CA 90089-0601 - Phone: (213) 740-8480 - Fax: (213) 740-7584 2020-21 USC Schedule USC TO FACE UCONN IN LEGENDS CLASSIC Date Opponent Result/Time • Trojans Show Balanced Scoring Through 3 Games • 11/25 Cal Baptist W, 95-87 (OT) 11/28 Montana W, 76-64 TONIGHT’S GAME -- The USC Trojans (3-0) will face the UConn Huskies (2-0) in the Leg- 12/1 ^vs. BYU W, 79-53 ends Classic at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Calif. on Dec. 3 at 4:00 p.m. PT. The game will 12/3 ^vs. UConn/Vanderbilt TBD air on ESPN with Jon Sciambi and Jon Crispin calling the action. 12/8 UC Irvine TBD THE 2020-21 TROJANS -- The USC men’s basketball team has a new look for the 2020-21 12/13 Stanford TBD season as the strong sophomore core of Ethan Anderson, Isaiah Mobley and Max Agbonkpolo 12/16 San Francisco TBD is joined by eight new players which includes a consensus top three recruit in Evan Mobley 12/20 at Oregon State TBD and Noah Baumann who redshirted last season following his transfer from San Jose State. 12/23 Texas Southern TBD The 2020-21 Trojans will be a team with many interchangeable parts and feature players who 12/31 Colorado TBD can guard multiple positions. USC entered this season having won 109 games over the last 1/2 Utah TBD fi ve seasons, the winningest fi ve-year stretch in school history and the 2020-21 Trojans look to 1/7 at Arizona TBD continue the upward trend. 1/9 at Arizona State TBD YOU WILL BE MISSED... -- The Trojans have re-loaded and are anxious to continue the 1/14 Washington TBD program’s upward surge, but there is no doubt that this edition will be a different team. Gone are 1/16 Washington State TBD All-Pac-12 and now NBA forward Onyeka Okongwu (16.2 ppg, 8.6 rpg) and a pair ot four-year 1/21 at Stanford TBD players in all-time USC three-point baskets leader Jonah Mathews (13.4 ppg and 247 career 1/23 at California TBD 3-pointers made) and second all-time rebounder Nick Rakocevic (10.5 ppg, 923 career rebounds). 1/28 Oregon State TBD In all, 8 of the 11 Trojans to score a point in the 2019-20 season are no longer on the roster. All 1/30 Oregon TBD that means is the new edition of the Trojan cagers will be called upon to replace 80.6 percent of the scoring, 76.4 percent of the rebounding and 74.7 percent of the minutes played 2/6 UCLA TBD 2/11 at Washington TBD RECAP OF THE 2019-20 SEASON -- The 2019-20 Trojans went 22-9 and led the Pac- 2/13 at Washington State TBD 12 in rebounding and were among the Conference’s top teams in blocks, scoring defense and 2/17 Arizona State TBD defensive fi eld goal percentage. USC seemed to be just hitting its stride heading to the postsea- 2/20 Arizona TBD son as winners of fi ve of its last seven games and fi nishing tied for third in Pac-12 play at 11-7 2/25 at Colorado TBD before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. USC led all Pac-12 teams in Conference play in points allowed and fi eld goal percentage defense. 2/27 at Utah TBD 3/6 at UCLA TBD TROJANS SET FOR UCONN - USC’s fi nal game at the Legends Classic will be against UConn (2-0) which has wins this season over Central Connecticut State (102-75) and Hartford (69-57). Sophomore James Bouknight leads four Huskies in double fi gures with a 19.0 scoring average through two games. This is the fi rst-ever meeting between USC and UConn in men’s ^ Legends Classic (Uncasville, Conn.) basketball. -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- TROJANS SHUT DOWN THE BYU OFFENSE -- Drew Peterson scored 19 points, 2021 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) brothers Evan Mobley and Isaiah Mobley each had a double-double, and USC beat BYU 79-53 3/11 First Round on Dec.1 in the fi rst game of the Roman Legends Classic. USC trailed 18-17 before closing the 3/12 Quarterfi nals fi rst half on a 14-2 run to forge a 31-20 halftime advantage. BYU closed out the fi rst half missing 3/13 Semifi nals 18 of its fi nal 19 shots and was held to 27.5 percent shooting in the game. BYU also made just 3/14 Finals 23.3 percent of its three-point shots (7-for-30). Evan Mobley had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Isaiah had 11 points and 11 rebounds. USC’s largest lead was 30 points late in the second half. 2021 NCAA Tournament UC IRVINE ON DECK -- USC’s next game will be vs. UC Irvine (1-2) at the Galen Center on 3/16-17 First Four Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. UCI will host La Sierra on Dec. 2 before traveling to USC to play the Trojans. 