USC Men’s Basketball Release Game 34 • USC vs. Boston College • March 20, 2009 • NCAA 1st Round

University of Southern California Sports Information Offi ce, Heritage Hall 103, L.A., CA 90089-0601 - Phone: (213) 740-8480 - Fax: (213) 740-7584 2008-09 USC Schedule USC FACES BC IN NCAA FIRST ROUND Exhibition • Trojans making school-record 3rd-straight NCAA trip • Date Opponent Result/Time 10/26 Cardinal & Gold Game ---, 90-74 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- The No. 10 seed USC Trojans (21-12, 9-9/T-5th in Pac-10) 11/3 Azusa Pacifi c W, 85-64 will face the No. 7 seed Boston College Eagles (22-11, 9-7/T-5th in ACC) in the fi rst round Regular Season of the NCAA Tournament at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn. on March 20 at 4:20 p.m. 11/15 UC Irvine W, 78-55 PT. USC has won 20 or more games and reached the NCAA Tournament the last three 11/18 New Mexico State W, 73-60 seasons, both school records. The game is being broadcast on CBS with Gus Johnson 11/20 ^vs. Seton Hall L, 61-63 calling the play-by-play and Len Elmore providing color commentary. 11/21 ^vs. Chattanooga W, 73-46 11/23 ^vs. Missouri L, 72-83 USC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT -- USC is 11-16 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, 11/28 Tennessee-Martin W, 70-43 losing last season as a No. 6 seed in the fi rst round to No. 11 seed Kansas State 80-67 12/1 San Francisco W, 74-69 in Omaha, Neb. In 2007, USC advanced to the “Sweet 16” as a No. 5 seed by defeating 12/4 #at Oklahoma L, 72-73 Arkansas and Texas, before falling to North Carolina. This is USC’s 15th appearnace in 12/15 Pepperdine W, 91-77 the NCAA Tournament (1940, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1997, 12/20 North Dakota State W, 61-57 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 and 2009). The farthest the Trojans have advanced in the NCAA 12/22 Georgia Tech W, 76-57 Tournament is to the semifi nals in 1940 and 1954. 12/28 Oral Roberts W, 66-56 1/2 at Oregon W, 83-62 BREAKING DOWN THE EAGLES -- The Eagles are 22-11 and are coming off a 66- 1/4 at Oregon State L, 58-62 (OT) 65 loss to Duke in the ACC Tournament on March 13. The Eagles are led in scoring by 1/11 UCLA L, 60-64 senior guard Tyrese Rice who averages 17.1 points and 5.4 assists per game. USC and 1/15 Arizona State W, 61-49 Boston College have met only one other time and it was in the second round of the 2001 1/17 Arizona W, 65-64 NCAA Tournament, won 74-71 by USC. USC was a No. 6 seed that season and BC a No. 1/22 at Washington L, 73-78 3 seed and ranked No. 7 in the country. 1/24 at Washington State W, 46-44 1/29 Stanford W, 70-69 COMMON GROUND -- The Trojans and Eagles have both faced Georgia Tech and San 1/31 California W, 73-62 Francisco this season. USC went 2-0 vs. those teams, while BC went 3-0. 2/4 at UCLA L, 60-76 -- The winner of the USC-Boston College game will play on Sunday, March 22 2/12 at Arizona L, 76-83 ON DECK 2/15 at Arizona State L, 53-65 in Minneapolis against the winner of the No. 2 seed Michigan State-No. 15 seed Robert 2/19 Washington State W, 61-51 Morris game for a spot in the Midwest Regional semifi nals. 2/21 Washington L, 51-60 TROJANS AGAINST THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FIELD -- USC has faced nine 2/26 at California L, 78-81 (OT) teams and played 17 games against teams that are in the 2009 NCAA Tournament fi eld, 2/28 at Stanford L, 63-75 meaning more than half of its 33 games were against teams in the tournament. USC owns 3/5 Oregon W, 80-66 3/7 Oregon State W, 68-52 an 8-9 record in those games: (Arizona 1-1, Arizona State 2-1, California 2-1, Chattanooga 1-0, Missouri 0-1, North Dakota State 1-0, Oklahoma 0-1, UCLA 1-2, Washington 0-2). Pac-10 Tournament USC CLAIMS FIRST PAC-10 TOURNAMENT TITLE -- USC erased a 15-point 3/12 vs. California W, 79-75 halftime defi cit to defeat No. 23 Arizona State 66-63 on March 14 at the Staples Center in 3/13 vs. UCLA W, 65-55 Los Angeles to capture the school’s fi rst Pac-10 Tournament title. The Trojans had trailed 3/14 vs. Arizona State W, 66-63 since the fi rst minute of the game until Daniel Hackett’s free throw with 42 seconds left gave ^ Puerto Rico Tip-off (Coliseo de PR, San Juan, PR) USC a 64-63 lead. Taj Gibson then took over, blocking a James Harden shot and making # Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series two free throws to give USC the 66-63 win. DeMar DeRozan scored 16 of his career-high 25 points in the second half to lead USC back. Hackett fi nished with 19 points and a team- -- Home Games in Bold -- leading six rebounds. Dwight Lewis added 13 points, including a clutch three-pointer with -- All times local to site -- 1:04 left to bring the Trojans within one point. USC was the No. 6 seed and became the lowest seeded team to win the Pac-10 Conference Tournament. 2009 NCAA Tournament 3/19-22 First and Second Rounds Boston College Eagles Probable Starters 3/26-29 Regionals Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG 4/4, 4/6 Final Four, Championship G 4 Tyrese Rice 6-1 190 Sr. Richmond, Va. 17.1 3.9 G 15 Rakim Sanders 6-5 225 So. Pawtucket, RI 13.0 4.5 USC Quick Facts F 11 Corey Raji 6-6 214 So. Washington Township, N.J. 9.8 6.1 Location: Los Angeles, Calif. F 12 Joe Trapani 6-8 218 So. Madison, Conn. 13.5 6.6 Enrolment: 33,000 (16,500 undergrads) C 52 Josh Southern 6-10 242 So. Saginaw, Mich. 6.1 5.1 Nickname: Trojans Colors: Cardinal and Gold USC Trojans Probable Starters Head Coach: Tim Floyd (4th year at USC) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG Assistant Coaches: Gib Arnold (4th year G 13 Daniel Hackett 6-5 215 Jr. Pesaro, Italy 12.5 4.2 at USC), Bob Cantu (8th year at USC), Phil G 20 Marcus Simmons 6-6 200 So. Alexandria, La. 2.0 1.2 Johnson (4th year at USC) G 21 Dwight Lewis 6-5 215 Jr. Metairie, La. 14.1 3.2 F 10 DeMar DeRozan 6-7 220 Fr. Compton, Calif. 13.6 5.7 F 22 Taj Gibson 6-9 225 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. 14.3 9.4 * utilized redshirt season

2008-2009 • 1 • USC BASKETBALL IN TIM WE TRUST -- Tim Floyd has an impressive track record in the collegiate ranks along with his NBA experience. He brings 21 years of head coaching experience at the collegiate and NBA USC INFORMATION levels and owns a 327-179 record in his 16 seasons as a college head coach at Idaho (1987-88), OUTLETS New Orleans (1989-94), Iowa State (1995-98) and USC (2005-08). He won his 300th career game on Feb. 7, 2008 at Washington. Floyd posted a 63-37 record in his fi rst three seasons as USC’s head TROJANS ON THE WEB coach (the most wins by a Trojan coach in his fi rst three seasons) and is 84-49 overall at the helm of Current and historical USC men’s the Trojans. Eleven of his fi rst 16 seasons, Floyd has taken his team into the postseason (8 NCAA, baskeball information, as well as news, 3 NIT). Floyd has helped the development of his student-athletes at each stop, as 13 players in his statistics, features and cybercasts of the 15 years have made it to the NBA, including three players that did not even play high school ball. USC games can be found at the USC DESPITE MISSING PIECES, FLOYD PUTS PUZZLE TOGETHER – USC was 9-9 in confer- website: www.usctrojans.com. ence play despite having the whole team available for only 5 games. In those 5 games USC was undefeated (5-0) and has since improved to 8-0 with everyone available. Already without forwards The Pac-10 Conference web site ad- Kasey Cunningham for most of the season and Alex Stepheson the entire season, USC was forced dress is: www.pac-10.org. to play the fi rst 4 conference games without forward Leonard Washington (high left ankle sprain), and then lost then-leading scorer guard Dwight Lewis (left ankle sprain) for the 2 games in Washington. TROJANS ON THE RADIO Sixth-man Marcus Johnson missed 7 games with a strained right rotator cuff and forward Nikola All of USC’s games will be broadcast by Vucevic missed 2 games with a strained lower back. ESPN Radio 710 (KSPN-AM).

TIME TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL -- USC is 4-2 this season and 15-10 in Tim Floyd’s 4 years in TROJANS ON TELEVISION neutral site games. The following are the currently sched- uled USC men’s basketball contests THE MARK OF VICTORY -- USC is 12-0 when holding teams to under 60 points, 14-2 when set to be televised, including 9 regular holding teams to 40 percent shooting or less, 10-2 when committing less turnovers, 17-4 when having season games exclusively on Trojans a better FT% and 19-5 when taking more FTs. All-Access at USCTrojans.com: TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF -- USC committed a season-low fi ve turnovers in the Pac-10 Finals 11/15 UC Irvine USCTrojans vs. ASU. It was the ninth time in the last 21 games in single-digits in turnovers, after registering 10 or more turnovers in each of the fi rst 12 games. In the fi rst 12 games USC averaged 16.8 turnovers 11/18 N.Mexico St. USCTrojans and has averaged 12.4 in the last 21 games (261 turnovers). 11/20 Seton Hall ESPNU 11/21 Chattanooga ESPNU JOHNSON MAKING IMPACT -- USC guard/forward Marcus Johnson, who transfered to USC 11/23 Missouri ESPNU from UConn last year and had to sit out the fi rst semester, has stepped in an had an immediate im- 11/28 Tennessee-Martin USCTrojans pact. In his fi rst 14 games, Johnson has averaged 3.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 13.5 minutes. He 12/1 San Francisco USCTrojans scored a season-high 9 points, including a pair of crowd-pleasing dunks vs. Stanford on Jan. 29, then 12/4 at Oklahoma ESPN2 had 3 rebounds and scored 6 points, with another impressive dunk vs. Cal on Jan. 31. He scored 7 12/15 Pepperdine USCTrojans points, including the basket to give USC the lead, in the win at WSU on Jan. 24. He scored 8 points 12/20 N. Dakota State USCTrojans at Washington on Jan. 22 and made his fi rst start on Jan. 11 vs. UCLA, scoring 4 points and grabbing 12/22 Georgia Tech FSN 4 rebounds in 17 minutes of action. Johnson played in part of one exhibition game for UConn last 12/28 Oral Roberts USCTrojans season before transferring and thus had to sit out the fi rst semester. 1/2 at Oregon (delay) USCTrojans 1/4 at Oregon State FSNW A HISTORY OF WINNING -- The Trojans have compiled a record of 1,458-1,040 in their 103 years of intercollegiate basketball competition. The Trojans have had a .500 or better record in 74 1/11 UCLA FSN of the fi rst 103 seasons. 1/15 Arizona St. (delay) USCTrojans 1/17 Arizona PrimeTicket TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS -- USC is currently ranked No. 27 in the AP Poll and No. 29 in 1/22 at Washington FSN the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. USC began the season ranked No. 18 in the AP Poll & No. 21 1/24 at Washington St. FSNW in both the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll & CBSSportsline.com Poll. 1/29 Stanford PrimeTicket 1/31 California FSN -- At the annual Pac-10 Media Day held on Oct. 30, USC was PAC-10 BEFORE AND AFTER 2/4 at UCLA PrimeTicket picked to fi nish third in the Pac-10 Conference in a vote by the league media. UCLA was picked fi rst 2/12 at Arizona FSN with 379 votes, followed by Arizona State (325), USC (292), Arizona (241), Washington (217), Wash- 2/15 at Arizona St. FSN ington State (188), Oregon (147), California (143), Stanford (115) and Oregon State (40). The actual fi nal regular season standings were: Washington (14-4), UCLA (13-5), California (11-7), ASU (11-7), 2/19 Washington St. PrimeTicket Arizona (9-9), USC (9-9), Washington State (8-10), Oregon St. (7-11), Stanford (6-12) and Oregon 2/21 Washington PrimeTicket (2-16). USC won the Pac-10 Tournament over Arizona State for the automatic NCAA bid. 3/5 Oregon USCTrojans 3/7 Oregon State USCTrojans INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR -- USC’s roster includes four players from outside of the country. 3/12 vs. California FSN Guards Daniel Hackett from Italy and Ryan Wetherell from Canada begin their third season with the 3/13 vs. UCLA FSN Trojans, while forward Mamadou Diarra of Mali enters his second and forward Nikola Vucevic from 3/14 vs. Arizona St. CBS Montenegro begins his fi rst season at USC. 3/20 vs. Boston College CBS INJURY UPDATES -- Kasey Cunningham, injured on Nov. 23 vs. Missouri, had reconstructive surgery to repair the ACL in his left knee on Nov. 26. He is expected to miss the remainder of the season. Ryan Wetherell has an eye injury/blurring...began limited practice the week of Jan. 26.

PRONUNCIATION KEY ROSTER BREAKDOWN The Trojans have 10 players from California, Mamadou Diarra MAMA-doo Dee-are-uh three from Louisiana and one each from New Alex Stepheson STEVE-is-son Mexico, Mali, New York, Italy, Montenegro and Nikola Vucevic NEE-kola VOOT-chay-vich Canada.

2008-2009 • 2 • USC BASKETBALL TAJ HAS BEEN A TOWER OF POWER -- Taj Gibson was diagnosed on Jan. 26 with an pneumonia, practiced Jan. 28 and scored 20 points in 38 minutes on Jan. 29 vs. Stanford, then dropped in 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds vs. California on Jan. 31. He has averaged 14.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.8 blocks in USC’s fi rst 33 games, including 15 double-doubles giving him 31 in his career. Gibson made a run at becoming the fi rst Trojan to average a double-double since Jaha Wilson in 1994-95 (14.2 pts/10.1 reb.). The 25 points on Dec. 15 vs. Pep- perdine was a career high and the 18 rebounds on Nov. 20 vs. SHU and Dec. 20 vs. NDSU tied a career high. Gibson has scored in double fi gures in 29 of 33 games and has 8 rebounds or more in 22 of 33 games. Gibson was named to the Midseason Top 30 for the Wooden Award. Gibson also has been rising up the USC career scoring charts and currently has 1,280 points, 16th all time in scoring by a Trojan. David Blu- thenthal (1999-2002) is 15th with 1,313 career points. Gibson also has 890 career rebounds, second all-time by a Trojan. BLOCK AROUND THE CLOCK -- Taj Gibson was held without a block for the fi rst time this season on Feb. 19 vs. Washington State. In fact, it snapped a streak of 46 consecutive games with at least one block (dating back to the 2007-08 season). At the time it was the longest active streak by any men’s college player (courtesy of STATS, LLC). Gibson has bounced back with 25 blocks in the last eight games to give him a conference-leading 92 this season and he broke his school record of 84 set in 2008. Gibson ranks fi fth nationally in blocks per game (2.8). DEMAR IS D’MAN -- Freshman DeMar DeRozan has averaged 15.0 points (361) and 6.2 rebounds (148) in his last 24 games. He reached double fi gures in scoring 13-straight games before being held to 5 on Jan. 24 at WSU. He scored a then- career-high 22 points in the win vs. ASU on Jan. 15. On Jan. 2 at Oregon, he had his fi rst career double-double (14 pts/12 reb), added his second at ASU on Feb. 15 (16 pts/10 reb), third March 12 vs. Cal (17 pts/11 reb) and fourth March 13 vs. UCLA (21 pts/13 reb). DeRozan set his new career best with 25 points in the championship game of the Pac-10 Tournament vs. ASU on March 14. DeRozan currently ranks 5th all-time in scoring by a USC freshman with 449 points, 5th in scoring average (13.6), 4th in FT attempts (136), 5th in FT made (87), 4th in rebounds (187), 8th in FG% (.525) and 8th in rebound average (5.7). HE CAN SURE HACKETT -- Junior point guard Daniel Hackett entered NCAA Tournament play T-4th among Pac-10 players with 4.7 as- sists per game and is 3rd in total assists with 155. He currently has 352 in his career, 6th all-time by a Trojan. Gus Williams (1973-75) is 5th on USC’s all-time assist list with 362. Hackett recorded a career-high 13 assists in the game at Oklahoma on Dec. 4. His assist total was the most by a Trojan since Brandon Granville set the school record with 15 vs. Memphis on Nov. 23, 1999. Hackett’s 13 assists are tied for the fourth most in a single game by a USC player, along with Larry Friend (13 on Dec. 6, 1985 vs. ASU) and Casey Jones (13 on Dec. 18, 1976 vs. Baylor). He also has 44 steals this season and 104 in his career. Hackett scored 26 points at Cal on Feb. 26 to tie his career high in points.

THE DWIGHT STUFF -- Dwight Lewis miss two games (Jan. 22 and 24) with a sprained left ankle, but bounced quickly with 20 points at UCLA on Feb. 4 and 21 at Arizona on Feb. 12. At Arizona, Lewis hit a career-high 6 three-pointers, including his fi rst 5 attempts in the 2nd half. He then led USC in scoring with 17 vs. WSU on Feb. 19. He has made a team-leading 51 three-pointers this season and 102 in his career for 16th place on USC’s all-time three-point baskets made list. Rodney Chatman is 15th with 105 career 3-point baskets. Lewis scored a career-high 26 points in the 74-69 win vs. USF on Dec. 1 and followed that up with 25 points at Oklahoma on Dec. 4, at the time his two best career scoring outputs. He matched his career high with 26 points at Oregon on Jan. 2, including making 4 three-pointers. Lewis scored in double fi gures in a career-high 9 straight games to start this season and in 25 of 31 games overall. He was held scoreless vs. Oregon State in the regular season fi nale, his fi rst game without scoring since his freshman season.

ANOTHER MAGIC JOHNSON? -- No, there is only one Earvin “Magic” Johnson, but Marcus Johnson has had quite a magical impact on USC. After sitting out the fi rst semester due to NCAA transfer rules, the Trojans went 7-3 with him in the lineup before he suffered a right rotator cuff injury. While out of the lineup, USC went 1-6. He returned on March 5 and USC has gone 5-0 to push its record to 12-3 in games Johnson is available.

DRIVEN BY DEFENSE -- USC has held 52 teams to 60 points or less in Tim Floyd’s fi rst 133 games as USC’s head coach, including 13 this season. The Trojans held 20 of their opponents last season to 39.2 percent shooting or less, and have held 68 teams under 40 percent shoot- ing in the fi rst 133 games under Floyd, 16 times this season. USC was outshot from the fi eld just eight times this season (Mizz, OSU, ASU-2, Uof A-2, UW & Cal). USC has had a better shooting percentage that its opponent in 84 of the last 103 games. WINNING THE BOARD GAMES -- USC outrebounded the opposition in its fi rst 11 games before being beaten on the glass 34-32 by ORU on Dec. 29, but has had a rebounding edge in 26 of 33 games this season. USC has enjoyed a 5.5 rebound edge per game in this season, good for 28th in the country. USC was outrebounded 40-30 by UW on Feb. 21, its largest rebound defi cit in a game this the season.

USC Record When... Outshoot opponent (%) ...... 18-7 Score fi rst...... 9-6 Outshot by opponent (%) ...... 3-5 Opponent scores fi rst ...... 12-6 Outrebound opponent ...... 18-8 Lead at half ...... 14-4 Outrebounded by opponent ...... 2-4 Trail at half ...... 6-8 Opponent 10 or more offensive rebounds ...... 13-6 Tied at half ...... 1-0 More turnovers than opponent ...... 10-9 Ahead w/ 5:00 left ...... 17-4 Less turnovers than opponent ...... 10-2 Trail w/5:00 left ...... 4-7 Same amount of turnovers ...... 1-1 Tied w/5:00 left ...... 0-1 USC scored 90-99 points ...... 1-0 1 Trojan in double fi gures ...... 0-0 USC scores 80-89 points ...... 2-0 2 Trojans in double fi gures ...... 1-2 USC scores 70-79 points ...... 9-5 3 Trojans in double fi gures ...... 8-7 USC scores 60-69 points ...... 8-4 4 Trojans in double fi gures ...... 11-3 USC scores 50-59 points ...... 0-3 5 Trojans in double fi gures ...... 1-0 USC scores 40-49 points ...... 1-0 FG Pct. above .500 ...... 7-1 Opponent scores 40-49 points ...... 4-0 FG Pct. below .500 ...... 13-9 Opponent scores 50-59 points ...... 7-0 FG Pct. at .500 ...... 1-2 Opponent scores 60-69 points ...... 8-5 Opponent FG Pct. at or above .500 ...... 2-4 Opponent scores 70-79 points ...... 2-4 Opponent FG Pct. below .500 ...... 19-8 Opponent scores 80-89 points ...... 0-3 Opponent FG Pct. at or below .400 ...... 14-2 Opponent scored 90-99 points ...... 0-0

2008-2009 • 3 • USC BASKETBALL BREAKING DOWN THE LOSSES -- Although USC has lost 12 games this season, they have fallen to some quality teams and 8 of the 12 games were decided by 9 points or less. Through regular season games, the combined record of the teams USC lost to was 257-109 (.702). USC has lost to Seton Hall (16-14), Missouri (25-6), Oregon St. (13-16), Oklahoma (27-4), UCLA twice (24-7), Washington twice (24-7), Arizona (19-12), Arizona State (22-8), California (22-9) and Stanford (17-12).

BATTLE TESTED -- Through regular season games, USC’s opponents had a combined 532-372 record (.588), eight of USC’s opponents were a combined 84-152 (.356), while the other 22 were 448-220 (.671). Twenty-one of USC’s 30 games were vs. teams that were .500 or better and 21 of those were against teams that have won 16 or more. USC’s schedule was ranked the 14th toughest by Sagarin. Before the fi nal weekend, USC played 14 consecutive games against teams two games over .500 or better.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS -- USC has played 13 games decided by 5 points or less (7-6). The Trojans have been within 5 points at some point with under 4 minutes to play in all but two of its 12 losses this season. In 6 of the Trojans’ 12 losses, they were within 3 points with under a minute to play. Six of the Trojans last eight losses have come to teams that have won 22 or more games and eight of the 12 teams to beat USC have won 22 or more. ENJOYING THE HOME COOKING -- USC was 15-2 (.882) at home this season. The loss to UCLA on Jan. 11 snapped an 8-game home winning streak this season and a 12-game home winning streak at the Galen Center dating back to 2007-08, a Galen Center record. The last time USC had a better home winning percentage was during the 1991-92 season when they were 14-1 (.933).

SOME STATS FROM STATS, LLC -- According to Stats, LLC, USC’s Taj Gibson enters NCAA Tournament play at the leading active player in the fi eld with a 10.8 rebounds per game average (43 in 4 games). He also ranks 10th in scoring average at 15.3, second in blocks per game with 2.8 and tied for fourth in free throws made with 23.

TROJANS WIN SOME PAC-10 HARDWARE -- USC’s Taj Gibson was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-Conference second team. Daniel Hackett was also named to the Pac-10 All-Conference second team. DeMar DeRozan was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team. All three players were named to the All-Pac-10 Tournament team, with DeRozan being named the tournament’s MVP as he averaged 21.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in the three games. Taj Gibson averaged 13.7 points and 10.7 rebounds, while Hackett scored 14.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in the tournament.

STEPHESON WAIVER PETITION DENIED -- Talented forward Alex Stepheson had his transfer waiver petition denied by the NCAA on Nov. 19 and was not be eligible for competition this season. Stepheson had requested eligibility for USC this season after transferring from North Carolina this fall due to family health concerns.

GIBSON JOINS ELITE SWAT TEAM -- Taj Gibson has 245 career blocks, just the fourth Pac-10 player to achieve at least 200 career blocks, the others being Anthony Cook of Arizona (1986-89) with 278, Channing Frye of Arizona (2002-05) with 258 and Michael Stewart of California (1994-97) with 207. Gibson recorded his 196th career block on Jan. 2 at Oregon to surpass Sam Clancy’s (1999-02) previous USC record of 195.

MISSING IN ACTION -- USC took just three 3-pointers (made 2) in the win vs. Washington State on Feb. 19. It was the fewest 3-point attempts by USC since also taking three at Arizona on Feb. 16, 1989. USC is 9-4 this season when taking 10 or less 3-point shots.

DWIGHT IS ALRIGHT -- Junior Dwight Lewis scored 13 points in the Pac-10 Championship win vs. Arizona State on March 14 to eclipse the 1,000 points scored mark, now standing at 1,008. He becomes the 34th player in USC history to score 1,000 or more points. Teammate Taj Gibson became the 33rd earlier this season.

COACH FLOYD IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT -- USC head basketball coach Tim Floyd has taken three different schools (New Orleans, Iowa State and USC) to the NCAA Tournament where he has compiled a 6-7 record. New Orleans was 0-2, Iowa State was 4-3 and USC is 2-2. This is his eighth NCAA Tournament appearance and fi fth time taking a team to the Midwest Regional (New Orleans in 1993, Iowa State in 1996 and 1997 and USC in 2008 and 2009). His teams have a 3-4 record in the Midwest Regional. His 1997 Iowa State team advanced to the Sweet 16 out of the Midwest Regional.

RYAN FRANCIS REMEMBERED -- This season would have been the senior season for point guard Ryan Francis, a Pac-10 honorable mention All-Freshman team member who was shot and killed while visiting his mother, Paulette, on May 14, 2006 in Baton Rouge, La. Fran- cis’ bright smile and big-hearted play has remained with the Trojans since, as he has an honorary locker with his jersey hanging in the Galen Center, his uniform No. 12 is painted on the fl oor near halfcourt and he was honored posthumously on Senior Night on March 7. His mother was there for the ceremony and was out in Los Angeles following the Trojans during their Pac-10 Championship run. USC Athletics and the Trojan Board of Directors established a Ryan Francis Endowed Scholarship which has met its goal of being fully endowed before he would have graduated.

2008-2009 • 4 • USC BASKETBALL THE PLAYERS

33 JORDAN CAMERON (R-So.) Ht. - 6-5 Wt. - 220 Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbury Park HS/BYU/ Ventura JC) • On the football team in the Fall semester...was a WR but did not get in a game; Played his fi rst minute on Jan. 31 vs. Cal • Redshirted as a freshman forward at BYU in 2006-07...left for Ventura JC and played tight end • Averaged 21.1 pts, 7.3 reb. 3.1 assists as a HS senior...All-CIF Div. III fi rst team; sister Brynn plays on USC’s women’s team

43 KASEY CUNNINGHAM (R-So.) Ht. - 6-7 Wt. - 225 Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) • Averaged 22.0 points and 15.0 rebounds with six blocks per game as a senior at Cibola High • Led team to a 13-1 record before suffering a season-ending left knee injury...had ACL surgery, missed the rest of the season • Has missed most of the last 2 seasons rehabbing from two knee surgeries...played in 9 games, 3 starts last year • Had 4 rebounds and a block vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 21; Had a career-high 11 points, but reinjured his left knee on Nov. 23 vs. Missouri...had reconstructive surgery of the ACL on Nov. 26 at White Memorial Medical Center Season Bests: Points: 11 (11/23 vs. Missouri) Reb: 6 (11/23 vs. Missouri) Steals: 2 (11/23 vs. Missouri) Career Bests: Points: 11 (11/23/08 vs. Missouri) Reb: 10 (11/15/07 vs. San Diego) Steals: 2 (11/23/08 vs. Missouri)

10 DEMAR DEROZAN (Fr.) - Pac-10 All-Freshman Ht. - 6-7 Wt. - 220 Compton, Calif. (Compton HS) • A 2007-08 McDonald’s All-American, Best in the West 1st Team & Parade All-Am. at Compton HS as he averaged 29.2 pts., 7.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.0 steals; Ranked the No. 1 recruit by Draft Express, No. 2 by HoopsScoop & No. 3 by Rivals * Scored 14 points in the opener vs. UC Irvine on Nov. 15...made 6 of 11 shots, had two steals and three rebounds • Had 18 points & 6 rebounds vs. NDSU on Dec. 20...hit 8 of 11 shots and grabbed 6 rebounds • Had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists & 2 steals vs. GT on Dec. 22; Also had 18 points vs. ORU on Dec. 28 • Registered his fi rst career double-double with 14 points and a career-best 12 rebounds at Oregon on Jan. 2 • Scored 22 points (19 in the second half) on 8-for-13 shooting and hit his fi rst 3-pointer vs. ASU on Jan. 15 • Has scored in double fi gures in 24 of last 28 G; Had 2nd double-double on Feb. 15 at ASU with 16 points and 10 rebounds • Has averaged 19.6 points (98 total) in his last 5 G; Scored a season-best 25 points vs. ASU in the Pac-10 Finals on 3/14 Season Bests: Points: 25 (3/14 vs. Arizona St.) Reb: 13 (3/13 vs. UCLA) 3-ptrs: 1 (6x, last 3/14 vs. Arizona St.)

