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USC Men’s Basketball Release • Game No. 9 • USC Trojans (6-2, 1-1) at Arizona Wildcats (9-1, 3-1) • Jan. 7, 2021 • 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 PLAYS AT ARIZONA THURSDAY Date Opponent Result/Time • Trojans Playing First True Road Game Of The Season • 11/25 Cal Baptist W, 95-87 (OT) 11/28 Montana W, 76-64 TONIGHT’S GAME -- The USC Trojans (6-2, 1-1) will play at the Arizona Wildcats (9-1, 3-1) 12/1 ^vs. BYU W, 79-53 at the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. on Jan. 7 at 5:00 p.m. PT. The game will air on the ESPN2 12/3 ^vs. UConn/Vanderbilt L, 58-61 with Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas calling the action. 12/8 UC Irvine W, 91-56 12/13 Stanford Ppd. FACING ARIZONA -- Arizona (9-1, 3-1) is coming off a double-overting 86-82 win at Wash- ington State on Jan. 2. The Wildcats have won four consecutive games and are 7-0 at home 12/16 San Francisco Canceled this season. James Akinjo (14.2 ppg) , Jemarl Baker Jr. (13.7 ppg), Bennedict Mathurin (10.6 12/20 at Oregon State Ppd. ppg) and Jordan Brown (10.2 ppg) all are averaging double fi gures in scoring. USC trails in the 12/23 Texas Southern Canceled all-time series with Arizona 44-68*, but has won three of the last four games. USC has lost its 12/29 Santa Clara W, 86-63 last 10 games at the McKale Center, winning last during the 2008 season, but that game was 12/31 Colorado L, 62-72 later vacated due to NCAA penalty. USC also won at Arizona in the 2007 season which snapped 1/2 Utah W, 64-46 a 21-year losing streak in Tucson. 1/7 at Arizona 6:00 p.m. * each team had one win vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 45-69 1/9 at Arizona State 4:00 p.m. 1/14 Washington 6:30 p.m. USC ROUTS UTES FOR FIRST PAC-12 WIN -- USC got the new year off to a good 1/16 Washington State 6:30 p.m. start with a 64-46 home win over Utah on Jan. 2. USC jumped out to a 20-4 lead 7 minutes into 1/21 at Stanford TBD the game, only to have the Utes go on a 23-6 run over the next 10 minutes to take a 27-26 lead 1/23 at California TBD with 3 minutes remaining before halftime. USC regrouped to outscored Utah 6-1 before the 1/28 Oregon State TBD break to take a 32-28 halftime lead. The Trojans then clamped down on defense in the second 1/30 Oregon TBD half, holding Utah to 4 of 30 shooting (13.3 percent) and a total of 18 points. Tahj Eaddy led 2/6 UCLA TBD four Trojans in double fi gures with 18 points and Drew Peterson had a double-double with 13 2/11 at Washington TBD points and 11 rebounds. 2/13 at Washington State TBD ARIZONA STATE ON DECK -- USC’s next game will be at Arizona State (4-3, 1-0) on 2/17 Arizona State TBD Jan. 9 in Tempe, Ariz. at 5 p.m. MT. ASU will host UCLA on Jan. 7 before facing the Trojans. 2/20 Arizona TBD Freshman Josh Christopher and senior Remy Martin lead the Sun Devils in scoring with a 16.9 2/25 at Colorado TBD points per game average. USC leads the all-time series with ASU, 55*-42. The teams split the 2/27 at Utah TBD 2019-20 season series with each team winning its home game. They also have split the last 3/6 at UCLA TBD 10 meetings with every game being decided by 10 points or less, six by three points or fewer. USC has lost its last seven games in Tempe. ^ Legends Classic (Uncasville, Conn.) * 2 wins in 2008 later vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 57-42. -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- MAGIC MARKER -- With the 64-46 win over Utah on Jan. 2, USC is now 75-4 in its last 79 games when holding the opposition to under 70 points scored dating back to Feb. 28, 2015. 2021 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) 3/11 First Round DOING IT WITH DEFENSE -- USC has held its opponents to 35.3 percent shooting this 3/12 Quarterfi nals season, fourth-best in the country. The 41.7 shooting percentage by Colorado on Dec. 31 was 3/13 Semifi nals just the second time all season USC’s opponent shot better than 40 percent from the fi eld 3/14 Finals (California Baptist - 45.1). 2021 NCAA Tournament USC HOSTING BLOCK PARTY -- USC has had 46 blocks in its fi rst eight games for an 3/16-17 First Four average of 5.8 blocks per game. That average ranks seventh in the country in that category. 3/18-21 First and Second Rounds Freshman Evan Mobley is averaging 2.9 blocks per game, 13th in the country and fi rst among 3/25-28 Regional Semifi nals & Finals freshmen. 4/3, 4/5 Final Four, Championship (Indianapolis, Ind.) USC Quick Facts EFFICIENT OFFENSE -- USC is fourth among Pac-12 with an 76.4 scoring average and has the third-largest scoring margin among Conference teams (+13.9). USC also leads all Pac-12 Los Angeles, Calif. Location: teams with a 48.2 shooting percentage this season. Enrolment: 48,500 (20,500 undergraduates) Nickname: Trojans EVAN MOBLEY NEAR THE TOP OF THE PAC -- USC freshman forward currently Colors: Cardinal and Gold ranks among the Pac-12’s top players in scoring (11th, 15.0 ppg), rebounds (3rd, 8.0), fi eld goal Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (8th year at USC) percentage (3rd, .587) and blocks (1st, 23). Associate HC: Jason Hart (8th year at USC) Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (7th year IT’S A TEAM GAME -- Eight Trojans have already had at least one game of 10 points scored at USC, 5th as assistant), Eric Mobley (3rd year or more this season. Evan Mobley leads the team in scoring and has reached double fi gures in at USC) 7 of 8 games, while Tahj Eaddy is second on the team with six games scoring 10 or more points. PLAYING PAINT BALL -- USC has outrebounded its opponents 332-277 through the fi rst eight games and has outscored the opposition 280-192 on points scored in the paint. BROADCAST NEWS LIKE NIGHT AND DAY -- In its six wins, USC is shooting 51.7 percent from the fl oor (183- Jan. 7 - ESPN2 with Dan Shulman (pxp) & Jay for-354) and in its two losses is shooting 37.2 percent (42-for-113). USC has also outrebounded Bilas (analyst) the opposition in all six of the wins (69 total rebounds) and was outrebounded in both of its - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) losses (14 total rebounds). Jan. 9 - Pac-12 Network with TBA (pxp) & TBA (analyst) A NEW DAY HAS DAWNED -- With the turnover to USC’s roster since last season and - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) the injury to Ethan Anderson, 79.2 percent (484 points) of USC’s 611 points scored this season have come from players who did not suit up for USC during the 2019-20 season. 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. USC has won 109 games over the last fi ve seasons which is the third-most wins in the Pac-12 and the 21st- OUTLETS 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 138-104 record in his eight seasons as the USC head coach and is 179- the USC website: www.usctrojans.com. 132 in nine seasons as a head coach. The 2019-20 Trojans went 22-9, fi nished tied for 3rd in the Pac-12 and were getting better as the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. USC won three straight and fi ve of The Pac-12 Conference web site ad- its last seven to closeout the season.