3/18-21 First and Second Rounds Junior Collin Welp leads UCI in scoring with an 11.0 average. USC is 6-2 all-time against the 3/25-28 Regional Semifi nals & Finals Anteaters, but lost the last meeting 51-64 on Dec. 20, 2012. 4/3, 4/5 Final Four, Championship (Indianapolis, Ind.) TEAM TROJANS -- In the fi rst three games played, USC has seven players averaging 6.7 USC Quick Facts points or more and the other three players to appear in a game have averaged at .least 2.3 points Location: Los Angeles, Calif. per game. In the fi rst game six players scored 10 points for more, in the second game eight Enrolment: 48,500 (20,500 undergraduates) players scored at least six points and in the third game fi ve players scored at least nine points. Trojans Nickname: MOBLEY GETTING NOTICED - USC freshman forward Evan Mobley has been racking Colors: Cardinal and Gold up the preseason honors being named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List on Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (8th year at USC) Dec. 1. He has already been named to the NABC Player of the Year Watch List, the Naismith Associate HC: Jason Hart (8th year at USC) Trophy Watch List, the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Watch List and to the Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (7th year Pac-12 Media All-Conference First Team. at USC, 5th as assistant), Eric Mobley (3rd year at USC) HOT SHOTS -- USC has made 53.5 percent of its shots in the fi rst three games, shooting 50.0 percent or better in each game. HOT SHOTS PART DEUX -- Seven of the 10 players to see action for USC this season are shooting 50.0 percent or higher from the fl oor. BROADCAST NEWS THE HEIGHT OF SUCCESS -- USC hopes that height translates into success as eight Dec. 3 - ESPN2 with Jon Sciambi (pxp) & Jon players on the roster are 6-7 or taller. Crispin (analyst) - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) A DOUBLE, DOUBLE-DOUBLE -- USC brothers Evan Mobley (17 points/11 rebounds) and Isaiah Mobley (11 points & 11 rebounds) both posted a double-double in the win vs. BYU on Dec. Dec. 8 - Pac-12 Network with TBD (pxp) & TBD 1. It was the fi rst career double-double for the freshman Evan and the second of sophomore (analyst) Isaiah’s career and season. - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) ALL ABOUT ENFIELD -- Andy Enfi eld, 51, a proven winner as a player, assistant coach and head coach, was named the USC men’s basketball head coach on April 1, 2013 and has quickly brought success to the Trojans’ basketball program. Results came immediately with the Trojans setting the school single-season USC INFORMATION win record and the most wins in program history over a two-year, three-year, four-year and fi ve-year period. OUTLETS USC has won 109 games over the last fi ve seasons which is the third-most wins in the Pac-12 and the 21st- most wins in the nation among power conferences during that time. USC has had the second-best overall record in the Pac-12 two of the last three seasons (24-12 in 2018 & 22-9 in 2020). He guided the Trojans TROJANS ON THE WEB into the postseason in three consecutive seasons (2016-18), the fi rst time for USC since 2007-09, all while Current and historical USC men’s his athletes have set the program’s top team GPAs for the Spring, Fall and Summer sessions. Enfi eld has baskeball information, as well as news, brought in seven consecutive Top 30 recruiting classes, with the 2021 class ranking No. 12. Over the last three seasons, USC has had four players selected in the NBA Draft, tied for the fi fth-most by any program statistics, and features can be found at in the country. He now has an 135-102 record in his eight seasons as the USC head coach and is 176- the USC website: www.usctrojans.com. 130 in nine seasons as a head coach.