14 MAMADOU DIARRA (R-Fr.) Ht - 7-0 Wt. - 230 Bamako, Mali (Stoneridge Prep) • Had an injury-plagued fi rst season (hernia surgery on Nov. 5) which limited him to three games and 10 minutes • Made one of two FT on Dec. 17, 2007 vs. Delaware State for his fi rst career point; Had a FT and block vs. UCI on 11/15 • Made his fi rst career fi eld goal and had a rebound & a block vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 21; Had 2nd FG on Nov. 28 vs. UT-M • Scored a career-high 3 points and had a career-high 2 rebounds vs. Georgia Tech on Dec. 22 Season Bests: Points: 3 (12/22 vs. Georgia Tech) Reb: 2 (12/22 vs. Georgia Tech) Blocks: 1 (4x, last 2/4 at UCLA) Career Bests: Points: 3 (12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech) Reb: 2 (12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech) Blocks: 1 (5x, last 2/4/09 at UCLA)

3 JAMES DUNLEAVY (R-Fr.) Ht. - 6-6 Wt. - 195 Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS) • Redshirted last season; Played at Harvard-Westlake High...as a junior helped them to a 27-6 record...hit 21 of 55 3-pointers • Brother Mike plays for the Indiana Pacers and his father Mike, Sr. is the L.A. Clippers coach and general manager • Had 10 points in the C & G game; Played in his 1st game for USC on Jan. 2 at Oregon (0-for-1); played a minute at UCLA Season Bests: Points: Reb: 3-ptrs:

22 TAJ GIBSON (Jr.) - Pac-10 Def. Player of Year Ht. - 6-9 Wt. - 225 Brooklyn, N.Y. (Stoneridge Prep) • Tied a then-career high with 22 points vs. NMSU...also had 10 rebounds and 5 blocks for his 17th career double-double • Tied a career high with 18 rebounds and added 19 points for his 18th career double-double vs. SHU on Nov. 20 • Had third consecutive double-double with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 21 • Had double-double at Oklahoma on Dec. 4 with 12 pts/10 rebs; Scored a career-high 25 points vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 15 • Had 10 points & tied a career high with18 rebounds vs. NDSU on Dec. 20...had 16 rebounds in the 2nd half • Had 16 points, 8 rebounds & 5 blocks vs. ORU on Dec. 28; Scored his 1,000th career point on Jan. 2 at Oregon, becoming 33rd Trojan to reach 1,000 career points; Also blocked 2 shots to give him a school record 196 • Had 11 points, 11 rebounds & 3 blocks vs. ASU on Jan. 15; Is 4th Pac-10 player with 200 career blocks & • 15 points/13 rebounds at UW on Jan. 22 & 12 points/12 rebounds at WSU on Jan. 24...9th & 10th double-doubles • After being diagnosed with pneumonia on Jan. 26, played 38 minutes, had 20 points & blocked 2 shots on Jan. 29 vs. Stanford • Had 12 points/13 rebounds vs. Cal on Jan. 31...Had 21 points/12 rebounds at Cal on Feb. 26; Named All-Pac-10 2nd-team • Had 5 blocks vs. OSU on March 7 to give him 86 and now stands at 92, breaking his school record of 84 set last year • Posted double-doubles vs. Cal (21 pts/16 reb) & vs. UCLA (13 pts/11 rebs) at the Pac-10 Tourney; 15 this season/31 career

Season Bests: Points: 25 (12/15 vs. Pepperdine) Reb: 18 (2x, last 12/20 vs. NDSU) Blocks: 5 (5x, last 3/7 vs. Oregon State) Career Bests: Points: 25 (12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine) Reb: 18 (3x, last 12/20/08 vs. NDSU) Blocks: 7 (1/4/07 at Oregon)

30 TERENCE GREEN (Sr.) Ht. - 5-11 Wt. - 180 Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel/Irvine Valley) • Transfered to USC for the spring semester of the 2006-07 season; Practiced as a walk-on, but was ineligible for competition • Played high school ball at Aliso Niguel High; Helped lead the team to a 28-4 record his senior year • Played in seven games last season...made 2 of 3 shots and was 2-for-2 from the free throw line...hit his only 3-pointer • In his fi rst game on March 7 vs. OSU (Senior Night), drained a three-pointer at the buzzer...his only shot of the season Season Bests: Points: 3 (3/7 vs. Oregon) Reb: 3-ptrs: 1 (3/7 vs. Oregon State) Career Bests: Points: 3 (2x, last 3/7/09 vs. Oregon St.) Reb: 1 (2x, last 12/19/06 vs. Longwood) 3-ptrs: 1 (2x, last 3/7/09 vs. Oregon St.)

2008-2009 • 5 • USC BASKETBALL THE PLAYERS 13 DANIEL HACKETT (Jr.) - All-Pac-10 2nd Team Ht. - 6-5 Wt. - 215 Pesaro, Italy (St. John Bosco HS) • Originally a 2007 recruit, graduated early by fi nishing his high school work in the summer of junior year & enrolled at USC • Battled through injuries last year to average 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists...had a broken jaw & stress fracture in lower back...averaged 11.0 points and 4.0 assists before the back injury • Scored 10 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and had 5 assists vs. NMSU on Nov. 18...also had a career-high 3 blocks • Had 18 points vs. USF on Dec. 1...also had six assists and tied a career best with three 3-pointers made • Dished out a career-high 13 assists (T-4th all-time by a Trojan) and had 8 points and 7 rebounds at Oklahoma on Dec. 4 • Had 16 points, 6 assists and a career-high 6 steals on Dec. 15 vs. Pepperdine; Had 15 points and fi ve assists on Dec. 22 vs. Georgia Tech...made his fi rst 11 free throws, but missed his fi nal one, snapping a streak of 19-straight makes • Had 15 pts., 9 reb., 7 ast. & 3 steals at Oregon on Jan. 2; 13 pts. and had a game-high 7 rebounds vs. UCLA on Jan. 11 • Had 6 assists and 4 rebounds while holding ASU’s James Harden to a career-low 4 points in win on Jan. 15 • Had 11 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds and hit the game-winning free throw in defeat of Arizona on Jan. 17 • Scored 24 points at Washington on Jan. 22; Game-high 14 points at WSU on Jan. 24...clinched game w/ FTs • Had 20 points/6 rebounds/4 assists at UoA on Feb. 12; Tied career high with 26 points at Cal on Feb. 26 • Tied a season-best with 9 rebounds & had 15 points & 7 assists vs. Cal on March 12; Has averaged 15.2 ppg in last 5 G Season Bests: Points: 26 (2/26 at California) Reb: 9 (2x, last 3/12 vs. California) Assists: 13 (12/4 at Oklahoma) Career Bests: Points: 26 (2x, last 2/26/09 at Cal) Reb: 10 (11/17/07 at S. Carolina) Assists: 13 (12/4/08 at Oklahoma) 0 MARCUS JOHNSON (Sr.) Ht. - 6-6 Wt. - 210 Los Angeles, Calif. (Westchester HS/UConn) • Transfered to USC from UConn last spring and became eligible for the game on Dec. 28; USC is 12-3 when he is available • In the 2006-07 season at UConn, averaged 5.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 16.7 minutes per game...started 19 games • Played on one exhibition game for UConn last season before tranferring and thus lost a season of eligibility • Scored 6 points, had 2 rebounds and 3 steals in 19 minutes in his fi rst game vs. ORU on Dec. 28 • Had 3 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals at Oregon on Jan. 2; 7 points, 5 rebounds at OSU on Jan. 4 • Scored 8 points and had 2 steals at UW on Jan. 22; Had 7 points at WSU on Jan. 24, including FG for lead • Had a season-best 9 pts. with 3 reb. & 2 steals vs. Stanford on Jan. 29; Missed 7 games with strained rt. rotator cuff (1-6) Season Bests: Points: 9 (1/29 vs. Stanford) Reb: 5 (2x, last 1/4 at Oregon St.) Steals: 3 (12/28 vs. ORU) Career Bests: Points: 20 (12/18/05 vs. UNH) Reb: 8 (3x, last 12/30/06 at UWV) Steals: 5 (12/28/05 vs. Stony Brook) 21 DWIGHT LEWIS (Jr.) Ht. - 6-5 Wt. - 215 Metairie, La. (James Taylor HS, Tex.) • Played his senior season at James Taylor High in Katy, Tex. after being uprooted from Louisiana by hurricane Katrina • Had a team-leading 15 points, with two blocks and two steals vs. Missouri on Nov. 23...he had one prior career block • Scored a career-high 26 points vs. USF on Dec. 1...made 9 of 16 shots and had 3 steals • Poured in another 25 points at Oklahoma on Dec. 4...made 3 of 4 three-pointers and all 6 free throws • Scored 17 points and had career-highs in rebounds (8) and assists (5) on Dec. 15 vs. Pepperdine • Held to 4 points on Dec. 20 vs. NDSU after scoring in double fi gures the fi rst nine games (a career best) • Bounced back with 19 points on 7 of 10 shooting vs. Georgia Tech on Dec. 22 • Tied career high with 26 points at Oregon on Jan. 2...Came off bench to hit fi ve 3-pointers vs. ASU on Jan. 15 • Had 21 points (12 staight in 2nd H), to lead USC to a 65-64 win vs. UofA on Jan. 17; Missed Jan. 22 & 24 (left ankle sprain) • Scored 20 points at UCLA on Feb. 4; Had 21 points and made a career-best 6 three-pointers at Arizona on Feb. 12 Season Bests: Points: 26 (2x, last 1/2 at Oregon) Reb: 8 (12/15 vs. Pepperdine) 3-ptrs: 6 (2/12 at Arizona) Career Bests: Points: 26 (2x, last 1/2/09 at Oregon) Reb: 8 (12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine) 3-ptrs: 6 (2/12/09 at Arizona) 34 J.J. MEYERS (Jr.) Ht. - 6-2 Wt. - 175 Hidden Hills, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS/LMU) • Transfered to USC from LMU...suited up for LMU as a freshman, but did not play as a sophomore • Helped lead Campbell-Hall to a 32-0 record and state championship in 2005; Made 50 percent of his 3-pointers as a junior • Has not played in a game this season; Had a rebound and an assist in the Cardinal & Gold Scrimmage on Oct. 26 Season Bests: Points: Reb: 3-ptrs: 15 PERCY MILLER (Fr.) Ht. - 5-11 Wt. - 170 Beveryly Hills, Calif. (Beverly Hills HS) • Averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 assists his junior season at Beverly Hills High • Averaged 8.6 points and 9.0 assists in limited time as a senior due to a hip fl exor and bruised right knee • Played 3 minutes in USC’s season opener on Nov. 15 vs. UC Irvine and had a rebound • Picked up his fi rst career assist vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 21...played 3 minutes and was 0-for-1 from the fl oor (3-pointer) • Scored his fi rst career points on a layup vs. Tennessee-Martin on Nov. 28; Had a point & rebound at UCLA on Feb. 4 Season Bests: Points: 2 (11/28 vs. UT-M) Reb: 1 (11/15 vs. UCI) 3-ptrs: 0 20 MARCUS SIMMONS (So.) Ht. - 6-6 Wt. - 200 Alexandria, La.. (Peabody HS) • Limited to parts of 15 games and 101 minutes as a freshman due to a nagging high ankle sprain; Had surgery on Sept. 16 to remove additional bone growth in his left leg due to complications from the ankle injury last season • Averaged 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals as a senior at Peabody HS in Alexandria, La....led them to state title • Made 1st career start vs. UT-Martin on Nov. 28...had an assist, a block, 2 points & 2 boards; 2 rebounds on Feb. 21 vs. UW • Came off bench to score a career-high 6 points and to play defense on Jerome Randle at California on Feb. 26 • Started and set a new career high with 11 points and 30 minutes played at Stanford on Feb. 28 • Has started 4 of the last 7 games and has averaged 4.6 points and 2.0 rebounds in those games Season Bests: Points: 11 (2/28 at Stanford) Reb: 4 (2x, last 3/13 vs. UCLA) Steals: 1 (8x, last 3/14 vs. Arizona St.) Career Bests: Points: 11 (2/28/09 at Stanford) Reb: 5 (2/23/08 vs. OSU) Steals: 2 (3/1/08 at Arizona St.)

2008-2009 • 6 • USC BASKETBALL 35 DONTE SMITH (So.) Ht. - 5-11 Wt. - 180 Pomona, Calif. (Diamond Ranch HS/Mt. SAC) • Transfered to USC from Mt. SAC...did not play last season for Mt. SAC so he could play this season • Averaged 21.7 points as a freshman at Mt. SAC and was rated the No. 1 JC player by Jerry Mullens Report • Averaged 18.4 points, 4.2 assists and 3.2 steals as a senior at Diamond Ranch HS in Pomona, Calif. • Had 5 points, 3 rebounds and an assist in the opener vs. UC Irvine on Nov. 15 • Scored a career-high 9 points on 3 3-pointers vs. Seton Hall on Nov. 20; Had a career-high 5 assists vs. Missouri on Nov. 23 • Had 8 points & 2 assists vs. Tennessee-Martin on Nov. 28...made two 3-pointers; Had 7 points, 2 assists at UCLA on Feb. 4 • Is 7th on team with 22 assists and 3rd with 12 three-pointers made; Has played in 24 games, three starts Season Bests: Points: 9 (11/20 vs. Seton Hall) Reb: 3 (11/15 vs. UCI) Assists: 5 (11/23 vs. Missouri)

1 ALEX STEPHESON (Jr.) Ht. - 6-9 Wt. - 235 Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS/North Carolina) • Transfered to USC from UNC due to family health concerns; Averaged 4.3 points and 4.5 rebounds last season for Tar Heels • Appeared in 75 games in his 2 seasons at UNC, making 52.7 percent of his shots; Led UNC in rebounds six times in 2007-08 • Prepped at Harvard-Westlake in N. Hollywood...averaged 20.4 points and 17.8 rebounds as a senior; 16 G of 20+ rebounds • Denied his transfer waiver petition by the NCAA on Nov. 19 and will sit out the 2008-09 season Season Bests: Points: Reb: Blocks: Career Bests: Points: 12 (3/21/08 vs. Mt. St. Mary’s) Reb: 11 (1/31/08 vs. BC) Blocks: 3 (3x, last 3/27/08 vs. Wash. St.)

5 NIKOLA VUCEVIC (Fr.) Ht. - 6-10 Wt. - 220 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) • Averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds as a senior at Stoneridge Prep in Simi Valley, Calif...was team captain • Cleared for competition on Dec. 15 by the NCAA (missed fi rst 8 games); In 2007 voted best young player in Montenegro • His father played professionally in Europe for 24 years and his mother played professionally in Bosnia • Played in his fi rst game as a Trojan on Dec. 15 vs. Pepperdine and had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks in 6 minutes • Scored 4 points, had 2 rebounds and a block vs. ORU on Dec. 28; Had 2 points, 2 rebounds & 2 blocks at Oregon on Jan. 2 • Made fi rst start on Jan. 24 at WSU and had then-season bests in points (8) and rebounds (5)...4-for-5 from the fi eld • Tied best point total (8) & set new rebound (6) & steals (4) marks at UCLA on Feb. 4...out w/strained lower back at ARI &ASU • Started again on Feb. 19 vs. WSU and had 8 points & a career-best 7 rebounds in 26 minutes; 6 boards vs. UW on Feb. 21 Season Bests: Points: 8 (3x, last 2/19 vs. WSU) Reb: 7 (2x, last 3/5 vs. Oregon) Blocks: 2 (3x, last 1/22 at Washington)

4 LEONARD WASHINGTON (Fr.) Ht. - 6-7 Wt. - 230 Lake Charles, La. (Marion HS) • Averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds his senior season (2006-07) at Mt. Washington Marion HS in Louisiana • Was an 2-time All-State selection and led his team to state title game in 2006-07 where they lost to Marcus Simmons’ team • Was ranked by HoopScoop as the No. 54 recruit in the 2007 class; Scored 9 points and had 5 rebounds vs. UCI on 11/15 • Had 9 points, 7 rebounds & 4 steals vs. New Mexico St. on Nov. 18; Had 8 points & 8 rebounds vs. Seton Hall on Nov. 20 • Scored 9 points & grabbed 12 rebounds vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 21; Nov. 23 vs. Missouri, had 9 points, 9 rebounds • Grabbed 9 rebounds, had 4 points and a career-best 4 blocks vs. Tennessee-Martin on Nov. 28 • Had 9 points and 3 rebounds in 14 minutes at Oklahoma before being ejected for a fl agrant act...2-for-2 on three-pointers • Scored a 14 points on 6 of 7 shooting vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 15; Has made 4 of 8 three-pointers this season • Had a career-high 17 points vs. NDSU on Dec. 20...made 7 of 8 FTs, including 2 with 23 seconds left and USC up by one • Suffered a high left ankle sprain in the fi rst minute vs. Georgia Tech on Dec. 22...missed the next 5 games • Scored 12 points and had 4 rebounds vs. Stanford on Jan. 29; Had 9 points, 6 rebounds & 4 steals vs. UW on Feb. 21 • Scored 8 or more points in 9 of fi rst 10 G before being injured (Game-11); has scored 8 points or more 3 times in 18 G since • Scored 10 points, had three rebounds and two steals vs. Oregon State on March 7 Season Bests: Points: 17 (12/20 vs. NDSU) Reb: 12 (11/21 vs. UTC) Steals: 4 (3x, last 2/21 vs. Washington)

2 RYAN WETHERELL (Jr.) Ht. - 5-11 Wt. - 175 Calgary, Canada (Sir Winston Churchill HS) • Played three years of varsity at Sir Winston Churchill High; Was starting point guard and team MVP as a senior • Averged 30 points and eight assists as a senior; Helped lead his Junior Trojans club team to the provincial championship three straight years, earning MVP honors each season (2004-06) • Played in 15 G in each of his fi rst 2 seasons at USC; Matched career highs in points (3) & rebound (2) vs. OSU on 2/23/08 • Has not played in a game this season due to an eye injury, expected to redshirt Season Bests: Points: Reb: Assists: Career Bests: Points: 3 (2x, last 2/23/08 vs. OSU) Reb: 2 (2x, last 2/23/08 vs. OSU) Assists: 2 (2x, last 2/23/08 vs. OSU)

23 KEITH WILKINSON (Sr.) Ht. - 6-10 Wt. - 225 Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley HS) • Scored 20 points per game in leading Capistrano Valley to the CIF Div. IIAA semi-fi nals, where they lost 57-54 to eventual champion Dominguez; His father, Jerry, played four years in the NFL for the Rams and Browns • Appeared in 30 games last season, making three starts and averaged 2.5 points and 2.8 rebounds • Started the opener vs. UCI on Nov. 15 and had two points, six rebounds and three assists • Started again on Nov. 18 vs. NMSU and had 5 points and 8 rebounds; Had 4 points & 5 rebounds vs. UT-M on Nov. 28 • Scored 8 points and made both three-point shots at Oklahoma on Dec. 4; Has made 11 starts this season, 6th on team • Came off the bench vs. GT on Dec. 22 to score 5 points, grab 4 rebounds, get 2 steals and hand out 4 assists • Matched a then season high with 8 points and had two assists at Oregon on Jan. 2...it was his 4th start of the season • Made 5th start of season at Oregon St. on Jan. 4 and had eight points again, six rebounds and a career-high 6 assists • Tied career high with 9 points vs. UCLA on Jan. 11...averaged 6.6 points in the 5 games Washington missed Season Bests: Points: 9 (1/11 vs. UCLA) Reb: 8 (11/18 vs. NMSU) Blocks: 1 (3x, last 1/22 at Washington) Career Bests: Points: 9 (2x, last 1/11/09 vs. UCLA) Reb: 11 (2/21/08 vs. Oregon Blocks: 2 (2/22/07 vs. Stanford)

2008-2009 • 7 • USC BASKETBALL CHARTING THE TROJANS STARTING LINEUPS Nov. 15 UC Irvine Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Nov. 18 New Mexico St. Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Nov. 20 vs. Seton Hall Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Smith L Nov. 21 vs. Chattanooga Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington W Nov. 23 vs. Missouri Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington L Nov. 28 Tennessee-Martin Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Simmons W Dec. 1 San Francisco Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Smith W Dec. 4 at Oklahoma Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington L Dec. 15 Pepperdine Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington W Dec. 20 North Dakota St. Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington W Dec. 22 Georgia Tech Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington W Dec. 28 Oral Roberts Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Jan. 2 at Oregon Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Jan. 4 at Oregon State Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson L Jan. 11 UCLA Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Johnson L Jan. 15 Arizona State Hackett Smith DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Jan. 17 Arizona Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Jan. 22 at Washington Hackett Washington DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson L Jan. 24 at Washington State Hackett Vucevic DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Jan. 29 Stanford Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington W Jan. 31 California Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington W Feb. 4 at UCLA Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington L Feb. 12 at Arizona Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson L Feb. 15 at Arizona State Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson L Feb. 19 Washington State Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Vucevic W Feb. 21 Washington Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington L Feb. 26 at California Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Washington L Feb. 28 at Stanford Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Simmons L Mar. 5 Oregon Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Vucevic W Mar. 7 Oregon State Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Wilkinson W Mar. 12 vs. California Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Simmons W Mar. 13 vs. UCLA Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Simmons W Mar. 14 vs. Arizona State Hackett Lewis DeRozan Gibson Simmons W

USC DOUBLE-DOUBLES... USC DOUBLE-DOUBLES (Cont.) USC BY DAY/MONTH: Taj Gibson - Feb. 28 (19 points/10 rebounds) Taj Gibson - Nov. 18 (22 points/10 rebounds) Taj Gibson - March 12 (21 points/16 rebounds) Mondays - 3-0 Nov. - 4-2 Taj Gibson - Nov. 20 (19 points/18 rebounds) DeMar DeRozan - March 12 (17 points/11 rebounds) Tuesdays - 1-0 Dec. - 5-1 Taj Gibson - Nov. 21 (17 points/15 rebounds) Taj Gibson - March 13 (13 points/11 rebounds) Wednesdays - 0-1 Jan - 6-3 Taj Gibson - Dec. 4 (12 points/10 rebounds) DeMar DeRozan - March 13 (21 points/13 rebounds) Taj Gibson - Dec. 15 (25 points/11 rebounds) Thursdays - 5-5 Feb. - 1-6 Taj Gibson - Dec. 20 (10 points/18 rebounds) Fridays - 4-0 Mar. - 5-0 Taj Gibson - Dec. 22 (15 points/14 rebounds) DeMar DeRozan - Jan. 2 (14 points/12 rebounds) Saturdays - 7-2 Taj Gibson - Jan. 15 (11 points/11 rebounds) WEARING THE COLORS: Sundays - 1-4 Taj Gibson - Jan. 22 (15 points/13 rebounds) Wearing Red Uniforms - 4-6 Taj Gibson - Jan. 24 (12 points/12 rebounds) Wearing White Uniforms - 10-3 GALEN CENTER RECORDS: Taj Gibson - Jan. 31 (12 points/13 rebounds) DeMar DeRozan - Feb. 15 (16 points/10 rebounds) Wearing Yellow Uniforms - 6-2 With the curtains open - 9-2 Taj Gibson - Feb. 26 (21 points/12 rebounds) Wearing Black Uniforms - 1-1 With the curtains closed - 6-0 THE LAST TIME THE TROJANS... Scored 100 points 103 vs. Stanford on March 7, 2002 Allowed 100 points 108 at Arizona State on Feb. 13, 2003 Had 50 or more rebounds 53 vs. California on March 12, 2009 Allowed 50 or more rebounds 50 vs. Arizona on March 11, 2004 Had 25 or more assists 26 at California on Feb. 19, 2005 Had 15 or more steals 16 vs. North Carolina on Dec. 21, 2005 6 or more score in double fi gures 6 vs. Southern on Dec. 28, 2004 Beat an opponent by 50 or more 52 vs. Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14, 2006 Beat a ranked opponent #23 vs. Arizona State on March 14, 2009 Beat a top-10 ranked opponent #7 vs. Stanford on March 8, 2008 Beat a top-5 ranked opponent #4 at UCLA on Jan. 19, 2008

TEAM COMPARISONS USC --- BC MSU RMU 68.4 Offensive Pts./Game 74.9 71.9 70.7 63.5 Defensive Pts./Game 70.5 62.9 65.0 .474 Field Goal Percentage .446 .455 .476 .406 Field Goal Defense Pct. .423 .414 .425 .329 3-Point FG Percentage .337 .353 .397 .337 3-Point FG Defense Pct. .327 .320 .367 .666 Free Throw Percentage .734 .686 .707 35.8 Rebounds/Game 37.2 38.9 33.3 12.4 Assists/Game 14.8 15.9 15.3 14.0 Turnovers/Game 13.4 14.0 15.5 6.3 Steals/Game 6.2 6.4 8.6 4.7 Blocks/Game 4.4 2.8 3.4

2008-2009 • 8 • USC BASKETBALL 2008 • 2009 USC Roster • NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (High School/College) 0 Marcus Johnson F 6-6 210 Sr. 2/13/87 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 1 Alex Stepheson F 6-9 235 Jr. 8/7/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS/North Carolina) 2 Ryan Wetherell G 5-11 175 Jr. 2/12/88 Calgary, Alberta, CN (Sir Winston Churchill HS) 3 James Dunleavy G 6-6 195 *Fr. 9/14/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS) 4 Leonard Washington F 6-7 230 Fr. 7/25/88 Lake Charles, LA (Marion HS) 5 Nikola Vucevic F 6-10 220 Fr. 10/24/90 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) 10 DeMar DeRozan F 6-7 220 Fr. 8/7/89 Compton, CA (Compton HS) 13 Daniel Hackett G 6-5 215 Jr. 12/19/87 Pesaro, Italy (St. John Bosco HS) 14 Mamadou Diarra F 7-0 230 *Fr.. 8/29/86 Bamako, Mali (Stoneridge Prep) 15 Percy Miller G 5-11 170 Fr. 8/19/89 Beverly Hills, CA (Beverly Hills HS) 20 Marcus Simmons G 6-6 200 So. 1/28/88 Alexandria, LA (Peabody HS) 21 Dwight Lewis G 6-5 215 Jr. 10/7/87 Metairie, LA (James Taylor HS-TX) 22 Taj Gibson F 6-9 225 Jr. 6/24/85 Brooklyn, N.Y. (Stoneridge Prep-CA) 23 Keith Wilkinson F 6-10 225 Sr. 5/7/87 Mission Viejo, CA (Capistrano Valley HS) 30 Terence Green G 5-11 180 Sr. 9/1/86 Aliso Viejo, CA (Aliso Niguel HS/Irvine Valley) 33 Jordan Cameron F 6-5 220 So.* 8/7/88 Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park HS/BYU/Ventura JC) 34 J.J. Meyers G 6-2 175 Jr. 1/8/88 Hidden Hills, CA (Campbell Hall HS/LMU) 35 Donte Smith G 5-11 180 *So. 4/23/88 Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS/Mt. SAC) 43 Kasey Cunningham F 6-7 225 *So. 7/3/88 Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) * Utilized redshirt year • ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (High School/College) 33 Jordan Cameron F 6-5 220 So.* 8/7/88 Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park HS/BYU/Ventura JC) 43 Kasey Cunningham F 6-7 225 *So. 7/3/88 Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) 10 DeMar DeRozan F 6-7 220 Fr. 8/7/89 Compton, CA (Compton HS) 14 Mamadou Diarra F 7-0 230 *Fr.. 8/29/86 Bamako, Mali (Stoneridge Prep) 3 James Dunleavy G 6-6 195 *Fr. 9/14/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS) 22 Taj Gibson F 6-9 225 Jr. 6/24/85 Brooklyn, N.Y. (Stoneridge Prep-CA) 30 Terence Green G 5-11 180 Sr. 9/1/86 Aliso Viejo, CA (Aliso Niguel HS/Irvine Valley) 13 Daniel Hackett G 6-5 215 Jr. 12/19/87 Pesaro, Italy (St. John Bosco HS) 0 Marcus Johnson F 6-6 210 Sr. 2/13/87 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 21 Dwight Lewis G 6-5 215 Jr. 10/7/87 Metairie, LA (James Taylor HS-TX) 34 J.J. Meyers G 6-2 175 Jr. 1/8/88 Hidden Hills, CA (Campbell Hall HS/LMU) 15 Percy Miller G 5-11 170 Fr. 8/19/89 Beverly Hills, CA (Beverly Hills HS) 20 Marcus Simmons G 6-6 200 So. 1/28/88 Alexandria, LA (Peabody HS) 35 Donte Smith G 5-11 180 *So. 4/23/88 Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS/Mt. SAC) 1 Alex Stepheson F 6-9 235 Jr. 8/7/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS/North Carolina) 5 Nikola Vucevic F 6-10 220 Fr. 10/24/90 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) 4 Leonard Washington F 6-7 230 Fr. 7/25/88 Lake Charles, LA (Marion HS) 2 Ryan Wetherell G 5-11 175 Jr. 2/12/88 Calgary, Alberta, CN (Sir Winston Churchill HS) 23 Keith Wilkinson F 6-10 225 Sr. 5/7/87 Mission Viejo, CA (Capistrano Valley HS) * Utilized redshirt year Head Coach Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech, 1977), 4th year THE 2008-09 TROJANS -- USC returns three starters from last year’s team which went 21-12, tied for third in the Pac-10 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Lead- ASSISTANTS ing the way are junior All-Pac-10 forward Taj Gibson, junior guards Daniel Hackett and Gib Arnold (BYU, 1995), 4th year Dwight Lewis and senior forward Keith Wilkinson. Also key members returning to health Bob Cantu (Chapman, 1997), 8th year this season after injury-marred 2007-08 seasons are forward Mamadou Diarra and guard Phil Johnson (East Central Oklahoma, 1981) 4th year Marcus Simmons. The Trojans have added seven new players to the 2008-09 roster STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING MANAGER which returns 10 players from last season’s squad. USC’s incoming class, ranked No. Rudy Hackett (Syracuse, 1975) 4th Year 7 by HoopScoop, features consensus top fi ve recruit Demar DeRozan. DeRozan was named by CollegeHoops.net as a preseason All-America honorable mention. Also in DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS this recruiting class is guard Donte Smith, forward Leonard Washington, forward Dwayne Polee (Pepperdine, 1981) 2nd Year Nikola Vucevic, guard Percy Miller and walk-on J.J. Meyers. Another addition is small forward Marcus Johnson who transfered from UConn and had to sit out the VIDEO COORDINATOR Adam Katlin (Texas, 2007) 2nd Year fi rst semester. USC Rankings by Week PS N17 N24 D1 D8 D15 D22 D29 J5 J12 J19 J26 F2 F9 F16 F23 M2 M9 M16 AP 18 19 t35 42 ------36 ------27 ESPN/Coaches 21 20 37 ------31 ------29 CBS SportsLine 21 21 ------

2008-2009 • 9 • USC BASKETBALL 2008•2009 Season Review game • one game • two game • three

UC Irvine • 55 New Mexico St. • 60 USC • 61 USC • 78 USC • 73 Seton Hall • 63

Nov. 15 • Galen Center Nov. 18 • Galen Center Nov. 20 • Coliseo de Puerto Rico Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. San Juan, PR

Dwight Lewis scored a game-high 18 points to lead Taj Gibson matched a career high with 22 points Taj Gibson’s dunk off a missed three-point attempt USC to a 78-55 win vs. UC Irvine on Nov. 15 at the to lead USC to a 73-60 win over visiting New by Daniel Hackett came just after the buzzer and Galen Center. It was USC’s fi rst win in an opener Mexico State on Nov. 18 at the Galen Center. USC fell 63-61 to Seton Hall in a fi rst-round game under Tim Floyd, falling at home the three previous Gibson added 10 rebounds and fi ve blocks for seasons, two in overtime. Also reaching double at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan, PR. USC his 17th career double-double. USC had a Galen fi gures in scoring for USC were Taj Gibson (17), took a 15-point lead at the half (43-28), but hit only Center-record 10 blocks and held the Aggies to DeMar DeRozan (14) and Daniel Hackett (10). 24.1 of its second-half shots and only 40 percent of 31.7 percent shooting. NMSU managed only 25.7 USC held the Anteaters to 37.5 percent shooting, its free throws after the break as the Pirates fought percent from the fl oor in the fi rst half, the lowest by while hitting 51.8 percent of its own shots. USC their way back into the game. USC did not score a an opponent since holding Oregon State to 22.6 scored the fi rst eight points of the game, but by the fi eld goal until the 14:19 mark of the second half, percent on Feb. 23, 2008. USC improved to 2-0 to 5:16 mark of the fi rst half, the Anteaters had taken while the Pirates hit three straight three pointers start a season for the fi rst time since the 2000-01 a 22-20 lead. Donte Smith then hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to six before Dwight Lewis ended season when it began 8-0. USC outrebounded to give USC the lead and they fi nished the fi rst half the drought with a layup. SHU took its fi rst lead of NMSU 50-35, the Trojans’ most rebounds in a on a 15-7 run, capped by a buzzer-beating three- the second half on a three-pointer with 1:20 left game since Dec. 4, 2007 when they had 52 in an pointer from Leonard Washington to go up 35-29 by Jeremy Hazell to give them a 62-59 lead and overtime game vs. Memphis at Madison Square at the break. USC scored the fi rst seven points they hung on for the victory. Gibson had 19 points Garden in New York. of the second half and never looked back. The and 18 rebounds for USC. Gibson and SHU’s John Trojans outrebounded UCI 24-10 in the second Garcia’s 18 rebounds set a new Puerto Rico Tip- NEW MEXICO STATE • 60 half. USC is now 70-33 in openers. Off single-game record. The loss by two points REB was USC’s closest fi nal score since also losing by UC IRVINE • 55 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN two points on March 3, 2007 at Washington State REB Gillenwater 5-14 1-4 4-6 0-5 5 4 15 0 3 1 0 36 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Rahman 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 20 in double overtime by a score of 88-86. DeCasas 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 24 Young 6-16 3-6 1-2 3-4 7 2 16 0 6 0 1 37 Bland 3-10 1-3 0-0 1-1 2 5 7 0 4 0 0 25 Laroche 1-4 0-0 1-2 2-1 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 24 USC • 61 Atkinson 5-7 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 3 10 0 1 0 1 26 Gibson 3-13 0-5 5-6 1-1 2 4 11 3 2 0 2 33 Rembert 2-9 0-2 2-2 1-2 3 1 6 1 1 0 0 22 Lumpkins 2-6 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 2 6 2 2 0 2 15 REB Moore 6-11 1-2 3-3 1-4 5 1 16 3 2 0 1 32 McKines 1-6 0-0 2-2 3-4 7 5 4 1 1 2 0 20 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Eberhard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Castillo 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 13 DeRozan 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-3 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 20 Hunter 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 18 Gabriel 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gibson 8-13 0-0 3-6 10-8 18 3 19 3 0 3 0 38 Folker 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 TEAM 3-4 7 Hackett 0-7 0-4 4-4 1-2 3 3 4 8 4 1 3 36 Lauer 4-6 3-5 1-2 0-2 2 3 12 1 0 0 0 19 Totals 20-63 7-20 13-18 12-23 35 22 60 8 16 4 9 200 Lewis 4-13 0-3 4-5 1-0 1 0 12 0 3 0 2 35 Wise 1-7 0-2 2-4 0-3 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 22 Smith 3-6 3-6 0-0 0-1 1 4 9 1 4 0 0 17 Staker 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FG% 1st Half: 9-35 (.257) 2nd Half: 11-28 (.393) Game: 20-63 (.317) Washington 3-4 0-0 2-4 0-8 8 0 8 2 3 1 0 23 TEAM 0-3 3 3FG% 1st Half: 3-8 (.375) 2nd Half: 4-12 (.333) Game: 7-20 (.350) Simmons 2-4 0-0 0-2 0-2 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 16 Totals 21-56 5-16 8-13 6-22 28 20 55 9 16 0 4 200 FT% 1st Half: 3-4 (.750) 2nd Half: 10-14 (.714) Game: 13-18 (.722) Wilkinson 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-2 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 15 TEAM 2-0 2 FG% 1st Half: 11-27 (.407) 2nd Half: 10-29 (.345) Game: 21-56 (.375) USC • 73 Totals 22-53 3-14 14-25 15-26 41 16 61 14 19 7 7 200 3FG% 1st Half: 3-10 (.300) 2nd Half: 2-6 (.333) Game: 5-16 (.313) FT% 1st Half: 4-4 (1.000) 2nd Half: 4-9 (.444) Game: 8-13 (.615) REB FG% 1st Half: 15-24 (.625) 2nd Half: 7-29 (.241) Game: 22-53 (.415) Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3FG% 1st Half: 3-9 (.333) 2nd Half: 0-5 (.000) Game: 3-14 (.214) DeRozan 2-6 0-2 3-4 1-5 6 2 7 0 5 2 1 34 FT% 1st Half: 10-15 (.667) 2nd Half: 4-10 (.400) Game: 14-25 (.560) USC • 78 Gibson 9-20 0-0 4-7 6-4 10 2 22 0 1 5 1 36 REB Wilkinson 2-6 0-1 1-3 4-4 8 1 5 0 0 0 0 21 SETON HALL • 63 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Hackett 3-7 1-2 3-4 0-6 6 5 10 5 6 3 2 32 DeRozan 6-11 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 2 14 1 2 0 2 28 Lewis 5-11 0-3 6-8 1-3 4 2 16 1 2 0 2 34 REB Gibson 6-10 0-0 5-8 1-5 6 1 17 3 3 5 2 31 Washington 1-2 0-0 7-8 1-6 7 3 9 0 4 0 4 18 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Wilkinson 1-4 0-1 0-0 2-4 6 2 2 3 0 0 0 22 Diarra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Davis 2-5 0-1 2-4 4-1 5 3 6 0 2 2 3 30 Hackett 3-4 0-1 4-4 0-2 2 1 10 5 2 0 3 34 Simmons 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 Harvey 5-14 1-4 7-12 3-2 5 3 18 5 5 0 3 40 Lewis 6-12 3-5 3-4 1-6 7 4 18 3 0 0 2 28 Smith 0-4 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 15 Hazell 6-16 2-8 1-3 0-1 1 2 15 2 4 0 4 35 Washington 4-5 1-1 0-0 1-4 5 1 9 1 0 0 1 15 Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Gause 2-5 2-5 0-2 2-1 3 4 6 2 1 0 1 29 Diarra 0-1 0-0 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 TEAM 6-2 8 1 Garcia 5-9 0-0 1-2 6-12 18 3 11 0 1 1 1 39 Miller 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 23-57 1-10 26-36 19-31 50 18 73 7 20 10 12 200 Theodore 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 7 0 2 0 2 19 Simmons 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 Walters 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 Smith 2-5 1-4 0-1 1-2 3 0 5 1 3 0 0 15 FG% 1st Half: 12-30 (.400) 2nd Half: 11-27 (.407) Game: 23-57 (.404) TEAM 0-2 2 1 Cunningham 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 (.000) 2nd Half: 1-6 (.167) Game: 1-10 (.100) Totals 23-56 6-20 11-23 15-22 37 19 63 9 15 3 14 200 TEAM 3-0 3 FT% 1st Half: 10-16 (.625) 2nd Half: 16-20 (.800) Game: 26-36 (.722) Totals 28-70 7-22 18-32 22-16 38 17 78 9 19 3 7 200 FG% 1st Half: 11-27 (.407) 2nd Half: 12-29 (.414) Game: 23-56 (.411) New Mexico St. 24 36 – 60 3FG% 1st Half: 2-7 (.286) 2nd Half: 4-13 (.308) Game: 6-20 (.300) FG% 1st Half: 10-35 (.286) 2nd Half: 18-35 (.514) Game: 28-70 (.400) USC 34 39 – 73 FT% 1st Half: 4-11 (.364) 2nd Half: 7-12 (.583) Game: 11-23 (.478) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222) 2nd Half: 5-13 (.385) Game: 7-22 (.318) FT% 1st Half: 8-17 (.471) 2nd Half: 10-15 (.667) Game: 18-32 (.563) Offi cials: Scott Thornley, Michael Eggers, Glen Mayberry USC 43 18 – 61 Technical fouls: None. Seton Hall 28 35 – 63 UC Irvine 29 26 – 55 Attendance: 5,618 USC 35 43 – 78 Offi cials: Doug Shows, Kelly Self, Rick Randall Technical fouls: Seton Hall (Hazell, Bench). Offi cials: Mike Littlewood, Kevin Brill, Scott Harris Attendance: 3,217 Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 4,089 2008-2009 • 10 • USC BASKETBALL game • four game • fi ve game • six

Chattanooga • 46 Missouri • 83 Tennessee-Martin • 43 USC • 73 USC • 72 USC • 70

Nov. 21 • Coliseo de Puerto Rico Nov. 23 • Coliseo de Puerto Rico Nov. 28 • Galen Center San Juan, PR San Juan, PR Los Angeles, Calif.

USC defeated Chattanooga 73-46 in the second With USC’s Taj Gibson in foul trouble most of the Taj Gibson had 15 points and eight rebounds and round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan, PR game, Missouri’s fowards DeMarre Carroll (29) USC ran away from Tennessee-Martin 70-43 on on Nov. 21. Taj Gibson led four Trojans in double and Leo Lyons (13) combined for 42 points and Nov. 28 at the Galen Center. USC used a 25-4 run fi gures with 17 points and 15 rebounds. Dwight led the Tigers to a 83-72 comeback win in the late in the fi rst half to put the game away and take a Lewis added 16, DeMar DeRozan 13 and Daniel fourth-place game at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in 40-17 lead at halftime. USC held UT-Martin to 29.0 Hackett 10 points. USC held the Mocs to a 10.3 San Juan, PR. USC led 59-57 with 10 minutes percent shooting in the game and the 43 points shooting percentage from the fi eld, a new school left when forward Kasey Cunningham injured scored were the fewest by a Trojan opponent since record-low shooting percentage in a half, bettering his left knee and Missouri fi nished the game on Dec. 14, 2006 when USC held Bethune-Cookman the old mark of 14 percent vs. California in 1965. a 26-13 roll for the victory. Cunningham had a to 36 points. Dwight Lewis added 13 points and USC also won the battle of the boards 57-32, its career-high 11 points prior to the injury. USC led DeMar DeRozan chippped in with 12. Percy Miller most rebounds in a game since pulling down 58 43-37 at halftime, but committed 14 second-half scored on a layup with 1:04 left in the game for boards vs. Long Beach State on Nov. 24, 2006. turnovers while Missouri hit nearly 55 percent of his fi rst career points. Marcus Simmons made Eleven Trojans played and 10 had at least one its shots after the break. Dwight Lewis led USC his fi rst career start and was part of the defensive rebound. with 15 points and Gibson had 11 points and 8 effort which held UT-Martin’s Lester Hudson to rebounds in 19 minutes. CHATTANOOGA • 46 8-for-24 shooting. REB MISSOURI • 83 TENNESSEE-MARTIN • 43 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN REB McDowell 4-12 2-7 0-0 0-2 2 1 10 1 1 0 0 30 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Patterson 2-4 1-2 0-1 1-4 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 35 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Carroll 11-17 3-3 4-5 5-6 11 3 29 2 1 1 3 36 Sheard 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-3 4 4 0 1 4 0 0 13 Riedewald 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 22 Tiller 4-6 3-3 3-3 0-1 1 3 14 3 1 0 3 20 Doaks 5-16 2-5 2-3 5-10 15 3 14 3 3 1 0 34 Massey 3-7 0-0 0-2 3-5 8 3 6 1 2 1 0 28 Lyons 5-10 0-0 3-8 1-4 5 2 13 3 4 0 2 27 Hartwell 2-5 0-0 4-8 1-0 1 2 8 0 1 0 0 25 Simmons 2-6 1-1 1-2 0-0 0 1 6 0 1 0 2 22 Taylor 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-4 5 2 0 5 3 2 0 31 Williams 2-8 1-4 4-6 0-1 1 2 9 3 3 0 2 24 Hudson 8-24 4-14 0-0 2-2 4 2 20 2 3 0 1 37 Lawrence 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 Harvey 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Brown 1-7 0-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 25 Paul 3-5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 7 2 2 0 0 19 Ferrell 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 Lane 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 15 Denmon 2-5 0-3 0-0 3-3 6 2 4 2 1 0 1 21 Smith 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Mpondo 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Ramsey 3-5 0-2 2-3 2-0 2 2 8 1 0 0 0 9 Taylor 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 Weddle 1-8 1-7 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 17 Safford 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 8 Saffore 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 Clayton 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 English 1-8 0-3 2-2 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 18 TEAM 2-1 3 Hood 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 2-0 2 Totals 15-58 6-26 10-18 11-21 32 18 46 10 13 2 2 200 Irarrazabal 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 11 Totals 31-63 7-19 14-21 15-19 34 21 83 20 12 3 9 200 TEAM 6-1 7 FG% 1st Half: 12-29 (.414) 2nd Half: 3-29 (.103) Game: 15-58 (.259) Totals 18-62 6-26 1-4 14-20 34 14 43 7 15 2 10 200 FG% 1st Half: 14-32 (.438) 2nd Half: 17-31 (.548) Game: 31-63 (.492) 3FG% 1st Half: 5-12 (.417) 2nd Half: 1-14 (.071) Game: 6-26 (.231) 3FG% 1st Half: 3-10 (.300) 2nd Half: 4-9 (.444) Game: 7-19 (.368) FT% 1st Half: 0-1 (.000) 2nd Half: 10-17 (.588) Game: 10-18 (.556) FG% 1st Half: 7-26 (.269) 2nd Half: 11-36 (.306) Game: 18-62 (.290) FT% 1st Half: 6-9 (.667) 2nd Half: 8-12 (.667) Game: 14-21 (.667) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-11 (.182) 2nd Half: 4-14 (.267) Game: 6-26 (.231) FT% 1st Half: 1-4 (.250) 2nd Half: 0-0 (.---) Game: 1-4 (.250) USC • 73 USC • 72 REB REB USC • 70 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Washington 4-10 0-1 1-1 6-6 12 1 9 1 1 1 0 23 REB Washington 4-6 0-0 1-3 3-6 9 1 9 1 1 0 0 30 DeRozan 5-11 0-1 3-4 4-2 6 1 13 2 3 0 0 27 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN DeRozan 2-9 0-1 4-6 3-3 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 25 Gibson 5-11 0-0 7-10 6-9 15 3 17 0 1 5 1 29 DeRozan 6-10 0-0 0-1 0-3 3 1 12 1 4 1 1 28 Gibson 5-8 0-0 1-2 6-2 8 5 11 1 2 2 0 19 Hackett 2-7 2-5 4-6 0-3 3 2 10 9 1 1 1 29 Gibson 7-10 0-0 1-2 3-5 8 2 15 1 0 1 0 24 Hackett 3-8 2-3 3-4 0-2 2 4 11 5 8 0 1 38 Lewis 7-13 1-3 1-2 2-4 6 0 16 3 2 0 1 29 Hackett 2-5 1-1 3-3 2-4 6 3 8 5 2 0 1 32 Lewis 6-10 2-4 1-3 0-1 1 4 15 1 5 2 2 34 Diarra 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 8 Simmons 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 22 Diarra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Miller 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Lewis 5-10 3-6 0-0 0-4 4 1 13 2 3 0 1 29 Simmons 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 Simmons 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 1 4 0 2 1 0 15 Washington 2-5 0-0 0-0 3-6 9 0 4 1 2 4 0 20 Wilkinson 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 Wilkinson 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 Diarra 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Smith 2-5 1-3 1-1 0-1 1 1 6 5 3 0 1 15 Smith 0-5 0-4 0-0 0-2 2 4 0 3 2 0 0 16 Miller 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Cunningham 4-7 0-0 3-7 3-3 6 2 11 1 0 1 2 14 Cunningham 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 16 Wilkinson 2-5 0-0 0-1 1-4 5 1 4 2 2 0 0 20 TEAM 2-0 2 TEAM 1-3 4 Smith 2-7 2-5 2-2 0-2 2 1 8 2 1 0 0 20 Totals 26-56 5-12 15-28 18-21 39 23 72 16 19 5 6 200 Totals 26-64 3-15 18-25 22-35 57 19 73 19 14 10 3 200 TEAM 3-2 5 Totals 29-59 6-12 6-10 13-31 44 11 70 15 16 6 4 200 FG% 1st Half: 15-31 (.484) 2nd Half: 11-25 (.440) Game: 26-56 (.464) FG% 1st Half: 15-31 (.484) 2nd Half: 11-33 (.333) Game: 26-64 (.406) 3FG% 1st Half: 4-8 (.500) 2nd Half: 1-4 (.250) Game: 5-12 (.417) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 (.250) 2nd Half: 1-7 (.143) Game: 3-15 (.200) FG% 1st Half: 16-28 (.571) 2nd Half: 13-31 (.419) Game: 29-59 (.492) FT% 1st Half: 9-14 (.643) 2nd Half: 6-14 (.429) Game: 15-28 (.536) FT% 1st Half: 7-9 (.778) 2nd Half: 11-16 (.688) Game: 18-25 (.720) 3FG% 1st Half: 3-5 (.600) 2nd Half: 3-7 (.429) Game: 6-12 (.500) FT% 1st Half: 5-6 (.833) 2nd Half: 1-4 (.250) Game: 6-10 (.600) Missouri 37 46 – 83 Chattanooga 29 17 – 46 USC 43 29 – 72 USC 39 34 – 73 Tennessee-Martin 17 26 – 43 USC 40 30 – 70 Offi cials: Terry Moore, Lee Cassell, J.B. Caldwell Offi cials: Rick Randall, Terry Moore, Don Daily Technical fouls: None. Technical fouls: None. Offi cials: Verne Harris, Tony Padilla, Ken Ditty Attendance: 8,242 Attendance: 6,733 Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 3,376

2008-2009 • 11 • USC BASKETBALL game • seven game • eight game • nine

San Francisco • 69 USC • 72 Pepperdine • 77 USC • 74 No. 6 Oklahoma • 73 USC • 91

Dec. 1 • Galen Center Dec. 4 • Lloyd Noble Center Dec. 15 • Galen Center Los Angeles, Calif. Norman, Okla. Los Angeles, Calif.

Dwight Lewis scored a career-high 26 points to USC fought back from an 11-point second-half USC jumped out to a big halftime lead, but saw lead USC to a 74-69 victory over USF on Dec. defi cit to get within one point, but could not break the Waves close to within fi ve points in the second 1 at the Galen Center. The Dons came out on through in a 73-72 loss at No. 6 Oklahoma on Dec. half before the Trojans put Pepperdine away 91-77 fi re, hitting eight of their fi rst 11 shots to open up 4 in Norman, Okla. After trailing 48-37 early in on Dec. 15 at the Galen Center. USC led 54-31 a 21-10 lead. USF’s Dior Lowhorn, who fi nished the second half, the Trojans rallied to cut it to one at the break, but Pepperdine cut the lead to eight with 23 points, hit his fi rst six shots of the game point on fi ve occacions, but each time the Sooners points just over four minutes into the second half. and had 15 points at halftime. The Trojans fought held off the charge. USC made 60 percent of its The lead stayed in single-digits most of the second back and on the strength of a 9-0 run to end the shots in the second half, but brothers Blake and half before the Trojans pulled away at the end half, took a 28-27 lead at the break. The teams Taylor Griffi n kept Oklahoma in the lead by scoring behind a career-high 25 points from Taj Gibson. traded the lead for the fi rst 11 and a half minutes 14 and 10 points respectively in the second half, For the fi rst time this season fi ve Trojans reached of the second half, but a dunk by Lewis at the including making 11 trips to the free throw line double fi gures in scoring as Dwight Lewis added 8:30 mark tied the game at 53-all and another which was one more attempt than the entire USC 17, Daniel Hackett 16, Leonard Washington 14 slam by Leonard Washington with 8:03 left gave team after the break. Dwight Lewis led USC with and DeMar DeRozan 10. Lewis also had a career- USC the lead at 55-53 and they held on the rest 25 points and Taj Gibson had a double-double high eight rebounds and Hackett a career-high six of the game. Taj Gibson had 13 rebounds and with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Daniel Hackett steals. USC shot 58.9 percent in the game and nine points, while Daniel Hackett had a season- added eight points, seven rebounds and a ca- outrebounded the Waves 36-25. It was the ninth high 18 points and six assists. USF stayed in the reer-high 13 assists. Hackett hit two free throws consecutive game the Trojans had outrebounded game by hitting 9 of its fi rst 11 three-pointers and with three seconds left to cut the lead to 73-72 their opponents, the most consecutive times in the fi nished hitting 52.6 percent from beyond the arc. and USC was forced to foul OU’s sophomore four years Tim Floyd has been the head coach. USC shot 61.9 percent in the second half and 50 Cade Davis, who had missed only one career USC also improved to 5-0 at home, the most percent in the game. free throw attempt. Davis missed both attempts consecutive home wins to start a season since and DeMar DeRozan’s three-quarter court heave opening 7-0 at home in the 2002 season. SAN FRANCISCO • 69 came up short and the Trojans were saddled with REB the one-point loss. Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN PEPPERDINE • 77 Wallace 5-7 3-5 0-0 1-5 6 2 13 1 1 0 1 29 USC • 72 REB Lowhorn 9-13 3-4 2-3 3-3 6 3 23 0 1 0 1 31 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN O’Brien 1-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 20 REB Thompson 4-11 2-7 0-0 0-1 1 3 10 1 1 1 2 26 Quezada 2-8 2-3 4-7 0-3 3 2 10 6 4 0 1 28 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Darby 5-6 0-0 2-2 1-4 5 3 12 1 1 0 0 28 Bryant 1-4 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 3 3 1 3 0 1 27 Washington 3-4 2-2 1-2 1-2 3 4 9 1 0 0 0 14 Agre 2-3 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 1 4 0 1 0 2 14 Taylor 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 DeRozan 5-13 0-1 0-1 1-3 4 1 10 2 2 0 1 37 Bell 5-8 1-1 7-9 0-1 1 3 18 4 6 0 1 24 Vaughn 5-12 1-4 2-5 1-2 3 3 13 1 4 0 3 24 Gibson 5-9 0-0 2-5 4-6 10 4 12 1 3 2 1 37 Jackson 3-7 2-5 3-4 0-0 0 4 11 3 4 0 2 25 Hernandez 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Hackett 2-5 1-2 3-4 0-7 7 2 8 13 4 0 1 40 Suttle 4-10 2-4 4-6 1-2 3 1 14 0 2 0 0 20 Morgan 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 10 Lewis 8-15 3-4 6-6 1-1 2 2 25 0 2 0 0 39 Tucker 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 15 Caloiaro 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 26 Diarra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dupre 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 TEAM 1-2 3 Simmons 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Hornbuckle 1-4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 16 Totals 25-52 10-19 9-18 8-18 26 26 69 9 15 0 7 200 Wilkinson 2-3 2-2 2-2 2-0 2 5 8 1 1 0 2 25 Clardy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 Moore 1-3 0-0 0-0 4-2 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 22 FG% 1st Half: 10-20 (.500) 2nd Half: 15-32 (.469) Game: 25-52 (.481) TEAM 0-6 6 TEAM 0-2 2 3FG% 1st Half: 4-6 (.667) 2nd Half: 6-13 (.462) Game: 10-19 (.526) Totals 25-50 8-11 14-20 9-25 34 19 72 18 14 2 5 200 Totals 26-57 9-21 16-21 10-15 25 21 77 14 19 1 11 200 FT% 1st Half: 3-8 (.375) 2nd Half: 6-10 (.600) Game: 9-18 (.500) FG% 1st Half: 13-30 (.433) 2nd Half: 12-20 (.600) Game: 25-50 (.500) FG% 1st Half: 12-29 (.414) 2nd Half: 14-28 (.500) Game: 26-57 (.456) USC • 74 3FG% 1st Half: 4-7 (.571) 2nd Half: 4-4 (1.000) Game: 8-11 (.727) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222) 2nd Half: 7-12 (.583) Game: 9-21 (.429) FT% 1st Half: 5-10 (.500) 2nd Half: 9-10 (.900) Game: 14-20 (.700) FT% 1st Half: 5-7 (.714) 2nd Half: 11-14 (.786) Game: 16-21 (.762) REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN OKLAHOMA • 73 DeRozan 4-8 0-2 3-5 3-1 4 1 11 2 3 0 1 31 USC • 91 Gibson 1-2 0-0 7-10 4-9 13 2 9 2 2 4 2 38 REB REB Hackett 5-8 3-4 5-6 1-3 4 4 18 6 6 0 0 37 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Lewis 9-16 1-4 7-9 0-2 2 2 26 0 3 0 3 37 Griffi n, B. 8-12 0-0 9-13 1-5 6 2 25 2 2 1 0 37 Washington 6-7 1-1 1-2 2-2 4 3 14 2 3 0 1 27 Smith 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 Griffi n, T. 3-9 0-0 4-5 3-6 9 2 10 2 2 4 0 37 DeRozan 4-6 0-2 2-5 2-2 4 4 10 1 2 0 0 24 Washington 3-5 0-0 4-4 0-6 6 3 10 2 1 0 1 25 Crocker 2-4 1-2 0-0 1-1 2 4 5 2 0 1 2 17 Gibson 10-12 0-0 5-9 5-6 11 2 25 0 1 3 2 32 Wilkinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 Warren 2-6 1-4 0-0 0-3 3 2 5 1 1 0 4 37 Hackett 5-7 2-3 4-4 0-2 2 3 16 6 7 0 6 38 TEAM 0-1 1 1 Johnson 7-12 3-7 0-0 0-1 1 3 17 1 2 0 2 35 Lewis 5-15 2-6 5-6 2-6 8 2 17 5 2 0 2 32 Totals 22-44 4-15 26-34 8-23 31 17 74 13 18 4 7 200 Wright 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 Vucevic 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 6 Leary 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 7 Diarra 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FG% 1st Half: 9-23 (.391) 2nd Half: 13-21 (.619) Game: 22-44 (.500) Davis 1-6 1-6 4-6 0-3 3 2 7 1 0 0 0 24 Simmons 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 3FG% 1st Half: 1-9 (.111) 2nd Half: 3-6 (.500) Game: 4-15 (.267) TEAM 0-0 0 Wilkinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 FT% 1st Half: 9-12 (.750) 2nd Half: 17-22 (.773) Game: 26-34 (.765) Totals 24-52 7-21 18-26 5-20 25 18 73 9 8 6 9 200 Smith 2-5 2-4 1-1 0-1 1 2 7 3 2 0 2 18 TEAM 1-0 1 San Francisco 27 42 – 69 FG% 1st Half: 14-26 (.538) 2nd Half: 10-26 (.385) Game: 24-52 (.462) Totals 33-56 7-17 18-27 12-24 36 19 91 17 20 5 13 200 USC 28 46 – 74 3FG% 1st Half: 6-13 (.462) 2nd Half: 1-8 (.125) Game: 7-21 (.333) FT% 1st Half: 8-11 (.727) 2nd Half: 10-15 (.667) Game: 18-26 (.692) FG% 1st Half: 20-31 (.645) 2nd Half: 13-25 (.520) Game: 33-56 (.589) Offi cials: Mike Scyphers, Martin Cota, J.T. Orr 3FG% 1st Half: 4-8 (.500) 2nd Half: 3-9 (.333) Game: 7-17 (.412) Technical fouls: USC (Team). USC 35 37 – 72 FT% 1st Half: 10-13 (.769) 2nd Half: 8-14 (.571) Game: 18-27 (.667) Attendance: 2,514 Oklahoma 42 31 – 73 Pepperdine 31 46 – 77 Offi cials: Steve Welmer, Tom O’Neill, David Hall USC 54 37 – 91 Technical fouls: None Attendance: 10,103 Offi cials: David Hall, Randy McCall, Dick Cartmell Technical fouls: None Attendance: 4,032

2008-2009 • 12 • USC BASKETBALL game • ten game • eleven game • twelve

North Dakota St. • 57 Georgia Tech • 57 Oral Roberts • 56 USC • 61 USC • 76 USC • 66

Dec. 20 • Galen Center Dec. 22 • Galen Center Dec. 28 • Galen Center Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif.

Freshmen DeMar DeRozan (18) and Leonard DeMar DeRozan scored eight points during USC’s DeMar DeRozan scored 18 and Taj Gibson 16 Washington (17) both totaled a season high in 14-2 run to start the second half and break open points to lead USC to its fourth straight win, a 66-56 points, combining for 35 to lead USC to a hard- a two-point game at the half to lead the Trojans victory over Oral Roberts on Dec. 28 at the Galen fought 61-57 victory on Dec. 20 at the Galen to a 76-57 win vs. Georgia Tech on Dec. 22 at Center. USC held ORU to 39 percent shooting Center. In a game in which neither side led by the Galen Center. Dwight Lewis led USC with 19 and forced the Golden Eagles into 21 turnovers. more than six points, NDSU took its fi nal lead points and DeRozan added 17. Taj Gibson had The Trojans received a boost in the game from 57-56 with 1:49 left in the game, but USC scored 14 rebounds and 15 points for his seventh double- UConn transfer Marcus Johnson who scored six the fi nal fi ve points on a jumper by DeRozan, two double of the season. USC held GT to 29 percent points and had three steals in his fi rst game for free throws by Washington and a free throw by Taj shooting in the second half and 34.9 percent in USC after sitting out the fi rst semester. USC shot Gibson. Gibson recorded his sixth double-double the game. USC again won the rebound battle, 52.9 percent in the game, the 11th opponent out of of the season as he grabbed 16 second-half this time 37-34 to make it 11 straight games. The 12 it has outshot from the fi eld this season. USC rebounds to fi nish with 18 boards and 10 points. Trojans improved to 7-0 at home, the best home was outrebounded 34-32, the fi rst game all season USC trailed 34-29 at the break, only the second start since also beginning 7-0 at the start of the it did not win the battle of the boards. The Trojans time this season they were behind at halftime. 2001-02 season. Daniel Hackett made his fi rst ran their home winning streak to 8-0, the best start The Trojans outrebounded the Bison 27-10 in the 11 free throws before missing his fi nal attempt at home since opening the 2000-01 season 10-0 second half to fi nish with a 38-26 advantage on which snapped a streak of 19 consecutive makes. at the Sports Arena. the boards, the 10th straight game with a rebound The 11 FT made by Hackett tied for his career edge. NDSU entered the game shooting better best. Leonard Washington suffered a high left ORAL ROBERTS • 56 than 48 percent from the fi eld, but was held to 36.8 ankle sprain in the fi rst minute of the game and REB percent shooting. They also were averaging 89.4 did not return. Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN points per game and were held to a season-low Lewis 4-8 0-0 3-5 2-3 5 0 11 4 7 0 1 34 Ford 5-10 0-0 0-0 5-6 11 2 10 1 4 0 1 28 57 points by the Trojans. Morrison 3-6 1-2 0-0 1-1 2 4 7 0 1 0 0 13 GEORGIA TECH • 57 Sango 1-7 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 2 4 27 Jarvis 3-11 1-8 0-1 1-0 1 3 7 0 4 0 1 27 NORTH DAKOTA ST. • 57 REB Hardy 2-8 0-0 2-4 2-0 2 3 6 0 3 0 2 18 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN REB Rogers 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 Lawal 1-4 0-0 1-3 1-4 5 4 3 2 3 1 2 24 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Guyton 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 17 Peacock 2-11 0-1 0-2 3-2 5 3 4 1 1 0 1 29 Winkelman 5-15 2-7 5-8 2-6 8 3 17 0 1 0 2 31 Holdman 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 Aminu 5-9 0-0 1-2 2-5 7 4 11 0 1 2 1 31 Tveidt 2-8 1-4 0-0 3-1 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 29 Stokes 2-4 0-2 1-2 1-3 4 1 5 1 1 0 1 20 Clinch 9-23 3-8 4-6 0-2 2 2 25 2 2 0 0 38 Moormann 2-6 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 4 4 1 2 1 3 24 TEAM 4-1 5 Shumpert 2-4 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 4 7 3 2 0 1 19 Woodside 5-13 1-3 3-6 0-1 1 1 14 9 2 0 1 34 Totals 23-59 4-20 6-12 16-18 34 18 56 8 21 2 11 200 Foreman 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 Nelson 5-10 2-5 0-0 0-5 5 1 12 2 1 0 0 33 Storrs 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 28 Flowers 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 11 FG% 1st Half: 10-30 (.333) 2nd Half: 13-29 (.448) Game: 23-59 (.390) Dieng 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Coleman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3FG% 1st Half: 2-11 (.182) 2nd Half: 2-9 (.222) Game: 4-20 (.200) Cage 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pennick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT% 1st Half: 1-2 (.500) 2nd Half: 5-10 (.500) Game: 6-12 (.500) Craig 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Carlson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 14 Sheehan 1-7 0-1 0-0 1-4 5 2 2 3 4 0 0 19 Vaughan 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 1 5 2 2 0 1 18 TEAM 6-0 6 USC • 66 Sussenguth 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 22-63 5-16 8-15 13-21 34 25 57 12 14 3 6 200 TEAM 1-1 2 REB Totals 21-57 7-23 8-14 7-19 26 16 57 16 12 2 8 200 FG% 1st Half: 13-32 (.406) 2nd Half: 9-31 (.290) Game: 22-63 (.349) Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3FG% 1st Half: 3-8 (.375) 2nd Half: 2-8 (.250) Game: 5-16 (.313) DeRozan 7-14 0-0 4-5 1-4 5 0 18 1 3 0 1 32 FG% 1st Half: 12-27 (.444) 2nd Half: 9-30 (.300) Game: 21-57 (.368) FT% 1st Half: 5-8 (.625) 2nd Half: 3-7 (.429) Game: 8-15 (.533) Gibson 7-10 0-0 2-3 4-4 8 4 16 1 3 5 1 33 3FG% 1st Half: 3-8 (.375) 2nd Half: 4-15 (.267) Game: 7-23 (.304) Wilkinson 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 23 FT% 1st Half: 7-8 (.875) 2nd Half: 1-6 (.167) Game: 8-14 (.571) Hackett 1-3 0-1 2-2 0-4 4 0 4 3 3 0 3 32 USC • 76 Lewis 5-11 1-2 1-2 0-2 2 1 12 1 3 0 0 32 Johnson 2-5 0-1 2-2 0-2 2 2 6 1 4 0 3 19 USC • 61 REB Vucevic 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 15 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN REB Diarra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Washington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Smith 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-1 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 12 DeRozan 8-16 0-2 1-3 0-5 5 1 17 3 1 0 2 32 Washington 5-7 0-1 7-8 0-4 4 1 17 0 3 0 2 32 TEAM 2-1 3 Gibson 6-9 0-0 3-5 5-9 14 1 15 0 1 3 0 35 DeRozan 8-11 0-0 2-3 0-6 6 3 18 1 2 2 2 36 Totals 27-51 1-5 11-15 9-23 32 13 66 11 18 6 8 200 Hackett 2-5 0-3 11-12 0-3 3 4 15 5 2 1 2 36 Gibson 2-5 0-0 6-8 5-13 18 3 10 0 8 3 1 31 Lewis 7-10 2-3 3-4 0-1 1 1 19 1 2 0 0 37 Hackett 5-11 0-3 2-2 1-4 5 2 12 4 4 0 0 39 FG% 1st Half: 15-25 (.600) 2nd Half: 12-26 (.462) Game: 27-51 (.529) Vucevic 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Lewis 2-10 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 35 3FG% 1st Half: 0-2 (.000) 2nd Half: 1-3 (.333) Game: 1-5 (.200) Diarra 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 5 Vucevic 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 FT% 1st Half: 2-2 (1.000) 2nd Half: 9-13 (.692) Game: 11-15 (.733) Simmons 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 Simmons 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 Wilkinson 0-5 0-3 5-8 2-2 4 1 5 4 2 1 2 32 Wilkinson 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Oral Roberts 23 33 – 56 Smith 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 11 Smith 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 USC 32 34 – 66 TEAM 4-4 8 TEAM 0-3 3 Totals 25-53 2-14 24-36 11-26 37 14 76 14 12 6 6 200 Totals 22-48 0-8 17-21 7-31 38 13 61 5 20 5 8 200 Offi cials: Mark Reischling, Chris Rastatter, Scott Twardoski Technical fouls: None. FG% 1st Half: 11-26 (.423) 2nd Half: 14-27 (.519) Game: 25-53 (.472) FG% 1st Half: 12-22 (.545) 2nd Half: 10-26 (.385) Game: 22-48 (.458) Attendance: 3,263 3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222) 2nd Half: 0-5 (.000) Game: 2-14 (.143) 3FG% 1st Half: 0-3 (.000) 2nd Half: 0-5 (.000) Game: 0-8 (.000) FT% 1st Half: 12-18 (.667) 2nd Half: 12-18 (.667) Game: 24-36 (.667) FT% 1st Half: 5-7 (.714) 2nd Half: 12-14 (.857) Game: 17-21 (.810) Georgia Tech 34 23 – 57 North Dakota St. 34 23 – 57 USC 36 40 – 76 USC 29 32 – 61 Offi cials: Mike Scyphers, Jim Giron, Michael Irving Offi cials: Jim Giron, Brian Sorenson, Daryl Gelinas Technical fouls: None. Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 4,121 Attendance: 3,475

2008-2009 • 13 • USC BASKETBALL game • thirteen game • fourteen game • fi fteen

USC • 83 USC • 58 No. 10 UCLA • 64 Oregon • 62 Oregon State • 62 (OT) USC • 60

Jan. 2 • McArthur Court Jan. 4 • Gill Coliseum Jan. 11 • Galen Center Eugene, Ore. Corvallis, Ore. Los Angeles, Calif.

Dwight Lewis tied a career high with 26 points USC let a 15-point second-half lead slip away and UCLA’s Jrue Holiday hit a jumper with 4:28 left and DeMar DeRozan notched his fi rst career fell 62-58 in overtime at Oregon State on Jan. 4 in to snap a 53-all tie and Nikola Dragovic followed double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds Corvallis, Ore. The Trojans led 42-27 with just over with a three-pointer to give the Bruins a fi ve-point to lead USC to an 83-62 win at Oregon on Jan. 12 minutes left in the game, but the Beavers hit lead and they hung on for a 64-60 win on Jan. 11 2. Daniel Hackett added 15 points, seven assists fi ve of their fi nal six three-pointers, including one at the Galen Center. The win ran UCLA’s winning and nine rebounds in the win. Taj Gibson regis- by center Roeland Schaftenaar with 1.4 seconds streak to nine games and snapped the Trojan’s tered his 195th and 196th career blocks to pass left to send the game into overtime tied at 54. In eight-game home winning streak. USC trailed Sam Clancy and establish a new USC record. the extra period, USC was 1-fo-7 while OSU was by as many as 11 points in the fi rst half, but had Gibson also scored 13 points to give him 1,008 3-for-3 from the fi eld. The win snapped a 21-game closed to within two points at the half. USC then career points, the 33rd Trojan to reach the 1,000 regular season Pac-10 losing streak for Oregon used a 12-0 run early in the second half to earn points scored plateau. The game was tied at 34 State. OSU hit 50 percent of its shots in the game a six-point advantage. DeMar DeRozan led USC at halftime, but USC outscored the Ducks 49-28 to USC’s 44.2 percent, just the second time this with 15 points, 11 of them in the fi rst half. Daniel in the second half. USC made 59.4 percent of its season the Trojans have been outshot by an op- Hackett added 13 points and a team-leading seven second-half shots and 48.3 percent in the game. ponent. Taj Gibson led USC with 15 points, while rebounds. Taj Gibson picked up three quick fouls They also held Oregon to 37.1 percent shooting Daniel Hackett added 12 and DeMar DeRozan 10. in the fi rst half and sat out the fi nal 14 minutes of and outrebounded the Ducks 44-33. USC won its Keith Wilkinson had eight points, six rebounds and the fi rst half.USC made more baskets (24-21), but fi fth consecutive game and fourth straight game a career-high six assists for the Trojans. The loss the Bruins hit eight three-pointers and made fi ve at McArthur Court. It was also the worst home snapped a seven-game winning streak for USC more free throws for the decisive margin. The loss for Oregon since 2001 and USC’s largest over Oregon State, the longest for the Trojans in attendance was a complete sellout of 10, 258 margin of victory over the Ducks since the 1991- the series. tying the Galen Center record and USC fell to 0-3 92 season. in those games. USC • 58 USC • 83 REB UCLA • 64 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN DeRozan 4-9 0-1 2-4 1-2 3 4 10 2 1 0 1 28 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN DeRozan 6-11 0-1 2-2 3-9 12 3 14 1 1 0 0 28 Gibson 7-11 0-0 1-1 3-1 4 3 15 0 0 1 0 40 Aboya 1-5 0-0 3-4 2-0 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 25 Gibson 4-8 0-0 5-6 2-4 6 3 13 0 0 2 1 25 Wilkinson 3-5 1-2 1-2 2-4 6 2 8 6 3 1 0 45 Dragovic 4-13 3-9 3-4 0-4 4 1 14 0 0 0 0 27 Wilkinson 3-6 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 1 8 2 1 0 0 28 Hackett 4-8 2-5 2-2 0-4 4 3 12 3 6 0 3 45 Collison 6-9 1-2 5-7 0-3 3 3 18 6 1 0 0 39 Hackett 5-8 2-3 3-6 0-9 9 3 15 7 3 0 3 38 Lewis 2-13 2-9 0-0 1-1 2 1 6 3 5 0 1 43 Shipp 3-8 1-3 3-4 2-0 2 3 10 0 2 0 1 29 Lewis 10-19 4-5 2-3 3-3 6 0 26 1 3 0 1 37 Johnson 3-5 1-1 0-1 2-3 5 1 7 1 2 1 0 19 Holiday 5-9 3-4 0-0 1-3 4 1 13 2 0 1 1 32 Johnson 0-3 0-0 3-5 0-5 5 0 3 3 0 0 2 19 Vucevic 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Gordon 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 15 Dunleavy 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1-5 6 1 Anderson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Vucevic 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 17 Totals 23-52 6-18 6-10 10-21 31 14 58 15 18 4 5 225 Keefe 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 Diarra 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Roll 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 19 Miller 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FG% 1H: 10-23 (.435) 2H: 12-22 (.545) OT: 1-7 (.143) G: 23-52 (.442) TEAM 1-2 3 1 Smith 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3FG% 1H: 2-6 (.333) 2H: 3-8 (.375) OT: 1-4 (.250) G: 6-18 (.333) Totals 21-50 8-20 14-19 8-18 26 15 64 8 7 1 4 200 TEAM 2-0 2 FT% 1H: 3-4 (.750) 2H: 2-3 (.667) OT: 1-3 (.333) G: 6-10 (.600) Totals 29-60 8-15 17-24 10-34 44 14 83 15 9 4 7 200 FG% 1st Half: 11-25 (.440) 2nd Half: 10-25 (.400) Game: 21-50 (.420) OREGON STATE • 62 3FG% 1st Half: 5-10 (.500) 2nd Half: 3-10 (.300) Game: 8-20 (.400) FG% 1st Half: 10-28 (.357) 2nd Half: 19-32 (.594) Game: 29-60 (.483) FT% 1st Half: 6-7 (.857) 2nd Half: 8-12 (.667) Game: 14-19 (.737) 3FG% 1st Half: 6-9 (.667) 2nd Half: 2-6 (.333) Game: 8-15 (.533) REB FT% 1st Half: 8-13 (.615) 2nd Half: 9-11 (.818) Game: 17-24 (.708) Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Johnson 4-4 2-2 1-2 0-3 3 4 11 1 4 0 0 28 USC • 60 OREGON • 62 Deane 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 27 Schaftenaar 7-17 3-6 1-2 2-5 7 0 18 6 1 1 3 40 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN REB Claitt 2-5 1-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 5 2 2 0 3 32 Johnson 2-6 0-1 0-1 0-4 4 1 4 0 0 1 0 17 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Tarver, S. 3-5 0-0 2-3 0-8 8 1 8 0 2 0 2 32 DeRozan 6-8 0-0 3-3 3-2 5 1 15 0 5 0 0 38 Longmire 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 15 Hampton 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Gibson 6-9 0-0 1-3 1-4 5 5 13 1 0 2 0 23 Catron 2-6 0-2 0-1 1-3 4 2 4 1 3 1 1 24 Tarver, J. 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 5 4 2 2 0 1 24 Lewis 2-11 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 4 3 1 0 0 40 Dunigan 3-8 0-0 4-5 2-5 7 4 10 0 2 1 1 25 Haynes 7-12 1-2 1-2 1-0 1 1 16 4 2 0 1 35 Hackett 4-8 2-3 3-6 1-6 7 2 13 2 1 0 0 36 Sim 4-8 2-5 1-1 0-4 4 1 11 2 1 0 0 28 Wallace 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Vucevic 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 Porter 5-12 2-8 0-0 1-2 3 2 12 3 2 0 0 32 TEAM 1-2 3 Wilkinson 3-4 1-2 2-2 0-4 4 4 9 2 1 0 0 36 Odia 0-3 0-3 1-3 1-1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 17 Totals 25-50 7-15 5-9 7-23 30 15 62 16 15 1 11 225 Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Humphrey 1-4 1-2 0-1 1-1 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 12 TEAM 1-2 3 Elorriaga 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG% 1H: 9-24 (.375) 2H: 13-23 (.565) OT: 3-3 (1.000) G: 25-50 (.500) Totals 24-49 3-9 9-15 8-23 31 17 60 8 8 3 0 200 Fearn 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3FG% 1H: 1-7 (.143) 2H: 5-7 (.714) OT: 1-1 (1.000) G: 7-15 (.467) Wiley 1-5 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 11 FT% 1H: 1-1 (1.000) 2H: 3-6 (.500) OT: 1-2 (.500) G: 5-9 (.556) FG% 1st Half: 11-27 (.407) 2nd Half: 13-22 (.591) Game: 24-49 (.490) Williams 0-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 (.250) 2nd Half: 2-5 (.400) Game: 3-9 (.333) Brown 4-6 3-4 0-0 0-1 1 2 11 1 2 0 0 14 USC 25 29 4 – 58 FT% 1st Half: 8-11 (.727) 2nd Half: 1-4 (.250) Game: 9-15 (.600) Crittle 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 13 Oregon State 20 34 8 – 62 TEAM 2-1 3 UCLA 33 31 – 64 Totals 23-62 8-28 8-13 9-24 33 23 62 10 13 4 2 200 Offi cials: Dick Cartmell, Michael Reed, Martin Cota Technical fouls: None. USC 31 29 – 60 FG% 1st Half: 12-32 (.375) 2nd Half: 11-30 (.367) Game: 23-62 (.371) Attendance: 4,719 Offi cials: David Hall, Michael Reed, Mike Scyphers 3FG% 1st Half: 5-15 (.333) 2nd Half: 3-13 (.231) Game: 8-28 (.286) Technical fouls: None. FT% 1st Half: 5-8 (.625) 2nd Half: 3-5 (.600) Game: 8-13 (.615) Attendance: 10,258 USC 34 49 – 83 Oregon 34 28 – 62

Offi cials: Randy McCall, Bobby McRoy, Ruben Ramos Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 7,664

2008-2009 • 14 • USC BASKETBALL game • sixteen game • seventeen game • eighteen

No. 16 Arizona St. • 49 Arizona • 64 USC • 73 USC • 61 USC • 65 Washington • 78

Jan. 15 • Galen Center Jan. 17 • Galen Center Jan. 22 • Bank of America Arena Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Seattle, Wash.

USC held the Pac-10’s top shooting team Arizona Daniel Hackett hit one free throw with 1.2 seconds Already without leading scorer Dwight Lewis who State to 34.1 percent from the fl oor in a 61-49 left and missed the second intentionally to give was out with a sprained ankle, USC saw Wash- comeback win at the Galen Center on Jan. 15. USC a come-from-behind 65-64 win vs. Arizona ington outshoot them 40-17 at the free throw line DeMar DeRozan scored 19 of his game and ca- on Jan. 17 at the Galen Center. USC trailed by as and fell 78-73 in Seattle, Wash. on Jan. 22. The reer-high 22 points in the second half to help the many as nine points in the second half and by six Trojans held Washington to 37 percent shooting Trojans overcome a seven-point halftime defi cit. with just under fi ve minutes to go. Dwight Lewis and made eight more fi eld goals than the Huskies, Dwight Lewis came off the bench for the fi rst time then scored six straight points, including two after but could not overcome the 19-point advantage this season and poured in 18 points, including an intentional foul to bring the Trojans even at 58. at the free throw line. Daniel Hackett scored making a career-best fi ve three-point baskets. Lewis actually scored 12-straight Trojan points a season-high 24 points to lead USC and Taj Daniel Hackett had six assists and four points, but before Hackett took over. Hackett hit a jumper to Gibson chipped in with his ninth double-double was the primary defender on ASU’s James Harden tie the game at 64 with 15 seconds left and then of the season, scoring 15 points and grabbing 13 who was held to a career-low four points (0-for-8 after an Arizona turnover, got fouled and scored rebounds. USC was outrebounded in the game by from the fi eld). Taj Gibson added 11 points, 11 the game-winning point. Lewis had 21 points to the Huskies 36-34, just the second time all season rebounds and three blocks for his 24th career lead four Trojans in double fi gures. USC has won the Trojans were beaten on the boards. USC held double-double. USC began the game 1-for-12 5 of the last 6 meetings with Arizona. Arizona hit Washington’s leading scorer senior Jon Brockman from the fi eld and was shooting 29.2 percent at a USC opponent high of 52.2 percent and hit 6 without a fi eld goal (0-for-8) for the fi rst time since halftime when they trailed 26-19. The Trojans hit of its fi rst 8 three-point attempts to build an early his freshman year. 54.2 percent of their second-half shots and turned 7-point lead. the ball over just three times after the break. USC • 73 ARIZONA • 64 REB ARIZONA STATE • 49 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Washington 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 5 2 3 1 0 4 28 REB Budinger 6-10 3-6 4-6 3-4 7 0 19 3 2 0 0 36 DeRozan 7-11 0-2 2-2 4-3 7 5 16 0 6 0 0 31 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Hill 5-10 0-0 4-6 2-4 6 3 14 1 1 1 0 31 Gibson 5-10 0-0 5-5 7-6 13 2 15 1 3 3 2 38 Kuksiks 5-7 4-6 2-2 2-3 5 2 16 0 1 0 0 36 Johnson 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 5 6 2 0 0 0 26 Wilkinson 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 5 5 0 2 1 0 25 Abbott 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 25 Wise 5-11 1-5 0-0 0-1 1 3 11 6 5 1 1 40 Hackett 9-17 2-6 4-8 1-3 4 1 24 4 5 0 0 40 Pendergraph 6-7 0-0 1-3 4-3 7 4 13 2 2 0 1 25 Fogg 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 14 Johnson 4-8 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 3 8 1 2 0 2 23 Glasser 3-9 3-6 4-4 0-3 3 3 13 4 6 0 1 33 Onobun 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 Vucevic 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 Harden 0-8 0-2 4-7 3-4 7 2 4 1 2 0 1 34 Lavender 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Simmons 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Boateng 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 15 Horne 3-8 1-2 1-2 3-4 7 1 8 0 0 0 2 33 Smith 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 5 McMillan 0-4 0-4 0-2 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 14 Jacobson 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 15 TEAM 0-3 3 Rohde 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 0-0 0 1 Totals 28-60 4-15 13-17 12-22 34 25 73 10 20 6 8 200 Shipp 0-4 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 Totals 24-46 7-16 9-14 8-17 25 20 64 13 10 2 4 200 TEAM 1-1 2 FG% 1st Half: 12-26 (.462) 2nd Half: 16-34 (.471) Game: 28-60 (.467) Totals 15-44 7-24 12-20 12-18 30 19 49 10 15 0 4 200 FG% 1st Half: 14-24 (.583) 2nd Half: 10-22 (.455) Game: 24-46 (.522) 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 (.250) 2nd Half: 3-11 (.273) Game: 4-15 (.267) 3FG% 1st Half: 6-10 (.600) 2nd Half: 1-6 (.167) Game: 7-16 (.438) FT% 1st Half: 5-5 (1.000) 2nd Half: 8-12 (.667) Game: 13-17 (.765) FG% 1st Half: 9-23 (.391) 2nd Half: 6-21 (.286) Game: 15-44 (.341) FT% 1st Half: 3-6 (.500) 2nd Half: 6-8 (.750) Game: 9-14 (.643) 3FG% 1st Half: 6-15 (.400) 2nd Half: 1-9 (.111) Game: 7-24 (.292) WASHINGTON • 78 FT% 1st Half: 2-4 (.500) 2nd Half: 10-16 (.625) Game: 12-20 (.600) USC • 65 REB USC • 61 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Pondexter 4-10 0-1 3-3 2-1 3 3 11 5 3 0 2 32 REB DeRozan 5-10 0-0 0-2 3-1 4 0 10 2 1 0 0 32 Brockman 0-8 0-0 4-6 3-10 13 2 4 1 1 0 1 33 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Gibson 5-9 0-0 3-4 3-5 8 5 13 0 0 2 0 38 Gant 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 16 DeRozan 8-13 1-1 5-7 4-4 8 4 22 2 2 0 3 35 Wilkinson 2-4 1-3 0-0 3-4 7 2 5 1 1 0 0 26 Thomas 4-10 1-3 8-14 1-3 4 3 17 0 3 0 0 27 Gibson 4-8 0-0 3-4 2-9 11 1 11 3 3 3 3 38 Hackett 4-10 2-5 1-4 1-1 2 3 11 3 2 0 1 38 Dentmon 4-7 3-4 11-11 1-3 4 1 22 0 6 0 1 33 Wilkinson 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-2 3 3 4 1 1 1 0 34 Lewis 5-13 1-5 10-12 2-2 4 2 21 4 3 0 1 40 Overton 2-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 6 2 3 0 0 17 Hackett 0-4 0-4 4-4 0-2 2 4 4 6 4 0 0 36 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 Bryan-Amaning 3-7 0-0 6-6 3-1 4 4 12 0 1 0 1 24 Smith 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 Washington 2-4 0-0 1-1 2-1 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 16 Holiday 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 15 Johnson 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Simmons 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 Turner 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Simmons 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 Smith 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 TEAM 4-1 5 Lewis 6-13 5-8 1-2 2-1 3 1 18 2 2 0 0 33 TEAM 1-1 2 Totals 20-54 6-11 32-40 14-22 36 18 78 12 18 0 6 200 TEAM 2-2 4 Totals 23-51 4-14 15-23 15-16 31 17 65 11 9 3 2 200 Totals 20-48 7-19 14-20 13-20 33 15 61 15 12 4 8 200 FG% 1st Half: 10-24 (.417) 2nd Half: 10-30 (.333) Game: 20-54 (.370) FG% 1st Half: 13-30 (.433) 2nd Half: 10-21 (.476) Game: 23-51 (.451) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-5 (.400) 2nd Half: 4-6 (.667) Game: 6-11 (.545) FG% 1st Half: 7-24 (.292) 2nd Half: 13-24 (.542) Game: 20-48 (.417) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-7 (.286) 2nd Half: 2-7 (.286) Game: 4-14 (.286) FT% 1st Half: 9-11 (.818) 2nd Half: 23-29 (.793) Game: 32-40 (.800) 3FG% 1st Half: 3-12 (.250) 2nd Half: 4-7 (.571) Game: 7-19 (.368) FT% 1st Half: 6-10 (.600) 2nd Half: 9-13 (.692) Game: 15-23 (.652) FT% 1st Half: 2-4 (.500) 2nd Half: 12-16 (.750) Game: 14-20 (.700) USC 30 43 – 73 Arizona 37 27 – 64 Washington 31 47 – 78 Arizona State 26 23 – 49 USC 34 31 – 65 USC 19 42 – 61 Offi cials: Tony Padilla, Bob Staffen,Ken Ditty Offi cials: Kevin Brill, Randy Burkhart, Jim Giron Technical fouls: USC (Washington). Offi cials: Mark Reischling, Tony Padilla, Tom Wood Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 10,000 Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 5,356 Attendance: 6,235

2008-2009 • 15 • USC BASKETBALL game • nineteen game • twenty game • twenty-one

USC • 46 Stanford • 69 California • 62 Washington St. • 44 USC • 70 USC • 73

Jan. 24 • Friel Court Jan. 29 • Galen Center Jan. 31 • Galen Center Pullman, Wash. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif.

USC rallied from an eight-point second-half defi cit Lawrence Hill’s baseline turnaround jumper USC’s defense held California to 40.7 percent to win 46-44 at Washington State on Jan. 24 to rimmed out at the buzzer and USC came away shooting and the Trojans overcame a fi ve-point snap a fi ve-game losing streak at Pullman, Wash. with a 70-69 win vs. Stanford at the Galen Center second half defi cit to win 73-62 at the Galen Marcus Johnson’s short fl oater in the lane with on Jan. 29. The Trojans trailed 38-33 at halftime Center on Jan. 31. Cal entered the game with 49 seconds left gave USC its fi rst lead of the and the defi cit grew to six points with just under the nation’s seventh-best shooting percentage of second half at 42-41 and Daniel Hackett scored 14 minutes to play, before the Trojans rallied. 49.5 and the top mark from three-point range (47.6 the next four points from the free throw line to put Taj Gibson led USC with 20 points and Daniel percent), but were held to 12.5 percent (2-for-16) the game away, before a three-pointer by WSU’s Hackett and Leonard Washington chipped in with from beyond the arc. A jumper in the paint by Taylor Rochestie at the fi nal buzzer. Hackett led 12 points each. Marcus Johnson’s breakaway DeMar DeRozan tied the game at 50-all with just USC with 14 points and Taj Gibson had his 10th dunk at the 7:44 mark broke a 55-all tie and USC over eight minutes left in the game, then Dwight double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. never trailed the rest of the way. Stanford made Lewis and Daniel Hackett followed with layups and Freshman Nikola Vucevic made his fi rst career 51.6 percent of its shots in the fi rst half, but were the Trojans never looked back. DeRozan had a start and had a season-best eight points and fi ve held to 38.5 percent shooting in the second half. game-high 19 points and Taj Gibson had his 11th rebounds. The win was USC’s fi rst when scoring USC shot 53.7 percent for the game. USC was double-double of the season with 12 points and 46 points or less since also winning 46-44 at UCLA outrebounded 31-26, its largest rebound defi cit 13 rebounds. USC had 11 turnovers in the fi rst on March 8, 1969. USC held WSU to 27.5 percent in a game this season. The Cardinal gained its half, but only three in the second half. The Trojans shooting from the fi eld. edge with 14 offensive boards. USC, however, struggled at the free throw line, though, hitting just did enjoy a 40-18 advantage in points scored in 58.6 percent (17-for-29). Cal’s Jordan Wilkes had USC • 46 the paint. USC matched a season low with eight a career-best 16 points.

REB turnovers and improved to 8-0 when turning the Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN ball over less that the opposition. CALIFORNIA • 62 Vucevic 4-5 0-1 0-0 3-2 5 1 8 0 1 0 1 30 Gibson 3-10 0-0 6-10 2-10 12 2 12 1 2 3 0 38 STANFORD • 69 REB Wilkinson 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 32 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Boykin 6-12 0-1 6-8 4-6 10 1 18 3 0 1 0 29 DeRozan 2-7 0-0 1-4 1-3 4 3 5 0 2 0 2 32 REB Robertson 1-3 0-1 2-2 0-4 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 39 Hackett 1-8 1-2 11-14 0-4 4 0 14 1 0 0 0 40 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Wilkes 8-13 0-0 0-0 2-7 9 2 16 0 0 0 2 25 Johnson 3-4 0-0 1-1 0-2 2 2 7 1 1 0 1 18 Fields 7-11 1-1 3-4 2-4 6 3 18 0 3 1 1 36 Randle 4-13 2-8 2-2 0-2 2 4 12 5 4 0 1 38 Washington 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Hill 8-17 1-3 2-2 6-2 8 3 19 0 4 1 0 37 Christopher 2-7 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 39 TEAM 1-2 3 Paul 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 20 Seeley 1-3 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 13-37 1-4 19-31 7-26 33 10 46 4 8 3 4 200 Johnson 4-9 2-3 0-0 0-4 4 1 10 4 1 0 0 36 Gutierrez 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 7 Goods 3-6 1-2 6-9 1-3 4 2 13 4 2 0 0 31 Knezevic 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 FG% 1st Half: 7-19 (.368) 2nd Half: 6-18 (.333) Game: 13-37 (.351) Mann 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Amoke 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 3FG% 1st Half: 1-2 (1.000) 2nd Half: 0-3 (.000) Game: 1-4 (.250) Green 2-6 1-3 0-0 1-0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 17 Kamp 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 9 FT% 1st Half: 3-8 (.375) 2nd Half: 16-23 (.696) Game: 19-31 (.613) Owens 1-5 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 12 TEAM 1-0 1 Dildy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 24-59 2-16 12-14 10-25 35 23 62 12 10 1 6 200 WASHINGTON STATE • 44 TEAM 1-2 3 Totals 26-57 6-13 11-15 14-17 31 13 69 11 12 3 2 200 FG% 1st Half: 11-27 (.407) 2nd Half: 13-32 (.406) Game: 24-59 (.407) REB 3FG% 1st Half: 1-8 (.125) 2nd Half: 1-8 (.125) Game: 2-16 (.125) Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FG% 1st Half: 16-31 (.516) 2nd Half: 10-26 (.385) Game: 26-57 (.456) FT% 1st Half: 5-6 (.833) 2nd Half: 7-8 (.875) Game: 12-14 (.857) Forrest 1-11 0-0 2-2 3-2 5 4 4 0 3 3 0 34 3FG% 1st Half: 4-8 (.500) 2nd Half: 2-5 (.400) Game: 6-13 (.462) Baynes 4-7 0-0 4-4 4-5 9 5 12 1 0 0 0 28 FT% 1st Half: 2-2 (1.000) 2nd Half: 9-13 (.692) Game: 11-15 (.733) Capers 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 14 USC • 73 Thompson 5-11 3-5 2-2 0-4 4 2 15 0 1 0 0 36 USC • 70 Rochestie 2-6 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 4 6 5 4 0 0 35 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Koprivica 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 REB Washington 1-4 0-0 4-4 1-5 6 2 6 0 1 0 0 16 Lodwick 0-4 0-3 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN DeRozan 8-12 0-0 3-6 3-1 4 3 19 0 2 0 1 35 Casto 0-2 0-0 2-2 3-3 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 15 Washington 4-8 0-1 4-4 3-1 4 2 12 1 0 1 0 18 Gibson 5-11 0-0 2-2 7-6 13 1 12 2 4 2 1 36 Harmeling 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 29 DeRozan 3-7 0-1 2-2 1-4 5 3 8 3 1 1 2 38 Hackett 5-14 1-4 3-5 0-3 3 1 14 2 2 0 1 39 TEAM 0-3 3 Gibson 9-12 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 3 20 2 2 2 0 38 Lewis 3-10 1-4 5-7 0-1 1 3 12 2 2 0 0 32 Totals 14-51 6-17 10-10 11-22 33 21 44 7 10 4 0 200 Hackett 5-9 2-4 0-1 0-2 2 1 12 4 2 0 2 37 Johnson 3-5 0-0 0-5 0-3 3 2 6 1 1 1 0 23 Lewis 4-9 0-2 1-2 0-3 3 3 9 1 2 1 3 37 Vucevic 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 2 4 1 1 0 0 11 FG% 1st Half: 6-24 (.250) 2nd Half: 8-27 (.296) Game: 14-51 (.275) Johnson 4-6 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 1 9 0 1 1 2 18 Diarra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3FG% 1st Half: 1-7 (.143) 2nd Half: 5-10 (.500) Game: 6-17 (.353) Vucevic 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Miller 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT% 1st Half: 6-6 (1.000) 2nd Half: 4-4 (1.000) Game: 10-10 (.800) Wilkinson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Cameron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Smith 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 USC 18 28 – 46 TEAM 2-1 3 TEAM 1-3 4 Washington State 19 25 – 44 Totals 29-54 2-8 10-13 8-18 26 13 70 11 8 6 9 200 Totals 27-58 2-8 17-29 14-24 38 14 73 8 14 3 5 200 Offi cials: Randy McCall, Jim Giron, Frank Harvey FG% 1st Half: 14-26 (.538) 2nd Half: 15-28 (.536) Game: 29-54 (.537) FG% 1st Half: 13-28 (.464) 2nd Half: 14-30 (.467) Game: 27-58 (.466) Technical fouls: None. 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 (.250) 2nd Half: 1-4 (.250) Game: 2-8 (.250) 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 (.333) 2nd Half: 1-5 (.200) Game: 2-8 (.250) Attendance: 8,974 FT% 1st Half: 4-4 (1.000) 2nd Half: 6-9 (.667) Game: 10-13 (.769) FT% 1st Half: 4-7 (.571) 2nd Half: 13-22 (.591) Game: 17-29 (.586) Stanford 38 31 – 69 California 28 34 – 62 USC 33 37 – 70 USC 31 42 – 73 Offi cials: David Hall, Mark Reischling, Larry Spaulding Offi cials: Bobby McRoy, Chris Rastatter, Tony Padilla Technical fouls: None. Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 7,963 Attendance: 9,074

2008-2009 • 16 • USC BASKETBALL game • twenty-two game • twenty-three game • twenty-four

USC • 60 USC • 76 USC • 53 No. 15 UCLA • 76 Arizona • 83 No. 18 Arizona St. • 65

Feb. 4 • Pauley Pavilion Feb. 12 • McKale Center Feb. 15 • Wells Fargo Arena Westwood, Calif. Tucson, Ariz. Tempe, Ariz.

UCLA blitzed USC early hitting fi ve of their fi rst Arizona’s Nic Wise hit an off-balance three-pointer USC erased a nine-point halftime defi cit to forge six three-point shots and opening a 36-13 lead en with 44 seconds left to snap a 76-all tie and the a one-point lead with just under 13 minutes left, route to a 76-60 win at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 4. Trojans fell 83-76 in Tucson on Feb. 12. That but ASU answered with fi ve-straight points and The Bruins hit 58.3 percent of their shots in the basket was the 12th 3-pointer made by Arizona, USC went on to fall 65-53 at Tempe, Ariz. on Feb. fi rst half, but were held to 34.5 percent shooting who had begun the game hitting 8 of 9 from beyond 15. ASU’s lead swelled to 12 before the Trojans in the second half, 0-for-8 from three-point range. the arc to open up an 18-point lead (33-15). USC mounted another comeback. With the defi cit at USC made 46.0 percent of its shots, but was out- regrouped to cut the defi cit to 3 at the half and six points with 48 seconds left, Daniel Hackett ap- rebounded by fi ve and committed a season-high was able to build an 8-point lead before Arizona preared to make a basket with a chance to go to 23 turnovers. Dwight Lewis had 20 points and came back. The teams traded leads over the the line and make it a three-point game, but one DeMar DeRozan added 15 points and a team- fi nal 9 minutes. Dwight Lewis led USC with 21 of the offi cials called it a charge. USC argued high eight rebounds. USC played without forward points while making a career-best six 3-pointers, that the other offi cial called it a basket to no avail Marcus Johnson who was a game-time decision fi ve in the second half. Arizona hit 59.1 percent and following two technicals on Tim Floyd, ASU with a right rotator cuff strain. Taj Gibson jammed of its shots, while the Trojans hit 51.8 percent of was able to close out the game at the foul line. his right pinky in the game and was held to two their shots. DeMar DeRozan and Daniel Hackett DeMar DeRozan led USC with 16 points and points and four rebounds. added 20 points each. 10 rebounds, his second double-double of the season. USC was outshot from the fi eld for just USC • 60 USC • 76 the fi fth time all season, but the second straight REB REB game. Hackett, Taj Gibson and Dwight Lewis all Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN added 11 points. Washington 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 16 DeRozan 7-14 1-2 5-6 7-1 8 3 20 2 3 0 1 40 Gibson 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 26 Gibson 4-7 0-0 1-2 3-3 6 2 9 5 3 3 1 38 DeRozan 6-11 0-0 3-6 4-4 8 2 15 1 1 0 1 32 Wilkinson 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 17 USC • 53 Hackett 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 5 2 3 2 0 1 23 Hackett 8-14 3-6 1-3 1-5 6 4 20 4 4 0 0 40 REB Lewis 7-15 0-2 6-8 0-2 2 2 20 0 6 0 2 37 Lewis 7-14 6-9 1-2 1-1 2 3 21 3 2 0 1 38 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Dunleavy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Washington 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 3 6 1 1 1 0 25 DeRozan 7-14 0-2 2-4 6-4 10 0 16 1 3 0 1 40 Vucevic 3-4 0-0 2-2 1-5 6 4 8 1 2 0 4 18 Simmons 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 Gibson 3-6 0-0 5-6 1-5 6 4 11 0 1 1 0 35 Diarra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 TEAM 3-0 3 1 Wilkinson 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 36 Miller 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 29-56 10-17 8-13 16-14 30 21 76 16 16 4 3 200 Hackett 5-10 1-4 0-0 0-5 5 5 11 2 2 0 0 35 Simmons 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 9 Lewis 4-11 1-5 2-2 2-2 4 5 11 5 2 0 1 40 Wilkinson 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 18 FG% 1st Half: 14-25 (.560) 2nd Half: 15-31 (.484) Game: 29-56 (.518) Washington 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 Cameron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3FG% 1st Half: 4-7 (.571) 2nd Half: 6-10 (.600) Game: 10-17 (.588) Simmons 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Smith 3-7 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 7 2 3 0 1 17 FT% 1st Half: 6-10 (.600) 2nd Half: 2-3 (.667) Game: 8-13 (.615) Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1-1 2 TEAM 0-0 0 2 Totals 23-50 1-7 13-20 8-22 30 22 60 9 23 3 13 200 ARIZONA • 83 Totals 21-47 2-13 9-12 9-19 28 20 53 11 8 1 2 200 FG% 1st Half: 10-24 (.417) 2nd Half: 13-26 (.500) Game: 23-50 (.460) REB FG% 1st Half: 8-23 (.348) 2nd Half: 13-24 (.542) Game: 21-47 (.447) 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 (.000) 2nd Half: 1-3 (.333) Game: 1-7 (.143) Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 (.000) 2nd Half: 2-9 (.222) Game: 2-13 (.154) FT% 1st Half: 1-3 (.333) 2nd Half: 12-17 (.706) Game: 13-20 (.650) Budinger 8-11 3-4 6-6 1-5 6 2 25 4 3 0 1 40 FT% 1st Half: 4-6 (.667) 2nd Half: 5-6 (.833) Game: 9-12 (.750) Hill 3-7 0-0 6-7 2-3 5 2 12 0 5 3 0 39 UCLA • 76 Johnson 2-3 2-3 0-0 1-0 1 2 6 0 1 0 0 20 Wise 8-11 4-7 7-8 0-3 3 4 27 4 3 0 2 39 ARIZONA STATE • 65 REB Fogg 5-8 3-5 0-0 1-1 2 3 13 5 0 0 1 34 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Onobun 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Shipp 4-6 0-0 11-12 1-0 1 1 19 0 3 0 1 26 Lavender 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Pendergraph 5-10 0-0 2-4 2-9 11 4 12 3 0 1 0 37 Dragovic 4-7 4-7 0-0 0-3 3 4 12 2 3 0 1 27 Horne 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 21 Kuksiks 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 33 Aboya 5-9 0-0 4-6 4-8 12 1 14 1 2 0 0 24 Jacobson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Abbott 3-8 1-6 2-2 1-0 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 24 Collison 1-5 0-2 2-3 0-1 1 1 4 2 2 0 2 27 TEAM 0-2 2 Glasser 4-10 2-7 8-10 0-2 2 0 18 5 0 0 1 33 Holiday 4-5 1-2 4-4 1-4 5 4 13 7 3 0 1 27 Totals 26-44 12-20 19-21 5-16 21 15 83 15 14 4 4 200 Harden 5-6 0-1 3-5 0-5 5 3 13 3 2 1 1 40 Gordon 4-5 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 2 9 0 1 0 2 16 Boateng 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Lee 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 8 FG% 1st Half: 13-22 (.591) 2nd Half: 13-22 (.591) Game: 26-44 (.591) McMillan 4-7 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 22 Anderson 0-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 13 3FG% 1st Half: 8-13 (.615) 2nd Half: 4-7 (.571) Game: 12-20 (.600) Shipp 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 Soo 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FT% 1st Half: 7-8 (.875) 2nd Half: 12-13 (.923) Game: 19-21 (.905) TEAM 1-2 3 Keefe 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 10 Totals 22-44 6-20 15-22 6-19 25 14 65 17 4 2 3 200 Roll 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 16 USC 38 38 – 76 Morgan 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Arizona 41 42 – 83 FG% 1st Half: 12-25 (.480) 2nd Half: 10-19 (.526) Game: 22-44 (.500) Schmidt 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3FG% 1st Half: 3-13 (.231) 2nd Half: 3-7 (.429) Game: 6-20 (.300) Diefenbach 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Offi cials: Bruce Hicks, Michael Eggers, Frank Harvey III FT% 1st Half: 2-5 (.400) 2nd Half: 13-17 (.765) Game: 15-22 (.682) TEAM 0-1 1 Technical fouls: None. Totals 24-53 5-15 23-31 12-23 35 19 76 16 18 2 9 200 Attendance: 14,728 USC 20 33 – 53 Arizona State 29 36 – 65 FG% 1st Half: 14-24 (.583) 2nd Half: 10-29 (.345) Game: 24-53 (.453) 3FG% 1st Half: 5-7 (.714) 2nd Half: 0-8 (.000) Game: 5-15 (.333) Offi cials: David Hall, Dick Cartmell, Randy McCall FT% 1st Half: 11-13 (.846) 2nd Half: 12-18 (.667) Game: 23-31 (.742) Technical fouls: USC (Floyd-2). Attendance: 11,621 USC 21 39 – 60 UCLA 44 32 – 76

Offi cials: Dick Cartmell, Scott Thornley, Michael Eggers Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 12,179

2008-2009 • 17 • USC BASKETBALL game • twenty-fi ve game • twenty-six game • twenty-seven

Washington St. • 51 No. 22 Washington • 60 USC • 78 USC • 61 USC • 51 California • 81 (OT)

Feb. 19 • Galen Center Feb. 21 • Galen Center Feb. 26 • Haas Pavilion Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Berkeley, Calif.

USC snapped a season-high three-game losing USC scored just three points in the fi nal 7:28 and USC rallied from a 12-point second-half defi cit to streak and improved to 13-1 at home with a 61-51 were outscored 14-1 in the fi nal 5:52 to suffer its force overtime, but fell 81-78 at California on Feb. win vs. Washington State on Feb. 19 at the Galen second home loss of the season, a 60-51 setback 26. Leading the Trojans’ comeback were Daniel Center. USC led 29-21 at the half and increased vs. Washington at the Galen Center on Feb. 21. Hackett who tied a career high with 26 points and the lead to 14 points, before WSU made a run USC started strong, building a 22-11 lead early in Taj Gibson who had 21 points and 12 rebounds for to cut it to 45-44 with 7:33 left. USC scored the the fi rst half, but Washington answered and took his 12th double-double of the season. The differ- next fi ve points and the lead never dipped below a 31-28 lead into the break as the Trojans hit just ence in the game was at the free throw line where four points the rest of the way. Dwight Lewis led 3 of their fi nal 16 shots of the half. The Huskies Cal hit 24 of 27 (88.9 percent) and USC hit 16 of 28 all scorers with 17 points. Taj Gibson added 16 built the lead to seven points before USC used (57.1 percent). Cal made all eight of its free throw points and eight rebounds. Gibson did not record an 11-0 run with fi ve different players scoring to attempts in the overtime period. Marcus Simmons a block for the fi rst time this season and the fi rst take the lead back at 39-35. The Huskies tied the came off the bench to stop Cal’s Jerome Randle time in 47 games. USC held WSU to 36.5 percent game at 50 at the 4:59 makr and all USC could and added a career-high six points. USC had only from the fi eld in this game and to 32 percent in the muster the rest of the way was a free throw. Both eight turnovers to Cal’s 13, but fell to 8-1 on the two games this season. teams struggled from the fi eld as USC hit 38 per- season when winning the turnover battle. cent of its shots and UW 37.9 percent. Dwight WASHINGTON STATE • 51 Lewis (4-for-15) and Daniel Hackett led USC with USC • 78 REB 11 points. Quincy Pondexter had a season-high REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 22 points (10-for-13) to lead the Huskies. USC Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Forrest 5-10 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 1 12 0 0 1 1 37 Washington 1-5 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 16 Baynes 2-4 0-0 5-5 0-4 4 1 9 1 1 3 0 25 was outrebounded by the nation’s third-leading DeRozan 4-6 0-0 2-2 3-3 6 4 10 2 2 0 1 45 Capers 0-2 0-0 0-2 1-4 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 21 rebounding team 40-30, including by a 14-4 margin Gibson 8-12 0-0 5-11 6-6 12 4 21 0 3 2 1 45 Thompson 2-13 1-6 0-0 1-1 2 2 5 2 3 0 1 32 Hackett 9-17 1-4 7-11 0-2 2 3 26 4 2 0 2 45 Rochestie 6-13 1-6 3-3 1-4 5 1 16 4 1 0 1 39 down the stretch. Lewis 3-9 3-6 1-2 0-3 3 2 10 4 0 0 0 39 Koprivica 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 11 Vucevic 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 Lodwick 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 WASHINGTON • 60 Simmons 3-8 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 22 Casto 3-4 0-0 1-3 2-2 4 1 7 0 1 2 0 15 Wilkinson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 Harmeling 0-4 0-4 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 REB TEAM 2-2 4 1 TEAM 2-1 3 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Totals 29-59 4-10 16-28 14-16 30 20 78 11 8 2 6 225 Totals 19-52 2-18 11-15 7-20 27 15 51 9 9 6 3 200 Pondexter 10-13 0-0 2-2 3-2 5 3 22 0 3 0 2 33 Brockman 2-8 0-0 2-2 5-9 14 3 6 0 2 0 1 32 FG% 1H: 14-27 (.519) 2H: 10-24 (.417) OT: 5-8 (.625) G: 29-59 (.492) FG% 1st Half: 8-24 (.333) 2nd Half: 11-28 (.393) Game: 19-52 (.365) Gant 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 22 3FG% 1H: 0-3 (.000) 2H: 3-4 (.750) OT: 1-3 (.333) G: 4-10 (.400) 3FG% 1st Half: 0-8 (.000) 2nd Half: 2-10 (.200) Game: 2-18 (.111) Thomas 2-7 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 4 2 3 0 0 27 FT% 1H: 6-8 (.750) 2H: 8-16 (.500) OT: 2-4 (.500) G: 16-28 (.571) FT% 1st Half: 5-5 (1.000) 2nd Half: 6-10 (.600) Game: 11-15 (.733) Dentmon 2-10 0-4 4-4 4-1 5 2 8 0 3 0 3 32 Overton 2-6 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 3 7 2 3 0 3 21 CALIFORNIA • 81 USC • 61 Bryan-Amaning 1-4 0-0 5-9 2-1 3 1 7 0 1 1 0 19 Holiday 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 REB REB Turner 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN TEAM 2-1 3 Boykin 3-3 0-0 2-4 1-3 4 5 8 1 1 0 0 27 DeRozan 2-8 0-0 4-7 2-3 5 0 8 1 0 2 1 36 Totals 22-58 1-10 15-19 18-22 40 16 60 4 16 1 9 200 Robertson 3-6 0-1 4-4 0-6 6 2 10 1 1 0 0 41 Gibson 7-12 0-0 2-3 1-7 8 3 16 2 1 0 0 38 Wilkes 3-6 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 3 6 5 1 1 0 26 Vucevic 3-6 0-0 2-2 3-4 7 1 8 1 2 0 1 26 FG% 1st Half: 11-33 (.333) 2nd Half: 11-25 (.440) Game: 22-58 (.379) Randle 3-11 3-7 6-6 1-1 2 2 15 8 4 0 1 44 Hackett 4-11 1-2 3-4 2-4 6 2 12 3 2 0 0 40 3FG% 1st Half: 1-7 (.143) 2nd Half: 0-3 (.000) Game: 1-10 (.100) Christopher 10-17 2-3 7-7 1-2 3 3 29 1 4 0 0 44 Lewis 5-11 1-1 6-6 0-4 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 37 FT% 1st Half: 8-11 (.727) 2nd Half: 7-8 (.875) Game: 15-19 (.789) Gutierrez 2-2 0-0 5-6 0-1 1 4 9 1 1 0 2 15 Washington 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 7 Amoke 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 Simmons 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 USC • 51 Kamp 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 1 1 2 0 25 Wilkinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 TEAM 1-2 3 TEAM 2-2 4 REB Totals 26-48 5-11 24-27 7-21 28 21 81 18 13 3 3 225 Totals 21-50 2-3 17-22 12-27 39 13 61 9 9 3 3 200 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Washington 4-9 0-0 1-2 4-2 6 2 9 1 4 0 4 25 FG% 1H: 15-23 (.652) 2H: 7-18 (.389) OT: 4-7 (.571) G: 26-48 (.542) FG% 1st Half: 12-25 (.480) 2nd Half: 9-25 (.360) Game: 21-50 (.420) DeRozan 3-10 0-2 2-2 2-4 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 37 3FG% 1H: 5-7 (.714) 2H: 0-4 (.000) OT: 0-0 (.000) G: 5-11 (.455) 3FG% 1st Half: 1-1 (1.000) 2nd Half: 1-2 (.500) Game: 2-3 (.667) Gibson 4-6 0-0 2-2 2-0 2 3 10 5 3 4 0 34 FT% 1H: 3-4 (.750) 2H: 13-15 (.867) OT: 8-8 (1.000) G: 24-27 (.889) FT% 1st Half: 4-6 (.667) 2nd Half: 13-16 (.813) Game: 17-22 (.773) Hackett 3-5 1-2 4-6 1-2 3 5 11 5 2 0 2 39 Lewis 4-15 2-7 1-2 0-3 3 5 11 0 6 0 2 39 USC 34 31 13 – 78 Washington St. 21 30 – 51 Vucevic 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 16 California 38 27 16 – 81 USC 29 32 – 61 Simmons 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Wilkinson 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Offi cials: Scott Thornley, Dick Cartmell, Jim Giron Offi cials: Bobby McRoy, Ruben Ramos, Michael Irving Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Technical fouls: USC (Floyd). Technical fouls: None. TEAM 1-1 2 Attendance: 10,027 Attendance: 6,352 Totals 19-50 3-12 10-15 11-19 30 19 51 11 16 4 8 200

FG% 1st Half: 11-28 (.393) 2nd Half: 8-22 (.364) Game: 19-50 (.380) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-7 (.286) 2nd Half: 1-5 (.200) Game: 3-12 (.250) FT% 1st Half: 4-5 (.800) 2nd Half: 6-10 (.600) Game: 10-15 (.667)

Washington 31 29 – 60 USC 28 23 – 51

Offi cials: Michael Eggers, Randy Burkhart, Tom Spitznagel Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 7,325

2008-2009 • 18 • USC BASKETBALL game • twenty-eight game • twenty-nine game • thirty

USC • 63 Oregon • 66 Oregon State • 52 Stanford • 75 USC • 80 USC • 68

Feb. 28 • Maples Pavilion March 5 • Galen Center March 7 • Galen Center Palo Alto, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif.

USC appeared well on its way to snapping a six- USC responded to an Oregon run by outscoring USC blew open a close game in the second half game losing streak at Maples Pavilion with an the Ducks 16-4 over the fi nal 3:50 to come away with a 15-2 run en route to a 68-52 win vs. Oregon 11-point lead and 14 minutes to go, but the Trojans with an 80-66 win at the Galen Center on March 5. State on March 7 at the Galen Center. Daniel went cold, Stanford got hot and USC was handed Oregon had cut USC’s 13-point second-half lead Hackett scored seven points during the run and a 75-63 loss on Feb. 28 in Palo Alto, Calif. USC hit to two points before DeMar DeRozan’s jumper fi nished with a game-high 17 points. DeMar DeRo- a miserable 42.9 percent from the free throw line in the lane keyed USC’s decisive run. DeRozan zan added 16 points, Taj Gibson 14 and Leonard (9-for-21) which kept the Cardinal within striking led USC with 19 points, followed by Taj Gibson Washington 10. USC shot 52.1 percent and held distance, then fi ve three-pointers made by Stan- with 18 and Daniel Hackett with 17 points. USC OSU to 39.2 percent from the fl oor. Senior walk-on ford over the next six and a half minutes and the shot 58.3 percent from the fi eld, while holding the Terence Green, in his fi rst game of the season, hit Cardinals had captured the lead for good, fi nishing Ducks to 37.3 percent, the 14th team this season a three-pointer at the end of the game to send the the game on a 40-17 run. USC made three more that the Trojans held to under 40 percent shooting Senior Night crowd into a frenzy. Gibson had fi ve baskets than Stanford and outshot them 50.0 from the fi eld. USC made 78.6 percent (22-for-28) blocks in the game to give him 86 for the season percent to 43.4 percent, but the Cardinal made 12 from the free throw line, after making 51.0 percent and establish a new USC single-season record, of 22 three-point attempts (54.5 percent) to offset the previous weekend in the Bay Area. Nine dif- breaking his record of 84 set last season. USC USC’s shooting advantage. ferent Trojans scored in the game, the fi rst time tied its season-low output for a half with 18 fi rst- they had more than seven players score in seven half points, then responded with 50 points in the USC • 63 games. Oregon’s Tajuan Porter led all scorers second half which was its second-highest total in

REB with 20 points. a half this season. USC also held Oregon State Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN to an opponent-low 14 fi rst-half points. DeRozan 6-11 1-2 1-5 3-0 3 1 14 4 2 0 1 39 OREGON • 66 Gibson 7-10 0-0 5-5 3-7 10 5 19 0 3 4 1 36 Hackett 3-9 1-2 1-2 0-2 2 3 8 6 3 0 1 40 REB OREGON STATE • 52 Simmons 5-8 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 3 11 1 2 0 0 30 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN REB Lewis 4-12 0-1 1-3 3-4 7 5 9 2 1 0 1 33 Longmire 4-10 2-5 3-3 2-1 3 2 13 3 0 0 0 31 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Washington 1-1 0-0 0-4 0-3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 17 Catron 0-6 0-1 0-0 2-1 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 19 Tarver, S. 5-9 0-0 6-6 0-6 6 2 16 0 0 0 2 26 Vucevic 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dunigan 3-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 6 1 2 2 2 20 Schaftenaar 4-7 1-3 2-2 1-3 4 2 11 0 4 0 0 32 Smith 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sim 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 14 Tarver, J. 2-6 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 3 4 2 0 0 2 28 TEAM 1-1 2 Porter 7-14 4-10 2-2 0-1 1 4 20 2 7 0 1 34 Claitt 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 26 Totals 26-52 2-6 9-21 12-17 29 18 63 14 12 4 5 200 Dorsainvil 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Humphrey 1-5 0-3 0-0 1-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 24 Wallace 3-9 2-5 1-3 0-3 3 1 9 0 3 0 1 32 McShane 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG% 1st Half: 13-23 (.565) 2nd Half: 13-29 (.448) Game: 26-52 (.500) Wiley 2-5 2-5 0-0 0-2 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 17 Hampton 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 8 3FG% 1st Half: 2-3 (.667) 2nd Half: 0-3 (.000) Game: 2-6 (.333) Williams 1-4 0-1 1-4 2-1 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 13 Haynes 2-9 0-2 0-2 1-1 2 2 4 0 2 0 1 27 FT% 1st Half: 5-11 (.455) 2nd Half: 4-10 (.400) Game: 9-21 (.429) Brown 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 10 Crittle 2-5 0-0 6-9 6-2 8 4 10 0 1 0 1 16 Johnson 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 14 TEAM 1-2 3 Deane 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 STANFORD • 75 Totals 22-59 9-28 13-20 15-13 28 22 66 10 13 2 9 200 TEAM 1-1 2 Totals 20-51 3-14 9-13 6-19 25 19 52 5 10 1 9 200 REB FG% 1st Half: 12-27 (.444) 2nd Half: 10-32 (.313) Game: 22-59 (.373) Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3FG% 1st Half: 7-17 (.412) 2nd Half: 2-11 (.182) Game: 9-28 (.321) FG% 1st Half: 7-21 (.333) 2nd Half: 13-30 (.433) Game: 20-51 (.392) Hill 4-11 0-1 6-6 2-3 5 3 14 2 2 0 1 31 FT% 1st Half: 4-10 (.400) 2nd Half: 9-10 (.900) Game: 13-20 (.650) 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 (.000) 2nd Half: 3-10 (.300) Game: 3-14 (.214) Owens 3-6 0-0 0-0 5-5 10 4 6 1 2 1 0 25 FT% 1st Half: 0-3 (.000) 2nd Half: 9-10 (.900) Game: 9-13 (.692) Johnson 2-5 2-3 4-4 0-2 2 3 10 4 3 0 0 30 Goods 7-10 3-5 3-3 0-4 4 1 20 2 3 0 0 34 USC • 80 Brown 4-10 4-7 2-2 1-4 5 2 14 0 0 0 0 20 USC • 68 Fields 2-7 2-4 0-0 1-1 2 1 6 4 3 0 0 29 REB REB Mann 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Green 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 12 Vucevic 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 2 4 0 2 1 0 22 DeRozan 6-9 0-0 4-6 3-2 5 1 16 3 2 0 1 33 Shiller 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 Gibson 6-8 0-0 6-10 1-6 7 3 18 0 0 4 2 32 Gibson 5-9 0-0 4-6 2-6 8 2 14 0 2 5 2 35 Dildy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DeRozan 7-9 0-0 5-6 2-0 2 1 19 1 0 1 1 30 Wilkinson 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 Paul 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hackett 4-6 1-2 8-8 0-5 5 2 17 6 3 1 2 35 Hackett 7-9 2-4 1-2 0-5 5 3 17 4 1 0 0 38 Trotter 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Lewis 5-13 0-4 0-0 0-3 3 4 10 4 5 0 0 35 Lewis 0-5 0-4 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 4 2 0 1 35 TEAM 3-0 3 Johnson 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Johnson 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 11 Totals 23-53 12-22 17-19 14-19 33 19 75 14 14 1 1 200 Washington 2-3 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 2 6 3 0 0 1 21 Simmons 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 13 Washington 4-7 0-0 2-3 1-2 3 2 10 1 0 1 2 10 Vucevic 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 12 FG% 1st Half: 10-28 (.357) 2nd Half: 13-25 (.520) Game: 23-53 (.434) Wilkinson 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Simmons 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 3FG% 1st Half: 6-10 (.600) 2nd Half: 6-12 (.500) Game: 12-22 (.545) Smith 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 Green 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 FT% 1st Half: 3-5 (.600) 2nd Half: 14-14 (1.000) Game: 17-19 (.895) TEAM 0-1 1 Totals 28-48 2-9 22-28 7-24 31 18 80 16 11 7 6 200 Cameron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 0-2 2 USC 33 30 – 63 Totals 25-48 3-11 15-21 7-27 34 15 68 15 12 6 6 200 Stanford 29 46 – 75 FG% 1st Half: 15-24 (.625) 2nd Half: 13-24 (.542) Game: 28-48 (.583) 3FG% 1st Half: 2-6 (.333) 2nd Half: 0-3 (.000) Game: 2-9 (.222) FG% 1st Half: 6-20 (.300) 2nd Half: 19-28 (.679) Game: 25-48 (.521) Offi cials: Bruce Hicks, Kevin Brill, Bill Kennedy FT% 1st Half: 4-6 (.667) 2nd Half: 18-22 (.818) Game: 22-28 (.786) 3FG% 1st Half: 0-5 (.000) 2nd Half: 3-6 (.500) Game: 3-11 (.273) Technical fouls: USC (Gibson), Stanford (Brown). FT% 1st Half: 6-10 (.600) 2nd Half: 9-11 (.818) Game: 15-21 (.714) Attendance: 7,329 Oregon 35 31 – 66 USC 36 44 – 80 Oregon State 14 38 – 52 Offi cials: Michael Reed, Chris Rastatter, Michael Irving USC 18 50 – 68 Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 5,853 Offi cials: Bruce Hicks, Michael Greenstein, Tom Wood Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 6,603

2008-2009 • 19 • USC BASKETBALL game • thirty-one game • thirty-two game • thirty-three Pac-10 Quarterfi nals Pac-10 Semifi nals Pac-10 Championship USC • 79 USC • 65 USC • 66 California • 75 No. 15 UCLA • 55 No. 23 Arizona St • 63

March 12 • Staples Center March 13 • Staples Center March 14 • Staples Center Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif.

USC raced to a 42-27 halftime lead and then held USC saw its 15-point second-half lead with 2:44 to USC erased a 15-point halftime defi cit to defeat off a furious California comeback for a 79-75 vic- go cut to fi ve, but regrouped and defeated UCLA No. 23 Arizona State 66-63 on March 14 at the tory on March 13 in the quarterfi nals of the Pac-10 65-55 in Pac-10 Semifinals action at Staples Staples Center in Los Angeles to capture the Tournament. Taj Gibson (21 points/16 rebounds) Center on March 13. For the second consecutive school’s fi rst Pac-10 Tournament title. The Trojans and DeMar DeRozan (17 points/11 rebounds) led game, DeMar DeRozan (21 points/13 rebounds) had trailed since the fi rst minute of the game until the Trojans with double doubles. Daniel Hackett and Taj Gibson (13 points/11 rebounds) posted Daniel Hackett’s free throw with 42 seconds left added 15 points, nine rebounds and seven assists double-doubles. USC outshot UCLA 51.1 percent gave USC a 64-63 lead. Taj Gibson then took in the victory. USC outrebounded the Bears 53-27, to 27.1 percent, but committed a season-high 24 over, blocking a James Harden shot and making but was outshot from the fl oor, 43.1 percent to 42.6 turnovers and made just 53.3 percent of its free two free throws to give USC the 66-63 win. DeMar percent. The Bears tied the game at 75-all with 20 throws (16 of 30) to keep the game close. The DeRozan scored 16 of his career-high 25 points in seconds only to see Hackett break the tie with two Bruins’ shooting percentage was its lowest of the the second half to lead USC back. Hackett fi nished pairs of free throws in the fi nal 20 seconds. season. USC outrebounded UCLA 43-41 and out- with 19 points and a team-leading six rebounds. scored them in the paint, 32-18. Marcus Simmons Dwight Lewis added 13 points, including a clutch USC • 79 was called upon to guard UCLA’s talented guard three-pointer with 1:04 left to bring the Trojans

REB Darren Collison and he held him to four points on within one point. USC was the No. 6 seed and Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1-9 shooting and forced him into a season-high became the lowest seeded team to win the Pac- DeRozan 6-12 1-2 4-4 1-10 11 4 17 1 1 3 0 35 Gibson 8-12 0-0 5-6 9-7 16 2 21 1 5 1 0 34 seven turnovers. The win was USC’s 20th of the 10 Conference Tournament. With the win, USC Hackett 5-12 1-3 4-4 2-7 9 2 15 7 3 0 0 40 season making it three consecutive seasons of 20 clinched its third consecutive NCAA Tournament Simmons 3-9 0-0 0-0 4-0 4 3 6 1 0 0 1 32 or more wins for the fi rst time in school history. bid, a fi rst in school history. A day after committing Lewis 4-18 3-6 0-0 0-2 2 1 11 2 1 0 0 37 Washington 2-4 0-0 2-4 2-3 5 2 6 1 1 1 0 16 a season-high 24 turnovers, USC cleaned things Vucevic 1-1 0-0 1-2 3-1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 USC • 65 up and made a season-low fi ve turnovers. TEAM 1-1 2 Totals 29-68 5-11 16-20 22-31 53 15 79 13 11 5 1 200 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN USC • 66 FG% 1st Half: 16-36 (.444) 2nd Half: 13-32 (.406) Game: 29-68 (.426) DeRozan 7-12 1-1 6-8 5-8 13 3 21 2 5 0 2 33 3FG% 1st Half: 3-6 (.500) 2nd Half: 2-5 (.400) Game: 5-11 (.455) Simmons 3-5 0-0 0-2 0-4 4 2 6 1 4 1 1 38 REB FT% 1st Half: 7-8 (.875) 2nd Half: 9-12 (.750) Game: 16-20 (.800) Gibson 5-6 0-0 3-8 3-8 11 5 13 2 1 1 3 33 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Hackett 3-8 0-1 2-4 0-4 4 3 8 4 9 0 2 40 DeRozan 10-16 1-3 4-7 2-1 3 1 25 4 0 0 1 40 Lewis 4-11 2-3 4-5 0-3 3 2 14 3 3 1 1 39 Gibson 3-7 0-0 1-2 2-3 5 2 7 1 1 4 2 37 CALIFORNIA • 75 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hackett 6-11 2-6 5-8 0-6 6 2 19 1 1 0 1 40 Washington 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Simmons 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 21 REB Vucevic 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 7 Lewis 4-10 2-7 3-4 0-2 2 0 13 3 2 0 1 39 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Wilkinson 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 Johnson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Boykin 3-9 0-0 1-2 2-4 6 2 7 1 1 0 1 24 TEAM 3-1 4 Washington 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 Robertson 5-11 1-3 2-2 2-2 4 1 13 4 2 0 1 36 Totals 23-45 3-5 16-30 13-30 43 19 65 12 24 3 10 200 Vucevic 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Wilkes 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 14 Wilkinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Randle 6-14 3-6 3-5 1-2 3 2 18 2 1 0 2 40 FG% 1st Half: 13-24 (.542) 2nd Half: 10-21 (.476) Game: 23-45 (.511) TEAM 2-3 5 Christopher 5-15 2-8 3-3 2-3 5 2 15 2 0 0 1 39 3FG% 1st Half: 2-4 (.500) 2nd Half: 1-1 (1.000) Game: 3-5 (.600) Totals 24-46 5-16 13-21 6-21 27 8 66 9 5 4 6 200 Seeley 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 FT% 1st Half: 5-7 (.714) 2nd Half: 11-23 (.478) Game: 16-30 (.533) Gutierrez 5-10 1-3 3-6 0-2 2 5 14 5 1 0 1 24 FG% 1st Half: 10-25 (.400) 2nd Half: 14-21 (.667) Game: 24-46 (.522) Amoke 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 (.222) 2nd Half: 3-7 (.429) Game: 5-16 (.313) Kamp 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 12 UCLA • 55 FT% 1st Half: 2-4 (.500) 2nd Half: 11-17 (.647) Game: 13-21 (.619) TEAM 2-0 2 Totals 28-65 7-20 12-18 11-16 27 17 75 15 5 1 8 200 REB Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN ARIZONA STATE • 63 FG% 1st Half: 10-33 (.303) 2nd Half: 18-32 (.563) Game: 28-65 (.431) Shipp 7-16 2-5 3-4 0-3 3 5 19 2 3 0 2 34 3FG% 1st Half: 1-9 (.111) 2nd Half: 6-11 (.545) Game: 7-20 (.350) Dragovic 4-15 2-8 2-2 2-2 4 2 12 0 0 0 0 29 REB FT% 1st Half: 6-9 (.667) 2nd Half: 6-9 (.667) Game: 12-18 (.667) Aboya 2-9 0-0 2-4 11-2 13 5 6 2 2 0 4 33 Player FG 3FG FT O-D-TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Collison 1-9 0-5 2-2 0-0 0 4 4 3 7 0 3 30 Pendergraph 9-11 0-0 0-0 3-4 7 1 18 0 0 2 0 40 USC 42 37 – 79 Holiday 0-8 0-2 1-2 4-3 7 4 1 3 4 0 5 31 Kuksiks 1-5 1-3 0-0 0-3 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 36 California 27 48 – 75 Gordon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 Abbott 4-6 3-5 1-2 0-0 0 4 12 0 1 0 1 32 Lee 3-5 1-1 2-2 2-2 4 2 9 0 0 0 0 12 Glasser 7-13 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 4 16 3 1 0 1 38 Offi cials: Dick Cartmell, Mark Reischling, Chris Rastatter Anderson 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 Harden 3-9 3-5 1-2 0-4 4 4 10 8 3 0 2 35 Technical fouls: None. Keefe 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 Shipp 2-5 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 4 3 0 0 1 19 Attendance: 16,271 Roll 1-4 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 14 TEAM 0-2 2 TEAM 3-2 5 Totals 26-49 9-19 2-4 4-16 20 16 63 16 7 2 5 200 Totals 19-70 5-26 12-16 23-18 41 25 55 13 18 1 14 200 FG% 1st Half: 16-27 (.593) 2nd Half: 10-22 (.455) Game: 26-49 (.531) FG% 1st Half: 9-29 (.310) 2nd Half: 10-41 (.244) Game: 19-70 (.271) 3FG% 1st Half: 7-11 (.636) 2nd Half: 2-8 (.250) Game: 9-19 (.474) 3FG% 1st Half: 3-13 (.231) 2nd Half: 2-13 (.154) Game: 5-26 (.192) FT% 1st Half: 0-0 (---) 2nd Half: 2-4 (.500) Game: 2-4 (.500) FT% 1st Half: 7-8 (.875) 2nd Half: 5-8 (.625) Game: 12-16 (.750) USC 24 42 – 66 USC 33 32 – 65 Arizona State 39 24 – 63 UCLA 28 27 – 55 Offi cials: Dave Libbey, Dick Cartmell, Michael Reed Offi cials: Scott Thornley, Mark Reischling, Bruce Hicks Technical fouls: None. Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 16,988 Attendance: 18,497

2008-2009 • 20 • USC BASKETBALL 2008-09 USC Men's Basketball USC Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 16, 2009) All games

00 03 04 05 10 13 14 Opponent Date Score JOHNSON,MA DUNLEAVY,J WASHINGTON VUCEVIC,NI DEROZAN,DE HACKETT,DA DIARRA,MAM UCI 11/15/08 78-55 W DNP DNP 9 - 5 - 1 DNP 1 4 - 3 - 1 1 0 - 2 - 5 1 - 0 - 0 NEW MEXICO STATE 11/18/08 73-60 W DNP DNP 9 - 7 - 0 DNP 7 - 6 - 0 1 0 - 6 - 5 0 - 0 - 0 vs Seton Hall 11/20/08 61-63 L DNP DNP 8 - 8 - 2 DNP 3 - 3 - 0 4 - 3 - 8 DNP vs Chattanooga 11/21/08 73-46 W DNP DNP 9 - 1 2 - 1 DNP 1 3 - 6 - 2 1 0 - 3 - 9 2 - 1 - 0 vs Missouri 11/23/08 72-83 L DNP DNP 9 - 9 - 1 DNP 8 - 6 - 0 1 1 - 2 - 5 0 - 1 - 1 UT MARTIN 11/28/08 70-43 W DNP DNP 4 - 9 - 1 DNP 1 2 - 3 - 1 8 - 6 - 5 2 - 0 - 0 USF 12/01/08 74-69 W DNP DNP 1 0 - 6 - 2 DNP 1 1 - 4 - 2 1 8 - 4 - 6 DNP at Oklahoma 12/04/08 72-73 L DNP DNP 9 - 3 - 1 DNP 1 0 - 4 - 2 8 - 7 - 1 3 0 - 0 - 0 PEPPERDINE 12/15/08 91-77 W D N P D N P 1 4 - 4 - 2 2 - 2 - 0 1 0 - 4 - 1 1 6 - 2 - 6 0 - 1 - 0 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 12/20/08 61-57 W DNP DNP 1 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 8 - 6 - 1 1 2 - 5 - 4 DNP GEORGIA TECH 12/22/08 76-57 W D N P D N P 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 7 - 5 - 3 1 5 - 3 - 5 3 - 2 - 0 ORAL ROBERTS 12/28/08 66-56 W 6 - 2 - 1 DNP DNP 4 - 2 - 0 1 8 - 5 - 1 4 - 4 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 at Oregon 01/02/09 83-62 W 3 - 5 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 D N P 2 - 2 - 1 1 4 - 1 2 - 1 1 5 - 9 - 7 0 - 0 - 0 at Oregon State 1/4/09 58-62 LO 7 - 5 - 1 DNP DNP 0 - 1 - 0 1 0 - 3 - 2 1 2 - 4 - 3 DNP UCLA 01/11/08 60-64 L 4 - 4 - 0 D N P D N P 2 - 2 - 0 1 5 - 5 - 0 1 3 - 7 - 2 D N P ARIZONA STATE 01/15/09 61-49 W 0 - 0 - 0 DNP DNP DNP 2 2 - 8 - 2 4 - 2 - 6 DNP ARIZONA 01/17/09 65-64 W 0 - 0 - 1 D N P 5 - 3 - 0 D N P 1 0 - 4 - 2 1 1 - 2 - 3 D N P at Washington 01/22/09 73-78 L 8 - 2 - 1 DNP 2 - 2 - 3 0 - 2 - 1 1 6 - 7 - 0 2 4 - 4 - 4 DNP at Washington State 01/24/09 46-44 W 7 - 2 - 1 D N P 0 - 1 - 0 8 - 5 - 0 5 - 4 - 0 1 4 - 4 - 1 D N P STANFORD 01/29/09 70-69 W 9 - 3 - 0 DNP 1 2 - 4 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 - 5 - 3 1 2 - 2 - 4 DNP CAL 01/31/09 73-62 W 6 - 3 - 1 D N P 6 - 6 - 0 4 - 4 - 1 1 9 - 4 - 0 1 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 at UCLA 02/04/09 60-76 L DNP 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 8 - 6 - 1 1 5 - 8 - 1 2 - 2 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 at Arizona 2/12/09 76-83 L DNP DNP 6 - 4 - 1 DNP 2 0 - 8 - 2 2 0 - 6 - 4 DNP at Arizona State 02-15-09 53-65 L DNP DNP 2 - 0 - 0 DNP 1 6 - 1 0 - 1 1 1 - 5 - 2 DNP WASHINGTON STATE 02/19/09 61-51 W DNP DNP 0 - 1 - 0 8 - 7 - 1 8 - 5 - 1 1 2 - 6 - 3 DNP WASHINGTON 02/21/09 51-60 L DNP DNP 9 - 6 - 1 2 - 6 - 0 8 - 6 - 0 1 1 - 3 - 5 DNP at California 2/26/09 78-81 LO DNP DNP 3 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 0 - 6 - 2 2 6 - 2 - 4 DNP at Stanford 2/28/09 63-75 L DNP DNP 2 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 4 - 3 - 4 8 - 2 - 6 DNP OREGON 03/05/09 80-66 W 0 - 1 - 0 D N P 6 - 4 - 3 4 - 7 - 0 1 9 - 2 - 1 1 7 - 5 - 6 D N P OREGON STATE 03/07/09 68-52 W 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 0 - 3 - 1 4 - 4 - 2 1 6 - 5 - 3 1 7 - 5 - 4 DNP vs California 03/12/09 79-75 W D N P D N P 6 - 5 - 1 3 - 4 - 0 1 7 - 1 1 - 1 1 5 - 9 - 7 D N P vs UCLA 03/13/09 65-55 W 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 1 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 2 1 - 1 3 - 2 8 - 4 - 4 DNP vs Arizona State 03/14/09 66-63 W 0 - 1 - 0 D N P 2 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 5 - 3 - 4 1 9 - 6 - 1 D N P

15 20 21 22 23 30 33 Opponent Date Score MILLER,PER SIMMONS,MA LEWIS,DWIG GIBSON,TAJ WILKINSON, GREEN,TERE CAMERON,JO UCI 11/15/08 78-55 W 0 - 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 1 8 - 7 - 3 1 7 - 6 - 3 2 - 6 - 3 D N P D N P NEW MEXICO STATE 11/18/08 73-60 W DNP 2 - 1 - 0 1 6 - 4 - 1 2 2 - 1 0 - 0 5 - 8 - 0 DNP DNP vs Seton Hall 11/20/08 61-63 L DNP 4 - 2 - 0 1 2 - 1 - 0 1 9 - 1 8 - 3 2 - 3 - 0 DNP DNP vs Chattanooga 11/21/08 73-46 W 0 - 0 - 1 4 - 2 - 0 1 6 - 6 - 3 1 7 - 1 5 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 DNP DNP vs Missouri 11/23/08 72-83 L DNP 0 - 1 - 0 1 5 - 1 - 1 1 1 - 8 - 1 1 - 2 - 1 DNP DNP UT MARTIN 11/28/08 70-43 W 2 - 0 - 0 2 - 2 - 1 1 3 - 4 - 2 1 5 - 8 - 1 4 - 5 - 2 DNP DNP USF 12/01/08 74-69 W DNP DNP 2 6 - 2 - 0 9 - 1 3 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 DNP DNP at Oklahoma 12/04/08 72-73 L DNP 0 - 0 - 0 2 5 - 2 - 0 1 2 - 1 0 - 1 8 - 2 - 1 DNP DNP PEPPERDINE 12/15/08 91-77 W DNP 0 - 1 - 0 1 7 - 8 - 5 2 5 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 DNP DNP NORTH DAKOTA STATE 12/20/08 61-57 W DNP 0 - 0 - 0 4 - 2 - 0 1 0 - 1 8 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP DNP GEORGIA TECH 12/22/08 76-57 W DNP 0 - 0 - 0 1 9 - 1 - 1 1 5 - 1 4 - 0 5 - 4 - 4 DNP DNP ORAL ROBERTS 12/28/08 66-56 W DNP DNP 1 2 - 2 - 1 1 6 - 8 - 1 4 - 4 - 2 DNP DNP at Oregon 01/02/09 83-62 W 0 - 0 - 0 D N P 2 6 - 6 - 1 1 3 - 6 - 0 8 - 1 - 2 D N P D N P at Oregon State 1/4/09 58-62 LO DNP DNP 6 - 2 - 3 1 5 - 4 - 0 8 - 6 - 6 DNP DNP UCLA 01/11/08 60-64 L DNP DNP 4 - 1 - 3 1 3 - 5 - 1 9 - 4 - 2 DNP DNP ARIZONA STATE 01/15/09 61-49 W DNP 2 - 2 - 1 1 8 - 3 - 2 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 4 - 3 - 1 DNP DNP ARIZONA 01/17/09 65-64 W DNP 0 - 1 - 0 2 1 - 4 - 4 1 3 - 8 - 0 5 - 7 - 1 DNP DNP at Washington 01/22/09 73-78 L DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 1 5 - 1 3 - 1 5 - 1 - 0 DNP DNP at Washington State 01/24/09 46-44 W DNP DNP DNP 1 2 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 2 - 1 DNP DNP STANFORD 01/29/09 70-69 W DNP DNP 9 - 3 - 1 2 0 - 4 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 DNP DNP CAL 01/31/09 73-62 W 0 - 0 - 0 D N P 1 2 - 1 - 2 1 2 - 1 3 - 2 D N P D N P 0 - 0 - 0 at UCLA 02/04/09 60-76 L 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 2 - 4 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 at Arizona 2/12/09 76-83 L D N P 0 - 0 - 1 2 1 - 2 - 3 9 - 6 - 5 0 - 1 - 0 D N P D N P at Arizona State 02-15-09 53-65 L DNP 0 - 0 - 0 1 1 - 4 - 5 1 1 - 6 - 0 2 - 3 - 2 DNP DNP WASHINGTON STATE 02/19/09 61-51 W DNP 0 - 1 - 0 1 7 - 4 - 2 1 6 - 8 - 2 0 - 3 - 0 DNP DNP WASHINGTON 02/21/09 51-60 L DNP 0 - 2 - 0 1 1 - 3 - 0 1 0 - 2 - 5 0 - 0 - 0 DNP DNP at California 2/26/09 78-81 LO DNP 6 - 2 - 1 1 0 - 3 - 4 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 - 0 DNP DNP at Stanford 2/28/09 63-75 L DNP 1 1 - 2 - 1 9 - 7 - 2 1 9 - 1 0 - 0 DNP DNP DNP OREGON 03/05/09 80-66 W DNP 1 - 0 - 2 1 0 - 3 - 4 1 8 - 7 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 DNP DNP OREGON STATE 03/07/09 68-52 W DNP 2 - 1 - 0 0 - 3 - 4 1 4 - 8 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 vs California 03/12/09 79-75 W DNP 6 - 4 - 1 1 1 - 2 - 2 2 1 - 1 6 - 1 DNP DNP DNP vs UCLA 03/13/09 65-55 W DNP 6 - 4 - 1 1 4 - 3 - 3 1 3 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 1 - 0 DNP DNP vs Arizona State 03/14/09 66-63 W D N P 0 - 1 - 0 1 3 - 2 - 3 7 - 5 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 D N P D N P

CHARTING THE TROJANS Pac-10 All-time Block Leaders USC Career 3-pointers Made 1. Anthony Cook, Arizona (1986-89) 278 15. Rodney Chatman (1990-93) 105 2. Channing Frye, Arizona (2002-05) 258 16. Dwight Lewis (2007-09) 102 3. Taj Gibson, USC (2007-09) 245 4. Michael Stewart, Cal (1994-97) 207 5. Sam Clancy, USC (1999-2002) 195 USC All-time Scoring Leaders USC Career Assist Leaders 14. Gus Williams (1973-75) 1,318 5. Gus Williams (1973-75) 362 15. David Bluthenthal (1999-02) 1,313 6. Daniel Hackett (1990-91) 352 16. Taj Gibson (2007-09) 1,280 7. Robert Pack (1990-91) 319

2008-2009 • 21 • USC BASKETBALL 2008-09 USC Men's Basketball USC Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 14, 2009) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 9-9 7-2 2-7 0-0 CONFERENCE 9-9 7-2 2-7 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 10 DeRozan, DeMar 18-18 629 34.9 97-180 . 5 3 9 3-14 . 2 1 4 48-76 . 6 3 2 55 50 105 5.8 40 1 25 34 4 17 245 13.6 22 Gibson, Taj 18-18 633 35.2 93-160 . 5 8 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 58-82 . 7 0 7 48 91 139 7.7 53 3 22 34 45 16 244 13.6 13 Hackett, Daniel 18-18 684 38.0 81-171 . 4 7 4 25-63 . 3 9 7 56-86 . 6 5 1 7 66 73 4.1 50 3 69 46 1 18 243 13.5 21 Lewis, Dwight 16-15 595 37.2 71-193 . 3 6 8 26-75 . 3 4 7 37-51 . 7 2 5 14 37 51 3.2 41 3 40 44 1 15 205 12.8 04 Washington, Leonard 14-6 234 16.7 24-60 . 4 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 16-26 . 6 1 5 14 24 38 2.7 28 1 12 13 3 14 64 4.6 00 Johnson, Marcus 11-1 165 15.0 19-42 . 4 5 2 1-4 . 2 5 0 5-15 . 3 3 3 4 22 26 2.4 12 0 9 10 4 7 44 4.0 23 Wilkinson, Keith 16-9 351 21.9 17-43 . 3 9 5 7-24 . 2 9 2 8-12 . 6 6 7 10 27 37 2.3 31 1 16 13 3 1 49 3.1 05 Vucevic, Nikola 14-3 181 12.9 19-33 . 5 7 6 0-1 . 0 0 0 4-4 1.000 14 33 47 3.4 23 0 7 10 6 6 42 3.0 30 Green, Terence 1-0 2 2.0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.0 20 Simmons, Marcus 12-1 102 8.5 10-25 . 4 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 6 6 12 1.0 15 0 6 7 2 2 24 2.0 35 Smith, Donte 12-1 60 5.0 5-19 . 2 6 3 3-12 . 2 5 0 2-2 1.000 0220.2703604151.3 15 Miller, Percy 3-0 4 1.3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.3 14 Diarra, Mamadou 3-0 5 1.7 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 03 Dunleavy, James 2-0 2 1.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 33 Cameron, Jordan 3-0 4 1.3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 21 29 50 3 2 Total...... 18 3651 437-929 . 4 7 0 66-198 . 3 3 3 239-362 . 6 6 0 193 389 582 32.3 305 12 209 221 70 100 1179 65.5 Opponents...... 18 3651 396-935 . 4 2 4 112-318 . 3 5 2 259-342 . 7 5 7 183 358 541 30.1 327 - 207 221 38 89 1163 64.6

TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1179 1163 * 01/02/09 at Oregon W 83-62 7664 Points per game 65.5 64.6 * 1/4/09 at Oregon State L o t 58-62 4719 Scoring margin +0.9 - * 01/11/08 UCLA L 60-64 10258 * 01/15/09 ARIZONA STATE W 61-49 6235 FIELD GOALS-ATT 437-929 396-935 * 01/17/09 ARIZONA W 65-64 5356 Field goal pct . 4 7 0 . 4 2 4 * 01/22/09 at Washington L 73-78 10000 3 POINT FG-ATT 66-198 112-318 * 01/24/09 at Washington State W 46-44 8974 3-point FG pct . 3 3 3 . 3 5 2 * 01/29/09 STANFORD W 70-69 7963 3-pt FG made per game 3.7 6.2 * 01/31/09 CAL W 73-62 9074 FREE THROWS-ATT 239-362 259-342 * 02/04/09 at UCLA L 60-76 12179 * 2/12/09 at Arizona L 76-83 14728 Free throw pct . 6 6 0 . 7 5 7 * 02-15-09 at Arizona State L 53-65 11621 F-Throws made per game 13.3 14.4 * 02/19/09 WASHINGTON STATE W 61-51 6352 REBOUNDS 582 541 * 02/21/09 WASHINGTON L 51-60 7325 Rebounds per game 32.3 30.1 * 2/26/09 at California L o t 78-81 10027 Rebounding margin +2.3 - * 2/28/09 at Stanford L 63-75 7329 ASSISTS 209 207 * 03/05/09 OREGON W 80-66 5853 * 03/07/09 OREGON STATE W 68-52 6603 Assists per game 11.6 11.5 TURNOVERS 221 221 * = Conference game Turnovers per game 12.3 12.3 Turnover margin +0.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.9 STEALS 100 89 Steals per game 5.6 4.9 BLOCKS 70 38 Blocks per game 3.9 2.1 ATTENDANCE 65019 87241 Home games-Avg/Game 9-7224 9-9693 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals USC 512 650 17 1179 Opponents 548 591 24 1163 2008-2009 • 22 • USC BASKETBALL 2008-09 USC Men's Basketball USC Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 14, 2009) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 21-12 15-2 2-8 4-2 CONFERENCE 9-9 7-2 2-7 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 12-3 8-0 0-1 4-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 22 Gibson, Taj 33-33 1120 33.9 180-304 . 5 9 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 113-173 . 6 5 3 121 189 310 9.4 94 5 38 66 92 32 473 14.3 21 Lewis, Dwight 31-30 1111 35.8 152-378 . 4 0 2 51-135 . 3 7 8 81-109 . 7 4 3 23 75 98 3.2 65 3 65 77 4 33 436 14.1 10 DeRozan, DeMar 33-33 1091 33.1 178-339 . 5 2 5 6-32 . 1 8 8 87-136 . 6 4 0 79 108 187 5.7 69 1 46 69 13 31 449 13.6 13 Hackett, Daniel 33-33 1227 37.2 128-279 . 4 5 9 40-105 . 3 8 1 115-157 . 7 3 2 14 125 139 4.2 90 4 155 108 7 44 411 12.5 04 Washington, Leonard 28-12 495 17.7 62-120 . 5 1 7 4-8 . 5 0 0 42-63 . 6 6 7 33 81 114 4.1 47 1 24 32 10 23 170 6.1 00 Johnson, Marcus 14-1 189 13.5 21-48 . 4 3 8 1-5 . 2 0 0 7-17 . 4 1 2 4 25 29 2.1 15 0 10 14 4 10 50 3.6 30 Green, Terence 1-0 2 2.0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0 - 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 . 0 23 Wilkinson, Keith 30-12 572 19.1 28-79 . 3 5 4 9-34 . 2 6 5 18-32 . 5 6 3 25 52 77 2.6 52 2 30 22 4 6 83 2.8 43 Cunningham, Kasey 4-0 41 10.3 4-9 . 4 4 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 5 6 11 2.8 9 0 1 4 2 3 11 2.8 05 Vucevic, Nikola 21-3 228 10.9 24-42 . 5 7 1 0-2 . 0 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 19 38 57 2.7 29 0 7 14 9 8 53 2.5 35 Smith, Donte 24-3 233 9.7 18-70 . 2 5 7 12-50 . 2 4 0 8-10 . 8 0 0 2 12 14 0.6 29 0 22 29 0 9 56 2.3 20 Simmons, Marcus 25-5 291 11.6 22-56 . 3 9 3 0-2 . 0 0 0 6-14 . 4 2 9 12 19 31 1.2 36 0 9 22 5 8 50 2.0 14 Diarra, Mamadou 12-0 33 2.8 3-7 . 4 2 9 0-1 . 0 0 0 2-6 . 3 3 3 0 5 5 0.4 5 0 1 1 4 0 8 0.7 15 Miller, Percy 6-0 12 2.0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 1 1 2 0.3 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.5 33 Cameron, Jordan 3-0 4 1.3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 03 Dunleavy, James 2-0 2 1.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 48 59 107 4 3 Total...... 33 6651 822-1735 . 4 7 4 124-377 . 3 2 9 488-733 . 6 6 6 386 796 1182 35.8 545 16 409 463 154 207 2256 68.4 Opponents...... 33 6651 738-1817 . 4 0 6 212-630 . 3 3 7 407-583 . 6 9 8 353 646 999 30.3 623 - 382 427 70 216 2095 63.5

TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2256 2095 11/15/08 UCI W 78-55 4089 Points per game 68.4 63.5 11/18/08 NEW MEXICO STATE W 73-60 5618 Scoring margin +4.9 - 11/20/08 vs Seton Hall L 61-63 3217 11/21/08 vs Chattanooga W 73-46 6733 FIELD GOALS-ATT 822-1735 738-1817 11/23/08 vs Missouri L 72-83 8242 Field goal pct . 4 7 4 . 4 0 6 11/28/08 UT MARTIN W 70-43 3376 3 POINT FG-ATT 124-377 212-630 12/01/08 USF W 74-69 2514 3-point FG pct . 3 2 9 . 3 3 7 12/04/08 at Oklahoma L 72-73 11499 3-pt FG made per game 3.8 6.4 12/15/08 PEPPERDINE W 91-77 4032 FREE THROWS-ATT 488-733 407-583 12/20/08 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W 61-57 3475 12/22/08 GEORGIA TECH W 76-57 4121 Free throw pct . 6 6 6 . 6 9 8 12/28/08 ORAL ROBERTS W 66-56 3263 F-Throws made per game 14.8 12.3 * 01/02/09 at Oregon W 83-62 7664 REBOUNDS 1182 999 * 1/4/09 at Oregon State L o t 58-62 4719 Rebounds per game 35.8 30.3 * 01/11/08 UCLA L 60-64 10258 Rebounding margin +5.5 - * 01/15/09 ARIZONA STATE W 61-49 6235 ASSISTS 409 382 * 01/17/09 ARIZONA W 65-64 5356 * 01/22/09 at Washington L 73-78 10000 Assists per game 12.4 11.6 * 01/24/09 at Washington State W 46-44 8974 TURNOVERS 463 427 * 01/29/09 STANFORD W 70-69 7963 Turnovers per game 14.0 12.9 * 01/31/09 CAL W 73-62 9074 Turnover margin -1.1 - * 02/04/09 at UCLA L 60-76 12179 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.9 * 2/12/09 at Arizona L 76-83 14728 STEALS 207 216 * 02-15-09 at Arizona State L 53-65 11621 * 02/19/09 WASHINGTON STATE W 61-51 6352 Steals per game 6.3 6.5 * 02/21/09 WASHINGTON L 51-60 7325 BLOCKS 154 70 * 2/26/09 at California L o t 78-81 10027 Blocks per game 4.7 2.1 * 2/28/09 at Stanford L 63-75 7329 ATTENDANCE 95507 152417 * 03/05/09 OREGON W 80-66 5853 Home games-Avg/Game 17-5618 10-9874 * 03/07/09 OREGON STATE W 68-52 6603 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 6-8946 03/12/09 vs California W 79-75 0 03/13/09 vs UCLA W 65-55 18497 03/14/09 vs Arizona State W 66-63 16988 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals USC 1059 1180 17 2256 * = Conference game Opponents 997 1074 24 2095

2008-2009 • 23 • USC BASKETBALL 2008-09 USC Men's Basketball USC Team Game-by-Game (as of Mar 17, 2009) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg UCI 11/15/08 78-55 W 29-56 . 5 1 8 5-14 . 3 5 7 15-23 . 6 5 2 9 29 38 38.0 16 17 12 6 11 78 78.0 NEW MEXICO STATE 11/18/08 73-60 W 23-57 . 4 0 4 1-10 . 1 0 0 26-36 . 7 2 2 19 31 50 44.0 18 7 20 10 12 73 75.5 vs Seton Hall 11/20/08 61-63 L 22-53 . 4 1 5 3-14 . 2 1 4 14-25 . 5 6 0 15 26 41 43.0 16 14 19 7 7 61 70.7 vs Chattanooga 11/21/08 73-46 W 26-64 . 4 0 6 3-15 . 2 0 0 18-25 . 7 2 0 22 35 57 46.5 19 19 14 10 3 73 71.2 vs Missouri 11/23/08 72-83 L 26-56 . 4 6 4 5-12 . 4 1 7 15-28 . 5 3 6 18 21 39 45.0 23 16 19 5 6 72 71.4 UT MARTIN 11/28/08 70-43 W 29-59 . 4 9 2 6-12 . 5 0 0 6-10 . 6 0 0 13 31 44 44.8 11 15 16 6 4 70 71.2 USF 12/01/08 74-69 W 22-44 . 5 0 0 4-15 . 2 6 7 26-34 . 7 6 5 8 23 31 42.9 17 13 18 4 7 74 71.6 at Oklahoma 12/04/08 72-73 L 25-50 . 5 0 0 8-11 . 7 2 7 14-20 . 7 0 0 9 25 34 41.8 19 18 14 2 5 72 71.6 PEPPERDINE 12/15/08 91-77 W 33-56 . 5 8 9 7-17 . 4 1 2 18-27 . 6 6 7 12 24 36 41.1 19 17 20 5 13 91 73.8 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 12/20/08 61-57 W 22-48 . 4 5 8 0-8 . 0 0 0 17-21 . 8 1 0 7 31 38 40.8 13 5 20 5 8 61 72.5 GEORGIA TECH 12/22/08 76-57 W 25-53 . 4 7 2 2-14 . 1 4 3 24-36 . 6 6 7 11 26 37 40.5 14 14 12 6 6 76 72.8 ORAL ROBERTS 12/28/08 66-56 W 27-51 . 5 2 9 1-5 . 2 0 0 11-15 . 7 3 3 9 23 32 39.8 13 11 18 6 8 66 72.2 at Oregon 01/02/09 83-62 W 29-60 . 4 8 3 8-15 . 5 3 3 17-24 . 7 0 8 10 34 44 40.1 14 15 9 4 7 83 73.1 at Oregon State 1/4/09 58-62 Lot 23-52 . 4 4 2 6-18 . 3 3 3 6-10 . 6 0 0 10 21 31 39.4 14 15 18 4 5 58 72.0 UCLA 01/11/08 60-64 L 24-49 . 4 9 03-9 . 3 3 39-15 . 6 0 08233138.91788306071.2 ARIZONA STATE 01/15/09 61-49 W 20-48 . 4 1 7 7-19 . 3 6 8 14-20 . 7 0 0 13 20 33 38.5 15 15 12 4 8 61 70.6 ARIZONA 01/17/09 65-64 W 23-51 . 4 5 1 4-14 . 2 8 6 15-23 . 6 5 2 15 16 31 38.1 17 11 9 3 2 65 70.2 at Washington 01/22/09 73-78 L 28-60 . 4 6 7 4-15 . 2 6 7 13-17 . 7 6 5 12 22 34 37.8 25 10 20 6 8 73 70.4 at Washington State 01/24/09 46-44 W 13-37 . 3 5 11-4 . 2 5 019-31 . 6 1 37263337.61048344669.1 STANFORD 01/29/09 70-69 W 29-54 . 5 3 7 2-8 . 2 5 0 10-13 . 7 6 9 8 18 26 37.0 13 11 8 6 9 70 69.2 CAL 01/31/09 73-62 W 27-58 . 4 6 6 2-8 . 2 5 0 17-29 . 5 8 6 14 24 38 37.0 14 8 14 3 5 73 69.3 at UCLA 02/04/09 60-76 L 23-50 . 4 6 0 1-7 . 1 4 3 13-20 . 6 5 0 8 22 30 36.7 22 9 23 3 13 60 68.9 at Arizona 2/12/09 76-83 L 29-56 . 5 1 8 10-17 . 5 8 8 8-13 . 6 1 5 16 14 30 36.4 21 16 16 4 3 76 69.2 at Arizona State 02-15-09 53-65 L 21-47 . 4 4 7 2-13 . 1 5 4 9-12 . 7 5 0 9 19 28 36.1 20 11 8 1 2 53 68.5 WASHINGTON STATE 02/19/09 61-51 W 21-50 . 4 2 02-3 . 6 6 717-22 . 7 7 312273936.21399336168.2 WASHINGTON 02/21/09 51-60 L 19-50 . 3 8 0 3-12 . 2 5 0 10-15 . 6 6 7 11 19 30 36.0 19 11 16 4 8 51 67.6 at California 2/26/09 78-81 Lot 29-59 . 4 9 2 4-10 . 4 0 0 16-28 . 5 7 1 14 16 30 35.7 20 11 8 2 6 78 68.0 at Stanford 2/28/09 63-75 L 26-52 . 5 0 0 2-6 . 3 3 3 9-21 . 4 2 9 12 17 29 35.5 18 14 12 4 5 63 67.8 OREGON 03/05/09 80-66 W 28-48 . 5 8 3 2-9 . 2 2 2 22-28 . 7 8 6 7 24 31 35.3 18 16 11 7 6 80 68.2 OREGON STATE 03/07/09 68-52 W 25-48 . 5 2 1 3-11 . 2 7 3 15-21 . 7 1 4 7 27 34 35.3 15 15 12 6 6 68 68.2 vs California 03/12/09 79-75 W 29-68 . 4 2 6 5-11 . 4 5 5 16-20 . 8 0 0 22 31 53 35.9 15 13 11 5 1 79 68.5 vs UCLA 03/13/09 65-55 W 23-45 . 5 1 1 3-5 . 6 0 0 16-30 . 5 3 3 13 30 43 36.1 19 12 24 3 10 65 68.4 vs Arizona State 03/14/09 66-63 W 24-46 . 5 2 25-16 . 3 1 313-21 . 6 1 96212735.8895466668.4 USC 2256 822-1735 . 4 7 4 124-377 . 3 2 9 488-733 . 6 6 6 386 796 1182 35.8 545 409 463 154 207 2256 68.4 Opponents 2095 738-1817 . 4 0 6 212-630 . 3 3 7 407-583 . 6 9 8 353 646 999 30.3 623 382 427 70 216 2095 63.5

Games played: 33 Rebounds/game: 35.8 Points/game: 68.4 Assists/game: 12.4 FG Pct: 47.4 Turnovers/game: 14.0 3FG Pct: 32.9 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9 FT Pct: 66.6 Steals/game: 6.3 Blocks/game: 4.7

2008-2009 • 24 • USC BASKETBALL Long And Winding Road Ends With Pac-10 Tournament Title 2008-09 Season Summary The 2008-09 USC men’s basketball season came in order. USC went 9-3 in non-conference games with great promise, but injuries and a tough sched- including taking then No. 6 Oklahoma down to the ule looked like they might derail the Trojans. Then wire on its home court and the Trojans reached suddenly everyone was healthy at once, USC the halfway point of Pac-10 play with a 6-3 record, won its fi rst Pac-10 Tournament title and enter the just one game out of fi rst place. NCAA Tournament on a fi ve-game winning streak, matching the longest of the season…and there However, fi ve of USC’s fi nal nine conference certainly could be more thrills ahead. games were on the road and USC lost them all,

USC began the season with a No. 18 national rank- almost always in a frustratingly competitive style. ing and was picked to fi nish in third place in the USC then stood at 16-12, 7-9 in the Pac-10 and in conference, its highest predicted fi nish in years. desperate need of a home sweep of the Oregon Despite some early season surprises and setbacks schools. which included forward Kasey Cunningham going down for the season with a knee injury in his third USC did just that, then followed it up with wins over game, power forward Alex Stepheson being de- California, and ranked UCLA and Arizona State nied a transfer waiver which would have allowed teams to win the Pac-10 Tournament Title and the him play this season and forward Nikola Vucevic Trojan train seems to be back on its tracks. Not missing eight games while waiting to be certifi ed bad for a team that has had at least one key con- by the NCAA Clearinghouse, things seemed to be tributor or starter out with injury in 13 of the 18 con- ference games, including all nine of the losses. ly, he suffered a right rotator cuff strain and had to miss seven games from Feb. 4-28 and perhaps The season has not gone without a myriad of not coincidentally, the Trojans went 1-6 in those highlights and an assortment of accomplishments, contests. though. Even now as the regular season transitions into Taj Gibson became the fourth player ever in the the postseason another sign of optimism for USC Pac-10 to register 200 or more career blocks and has arisen. Guard Marcus Simmons looks like he he broke the school record for career blocks with is fi nally returning to full health from a high ankle his 196 swat at Oregon on Jan. 2, the same day sprain which has hampered him for a season and he scored his 1,000th career point. He has gone a half and ultimately required surgery. In the last on to extend both of those marks and currently seven games, Simmons was able to play exten- ranks among USC’s top 20 in career scoring. He sive minutes and scored a career-high six points also was named to the 2009 Wooden Award’s Top at Cal on Feb. 26 and followed that up with a new 30 players at midseason. career high of 11 points at Stanford on Feb. 28. His return to health provides the Trojans with a Daniel Hackett had 13 assists vs. Oklahoma, the defensive stopper, already having great success most assists in a game by a Trojan in a decade vs. Cal’s Jerome Randle and UCLA’s Darren Col- and has moved up the USC career assist chart lison. into sixth place all-time with over 350 assists in his three seasons. He also surpassed the 100 career The 2008-09 season may have taken many twists steals mark, but it is his grit and leadership which and turns, but the Trojans appear to have learned standout, seemingly willing USC to the Pac-10 from their journey and are playing their best bas- Tourney title while playing all 120 minutes. ketball of the season. They were able to win 20- plus games for the third straight season and reach Dwight Lewis really stepped up his game this sea- the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive son and with his 13 points vs. Arizona State in time, both of which are school records. Then came the Pac-10 fi nals, eclipsed the 1,000 career point the exciting three-game run to the Pac-10 Tourna- mark, becoming the 34th Trojans to accomplish ment title, leaving Trojan fans wondering what un- that feat. He also has been rising up the Trojans’ expected thrills await around the next corner. career three-point baskets made list, currently standing 16th all-time by a Trojan.

Freshman DeMar DeRozan has been making a steady progression throughout the season and already litters the Trojans’ freshman all-time top 10 lists. He and teammate Mar- cus Johnson have also treated the Trojan fans to some amazing high- fl ying dunks which no doubt will end up on a poster some where.

Speaking of Johnson, the Trojans discovered him to be a valuable sixth-man whose aggressive style and energy has helped lift the Tro- jans to some key victories and a 12- 3 record in games in which he has been available to play. Unfortunate- The Galen Center

Home of USC Basketball

2008-2009 • 27 • USC BASKETBALL TIM FLOYD HEAD COACH • 4TH YEAR

Tim Floyd is in his fourth season as USC’s head men’s basketball coach and 21st season of head Floyd was hired on Jan. 14, 2005 to replace interm coaching at the collegiate and NBA levels. head coach Jim Saia and took over complete control on April 1, 2005. In his fi rst season at USC, he led the Floyd guided the 2008-09 Trojans to a 21-12 re- Trojans to a 17-13 record, their best fi nish since the cord and into the NCAA Tournament for a third-straight 2001-02 season and the fourth-best inaugural season season, a school record. The three consecutive sea- by a USC head basketball coach in school history. sons of 20 or more wins is also a school record. He The team put together a nine-game winning streak, further helped put the Trojans on the basketball world their longest since the 2001-02 season, and defeated map by leading the sixth-seeded Trojans to the Pac-10 three top 25 RPI teams in North Carolina, Arizona and Tournament title with a 66-63 win over No. 23 Arizona, UCLA. following wins over No. 15 UCLA and California. He now has posted an 84-49 record in four seasons at the “Tim Floyd has turned our program around in a short helm of the Trojans, more wins in a four-year stretch time,” said Trojan athletic director Mike Garrett. “His than any previous basketball coach at USC. knowledge of the game, enthusiasm and relationships he has established with the players, fans and alumni In 2007-08 he led USC to a 21-12 record and into has allowed the USC basketball program to make great the NCAA Tournament, after fi nishing tied for third in strides in a short time. People really like Tim and want the Pac-10 Conference with an 11-7 record. During to play for him; add to that his background in the NBA his fi rst three seasons with the Trojans he has guided USC to 63 wins, and it makes playing at USC in our great new facility, the Galen Center, more victories than any other three-year stretch in school history. He a very attractive option. We are so glad to have Tim here to lead us into also picked up career coaching victory No. 300 on Feb. 7 at Washington. a promising new era.” Floyd has guided USC to consecutive 20-win seasons and into the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons for just the third time in school “There is a wealth of talent to recruit in the Los Angeles area, much history. This year he will try to set a USC record by accomplishing the more than at any of the college jobs I’ve had,” said Floyd. “And with feat in three consecutive seasons. USC’s tremendous national reputation, the pieces are in place for USC to be successful at the national level.” In 2006-07 he led the Trojans to a school-record 25 wins (25-12), a third-place tie in the Pac-10 Conference and a trip to the NCAA’s Sweet Floyd, 54, served as a college head coach at Idaho, New Orleans 16, USC’s fi rst NCAA trip since 2002. Floyd went 42-25 in his fi rst two and Iowa State before NBA head coaching stints with the Chicago Bulls seasons at USC, winning more games in the fi rst two seasons as a head and New Orleans Hornets. coach than any previous Trojan coach in school history. Floyd led USC to NCAA wins over Arkansas and Texas, before falling in the round of His fi rst head coaching job was at Idaho, where he went 35-25 (.583) 16 to North Carolina. in two seasons (1987-88). In his fi rst season, the Vandals posted their fi rst winning record in four seasons (after three straight last place Big He has had great success during his 15 seasons at the college Sky Conference fi nishes). His 1988 squad was the winningest Idaho level, going 306-167 (.647). In 10 of his 15 seasons, Floyd has taken team in fi ve years and posted its best league fi nish in six years. his team into the postseason (NCAA-7, NIT-3). He also has aided the development of student-athletes at each stop, as 13 players in his 15 He then was the head coach at New Orleans for six years (1989- years have made it to the NBA, including three players that did not even 94), posting a 127-58 (.686) mark. During his tenure, UNO advanced play high school basketball. to post-season play fi ve times, including NCAA tourney appearances in 1991 and 1993, and won four regular season conference titles. His teams averaged 21 wins a season. He was one of just four Division I coaches to have won four conference championships in their fi rst fi ve years at a school. He was twice named his conference’s Coach of the Year (American South in 1989 and Sun Belt in 1993).

“The University has made an incredible commitment to basketball…Everything we have asked for, we’ve been given. There will be no excuses. This program should ultimately become a Top 10 program because of the vast amount of talent and good high school coaching in our region. It’s a bunch of malarkey to say you can’t be great in both basketball and football. We have watched it happen at Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan and others through the years. It will happen here.” - Tim Floyd

2008-2009 • 28 • USC BASKETBALL “I’m very appreciative of this opportunity. This is a great time to be at USC. There’s a lot of excitement go- ing on at the school, both academically and athletically. I see a great commitment toward making the men’s basketball program as good as it can be and that’s clearly evident with the new facility that was built.” – Tim Floyd

Floyd then went to Iowa State for four years Floyd moved to the NBA as the Bulls’ Floyd began his coaching career as a (1995-98), going 81-47 (.633). He was the only director of operations in the summer of 1998. student assistant in 1977 at his alma mater, Cyclone coach to ever post three consecutive But soon after when head coach Phil Jackson Louisiana Tech. He then served nine seasons 20-win seasons and lead the team to three stepped down and Michael Jordan departed, (1978-86) as an assistant and top recruiter at straight NCAA Tournament fi rst round victories. Floyd took over as head coach for portions of UTEP under Don Haskins. While there, he Iowa State rose to No. 4 in the rankings in 1997 four years (1999-2002) as the club began a helped guide the Miners to three straight NCAA and three of his teams fi nished in the Top 20. major rebuilding process with a young roster. berths (1984-86), three NIT appearances (1980, Floyd was hired at a time when the NBA was 1981, 1983) and four consecutive Western Iowa State won a then-school record 23 getting younger and the Bulls wanted a coach Athletic Conference championships (no team games in his 1995 debut season, getting into who had a track record of developing young had ever won two WAC titles in a row before the NCAA tourney’s second round and spend- players. In fact, two of Floyd’s Bulls teams then). ing 11 consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25. His were among the youngest ever in the NBA. Floyd is a native of Hattiesburg, Miss. He 1996 squad bettered that as it won 24 games spent two seasons as a walk-on at Southern and captured the school’s fi rst-ever Big Eight After coaching the Bulls, Floyd took the Miss (where his father, Lee was the head coach Tournament championship. That season, he coaching experience and valuable lessons he for 14 seasons) before getting a scholarship was the Big Eight Coach of the Year and the learned in Chicago with him to the NBA’s Hor- to Louisiana Tech. He earned his bachelor’s runner-up for AP National Coach of the Year. nets. In his one season as the New Orleans’ degree in health and physical education from His 1997 team went 22-9 and advanced to the head coach (2004), he led them to a 41-41 Louisiana Tech in 1977. Growing up, Floyd NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen. record, and a trip to the playoffs. worked summers for the New Orleans Saints, who at the time held training camp at Southern Miss.

He and his wife, Beverly, have a 26-year-old USC Football Coach Pete Carroll – daughter, Shannon. His daughter had a brief “He’s brought a tremendous change role and Floyd served as the basketball advisor in culture. The kids play with great for the hit 2006 movie Glory Road. energy and display great attitude, and they look like they’re having fun. He’s elevated every aspect of the program.”

2008-2009 • 29 • USC BASKETBALL Tim Floyd’s All-Time Coaching Record vs. Opponents

Akron ...... 0-1 Iowa...... 2-2 Purdue...... 0-3 Alabama Birmingham ...... 1-1 Jacksonville ...... 5-0 Richmond ...... 2-0 Alaska-Anchorage ...... 2-0 James Madison ...... 2-0 Saint Louis ...... 1-0 Alcorn State...... 2-0 Kansas ...... 3-11 Sam Houston State ...... 1-1 Arizona ...... 5-6 Kansas State ...... 5-5 Samford...... 3-0 Arizona State...... 6-4 Lamar ...... 11-1 San Diego ...... 2-0 Arkansas ...... 1-0 Long Beach State...... 1-0 San Francisco ...... 1-0 Arkansas-Little Rock ...... 3-2 Longwood...... 1-0 Seton Hall...... 0-1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff ...... 1-0 Louisiana Tech ...... 10-5 Siena ...... 1-0 Arkansas State ...... 9-4 Loyola Marymount...... 2-0 Simon Fraser...... 1-0 Baylor ...... 1-1 Loyola-New Orleans...... 2-0 South Alabama ...... 5-4 Bethune-Cookman ...... 1-0 Marquette ...... 0-2 South Carolina ...... 1-1 Boise State ...... 1-3 Marshall...... 0-1 Southern Illinois...... 1-0 Bradley ...... 1-0 Maryland-Eastern Shore ...... 1-0 Southern Mississippi ...... 1-1 Brown ...... 1-0 Massachusetts ...... 0-1 Southern (Baton Rouge) ...... 1-0 Bucknell...... 1-0 Memphis...... 0-4 Southern Utah State...... 1-0 BYU ...... 1-0 Mercer ...... 0-1 Southwest Louisiana ...... 12-5 California ...... 6-5 Miami (OH) ...... 1-0 Southwest Texas State ...... 2-0 Cal Poly ...... 1-0 Mississippi State ...... 2-2 Spring Hill ...... 2-0 Cal State Fullerton ...... 1-0 Mississippi Valley State ...... 1-0 Saint Mary’s ...... 1-0 Cal State Northridge...... 0-1 Missouri ...... 7-5 Stanford...... 5-4 Central Connecticut State ...... 1-0 Missouri-St. Louis...... 1-0 Tennessee-Martin...... 2-0 Central Florida...... 5-0 Monmouth ...... 1-0 Tennessee State ...... 2-0 Chattanooga...... 1-0 Montana ...... 4-1 Texas ...... 2-1 Chicago State...... 1-0 Montana State ...... 1-4 Texas-Arlington ...... 2-1 Cincinnati ...... 1-0 Murray State...... 0-1 Texas Christian...... 0-1 Citadel ...... 2-0 Nebraska ...... 6-3 Texas-El Paso ...... 1-0 Charleston Southern ...... 1-0 Nevada ...... 1-3 Texas-Pan American ...... 10-4 Colorado...... 5-3 New Mexico...... 0-1 Texas A&M ...... 4-0 Columbia ...... 1-0 New Mexico State ...... 1-0 Texas Southern ...... 4-0 Coppin State ...... 3-0 New Orleans ...... 1-0 Texas Tech ...... 2-2 Creighton...... 1-0 Nicholls State ...... 3-0 Tulane ...... 2-2 Dartmouth ...... 1-0 North Carolina ...... 1-2 UC Irvine ...... 1-0 Delaware ...... 1-0 North Carolina A&T ...... 1-0 UCLA ...... 3-8 Delaware State...... 1-0 UNC Charlotte ...... 1-0 UC Riverside ...... 2-0 Detroit...... 0-1 North Dakota State...... 1-0 U.S. International ...... 1-0 Drake...... 3-1 North Florida ...... 1-0 Utah...... 0-1 East Tennessee State ...... 1-0 North Georgia...... 1-0 Vanderbilt ...... 0-2 Eastern Michigan ...... 1-0 Northeastern Illinois ...... 1-0 Virginia ...... 2-0 Eastern Oregon State ...... 1-0 Northern Arizona ...... 2-2 Virginia Commonwealth ...... 1-0 Eastern Washington ...... 5-0 Northern Iowa...... 1-1 Washington ...... 3-6 Florida ...... 1-1 Northwest College ...... 1-0 Washington State ...... 6-7 Florida A&M...... 3-0 Notre Dame ...... 0-1 Weber State ...... 3-1 Florida International ...... 1-0 Ohio State ...... 0-1 Western Carolina ...... 1-0 Florida State ...... 1-1 Oklahoma ...... 4-5 Western Illinois ...... 1-0 Florida Tech ...... 1-0 Oklahoma Baptist ...... 1-0 Western Kentucky ...... 3-3 George Washington ...... 2-0 Oklahoma State ...... 2-9 Western Michigan ...... 1-0 Georgia Tech ...... 1-0 Oral Roberts ...... 2-1 Western State ...... 1-0 Gonzaga...... 2-1 Oregon ...... 7-2 Whitworth ...... 1-0 Grambling State ...... 2-0 Oregon State ...... 8-3 Wichita State ...... 1-0 Hawaii ...... 1-0 Pepperdine ...... 1-0 Wisconsin ...... 0-1 Hawaii-Hilo ...... 1-0 Pittsburgh ...... 1-0 Wisconsin-Milwaukee...... 1-0 Idaho ...... 1-0 Portland ...... 1-0 Wyoming ...... 2-0 Idaho State ...... 3-2 Princeton ...... 1-0 Xavier ...... 0-1 Illinois State ...... 2-0 Puget Sound ...... 1-0 TOTALS ...... 327-179 The Floyd Way To the NBA Player School Year NBA Team(s) Raymond Brown Idaho 1988 Utah Tony Harris New Orleans 1990 Philadelphia, Boston *Earvin Johnson New Orleans 1993 Seattle, Denver, Milwaukee, Minnesota *Michael McDonald New Orleans 1994 Charlotte, Boston Fred Hoiberg Iowa State 1995 Indiana, Chicago, Minnesota Loren Meyer Iowa State 1995 Dallas, Phoenix *Kelvin Cato Iowa State 1997 Portland, Houston, Orlando Dedric Willoughby Iowa State 1997 Chicago Marcus Fizer Iowa State 2000 Chicago, Milwaukee Paul Shirley Iowa State 2000 Chicago, Phoenix Gabe Pruitt USC 2007 Boston Nick Young USC 2007 Washington O.J. Mayo USC 2008 Memphis * Denotes players that did not play high school basketball 2008-2009 • 30 • USC BASKETBALL TIM FLOYD CAPSULE Tim Floyd Year-by-Year College Coaching Record Season School Overall Conference Results/Postseason 1986-87 Idaho 16-14...... (.533) 5-9 ...... (.357) T-5th in Big Sky 1987-88 Idaho 19-11...... (.633) 11-5 ...... (.688) 2nd in Big Sky 1988-89 New Orleans 19-11...... (633) 7-3 ...... (.700) 1st American South Conference; NIT 1st round 1989-90 New Orleans 21-11...... (.656) 8-2 ...... (.800) T-1st ASC; ASC Tourney Champs; NIT quarterfi nals 1990-91 New Orleans 23-8 ...... (.742) 9-3 ...... (.750) T-1st ASC; NCAA 1st round 1991-92 New Orleans 18-14 ...... (.563) 9-7 ...... (.563) 7th in Sun Belt Conference 1992-93 New Orleans 26-4 ...... (.867) 18-0 ..... (1.000) 1st SBC, 2nd SBC Tourney; NCAA 1st round 1993-94 New Orleans 20-10 ...... (.667) 12-6 .....(.667) 3rd SBC; NIT 2nd round 1994-95 Iowa State 23-11 ...... (.667) 6-8 ...... (.429) 5th Big Eight; 2nd Big Eight Tourney; NCAA 2nd round 1995-96 Iowa State 24-9 ...... (.727) 9-5 ...... (.643) 2nd Big Eight; Big Eight Tourney Champs; NCAA 2nd round 1996-97 Iowa State 22-9 ...... (.710) 10-6 ...... (.625) T-3rd Big Eight; NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1997-98 Iowa State 12-18 ...... (.400) 5-11 ...... (.313) 11th Big Eight 2005-06 USC 17-13 ...... (.567) 8-10 ...... (.444) 6th Pac-10 2006-07 USC 25-12 ...... (.676) 11-7 ...... (.611) T-3rd Pac-10, 2nd Pac-10 Tourney, NCAA Sweet 16 2007-08 USC 21-12 ...... (.636) 11-7 ...... (.611) T-3rd Pac-10, Pac-10 Semifi nals, NCAA 1st Round 2008-09 USC 21-12 ...... (.636) 9-9 ...... (.500) T-5th Pac-10, Pac-10 Champions, NCAA Totals 327-179 ...(.646) 148-98 ..(.602) POSTSEASON RESULTS Year Tournament (seed in region) Site Record Results 1989 NIT Madison, WI 0-1 Wisconsin 63, New Orleans 61 1990 NIT Harrisonburg, VA 2-1 New Orleans 78, James Madison 74 New Orleans 65, Mississippi State 60 New Orleans, LA Vanderbilt 88, New Orleans 65 1991 NCAA (14th in Southeast) Louisville, KY 0-1 Kansas 55, New Orleans 49 1993 NCAA (8th in Midwest) Indianapolis, IN 0-1 Xavier 73, New Orleans 55 1994 NIT New Orleans, LA 1-1 New Orleans 79, Texas A&M 73 Nashville, TN Vanderbilt 78, New Orleans 59 1995 NCAA (7th in Southeast) Tallahassee, FL 1-1 Iowa State 64, Florida 61 North Carolina 73, Iowa State 51 1996 NCAA (5th in Midwest) Dallas, TX 1-1 Iowa State 74, California 64 Utah 73, Iowa State 67 1997 NCAA (6th in Midwest) Auburn Hills, MI 2-1 Iowa State 69, Illinois State 57 Iowa State 67, Cincinnati 66 San Antonio, TX UCLA 74, Iowa State 73 (OT) 2007 NCAA (5th in East) Spokane, Wash. 2-1 USC 77, Arkansas 60 USC 87, Texas 68 North Carolina 74, USC 64 2008 NCAA (6th in Midwest) Omaha, Neb. 0-1 Kansas State 80, USC 67 IN THE NBA Season Team League Position Record Postseason Results 1998-1999 Chicago Bulls NBA Head Coach 13-37 1999-2000 Chicago Bulls NBA Head Coach 17-65 2000-2001 Chicago Bulls NBA Head Coach 15-67 2001-2002 Chicago Bulls NBA Head Coach 4-21 2003-2004 New Orleans Hornets NBA Head Coach 41-41 NBA Playoffs First Round (3-4) TOTALS 93-235 (.284)

2008-2009 • 31 • USC BASKETBALL GIB ARNOLD ASSISTANT COACH • 4TH YEAR

Gib Arnold is in his fourth season as an assistant Division I games in his four years than during any coach at USC, being named to his position on April 6, other four-year span in school history. Arnold also 2005. Just prior to the 2006-07 season, Arnold was received much credit for his recruiting while at named as one of the top 25 recruiters in the country Pepperdine, signing two WCC Freshman of the by Rivals.com and this offseason he was named by Year players and multiple all-conference players. the same outlet as the number three-ranked assistant For his work, Athlon Sports Magazine named Arnold ready to move up to a head coaching job. In 2008, on of the top 10 Division I assistants in the country. The Bleacher Report named Arnold their No. 1 Prior to that, Arnold was an assistant at Loyola “Assistant Who Will Be A Head Coach Soon.” Marymount and Vanderbilt.

Before joining USC, Arnold spent the 2004 and Attending Punahou High in Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005 seasons as the head men’s basketball coach Arnold was a prep All-American and Hawaii’s high at the College of Southern Idaho and prior to that, school Gatorade Player of the Year. He began was an assistant at Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, his collegiate career at Arizona State where he Vanderbilt, Utah Valley State College and Provo High School. was awarded the Citi Scholar Athlete Award. Transferring to Dixie State College, he was nominated as one of “Gib is an outstanding coach and recruiter,” said USC Head the Men’s Student Athletes of the Year. Completing his career Coach Tim Floyd. “I liked his up-tempo style of play of Southern at UC San Diego, Arnold helped the Tritons to a school record Idaho, because we want to play at a fast pace. And I like his 17 consecutive wins and a No. 3 national ranking. recruiting ties in Southern California, which is such a key area for what we’re trying to accomplish here.” Arnold comes from a basketball family. His father, Frank, was an assistant at UCLA under John Wooden (the Bruins won Arnold, 39, posted a 57-14 record in his two seasons (2004- three NCAA titles during his tenure), then was the head coach 05) at CSI, including a 33-3 record during the 2005 season. His at both BYU and Hawaii. While at BYU, he guided the Cougars 2005 Golden Eagles won the Scenic West Athletic Conference to three WAC championships and to an Elite Eight appearance. title and the Region 18 Tournament and advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association tourney, where they fi nished Arnold and his wife, Lisa, have fi ve children: Analise (12), third. In 2004, CSI went 24-11, won the Region 18 tourney and Ashton (10), Ally (8), Addison (6) and Ace (2). advanced to the NJCAA tournament.

While at CSI, Arnold produced 17 players that committed to Division I schools. His teams also produced in the classroom - during his two year tenure, his teams hold the highest accumulative team GPA in school history. He was named back-to-back District 13 Coach of the Year.

He spent the previous four seasons (2000-03) at Pepperdine, where his main duties included recruiting and overseeing defensive schemes and pressing.

Working under Jan van Breda Kolff and USC great Paul Westphal, Pepperdine won more

2008-2009 • 32 • USC BASKETBALL BOB CANTU ASSISTANT COACH • 8TH YEAR

Bob Cantu is in his eighth season with the USC made an NCAA Tournament appearance, tied for men’s basketball program, and his 13th overall second in the Pac-10 Conference and reached the at the collegiate level. Cantu served his fi rst four Pac-10 Tournament fi nals while being ranked in the seasons under former head coach Henry Bibby. In AP Top 25 much of the year and fi nishing No. 18 in three seasons of working with Tim Floyd, the Trojans the fi nal poll. The Trojans also produced the Pac-10 have gone 63-37, reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 with Player of the Year Sam Clancy who was drafted by a school-record 25 wins in 2006-07 and fi nishing the Philadelphia 76ers the season ranked No. 15 in the fi nal AP poll. Last Other highlights include a return appearance season the Trojans went 21-12 and again advanced to the Pac-10 Tournament fi nal in 2003, as well as to the NCAA Tournament. In May 2008 Cantu was beating UCLA fi ve out of six games from 2002-04. recognized by FoxSports.com as a Top 20 college The Trojans have split the 14 regular season games basketball assistant. Cantu has also been recog- with the Bruins in the past seven years. Other no- nized by Hoopscoop as one of the top 25 assistant table players during Cantu’s tenure include 2004 coaches in the country. signee Robert Swift who opted to enter the NBA Draft from high school and was selected 12th overall USC’s 2008 recruiting class was ranked No. 7 by Seattle Supersonics, two-time All Pac-10 Player nationally by Hoopscoop. In the last two seasons Desmon Farmer and Jeff McMillan, 2004 Pac-10 Nick Young (2007) and O.J. Mayo (2008) were se- Newcomer of the Year. lected fi rst-team All-Pac-10, while Taj Gibson (3rd Team, 2008), Davon Jefferson (Honorable Mention, 2008), Gabe Pruitt (HM, Cantu came to USC after a year-and-a-half serving as an 2007) and Lodrick Stewart (HM, 2007) were also named to All- assistant coach at Sacramento State (2000-01). While with Pac-10 teams. the Hornets, his responsibilities included recruiting (he signed one of the top classes in school history), fund- In the 2007 NBA Draft, Young was selected No. raising (including securing John Wooden for a 16 by Washington and Pruitt No. 32 by Boston and tip-off banquet), coordinating the team defense, in 2008, Mayo was selected No. 3 by Minnesota. organizing individual workouts, controlling the Cantu, who has established himself as one of the operation budget and monitoring academics. premiere recruiters in the college game, played an instrumental role in the signing of Mayo, who was Prior to that, Cantu spent three seasons (1997- rated the No. 1 player in his class since the 7th grade 1999) as assistant coach at Cuesta College in and was a McDonalds All-American, USA Today San Luis Obispo, Calif. While at Cuesta, Cantu All-USA fi rst team and EA Sports National High served as the recruitment and placement coor- School Player of the Year. ESPN and Hoopscoop dinator as well as defensive coordinator. Cantu rated the Trojans’ 2007 recruiting class, which also also conducted all individual workouts. In his included top 10 prospect Davon Jefferson, No. 1 in three years with the Cougars, the team averaged the country. 23 wins and claimed a pair of Western State Conference titles. He also placed 10 players with In 2006, the Trojans returned only four players Division I scholarships. and surprised many with a 17-13 record highlighted with wins over defending NCAA champion North Before his tenure at Cuesta, Cantu served Carolina, 2006 NCAA runner-up UCLA, Arizona and (1996-1997) as a basketball administrative assis- Stanford. Trojans Young and Pruitt were named fi rst- tant at Cal Poly. His responsibilities with the Mus- team All-Pac-10 and Ryan Francis was honorable tangs included fi lm exchange, fi lm breakdown, mention on the Pac-10 all freshman team. After the scouting, assisting in recruiting, and directing 2004 season, Cantu was promoted to Recruiting the summer basketball camps. Cantu served Coordinator and led the Trojans recruiting efforts. as director of the camps from its inception and One of coach Floyd’s fi rst moves when taking over helped raise participation to more than 600 in the Trojans was to retain Cantu. He played a huge two years. role in the transition of the program. Cantu worked with Floyd from February through April on the Tro- Cantu spent three seasons (1993-96) as the jans’ recruiting efforts for the 2005 class. His efforts Head JV coach and varsity assistant coach helped USC secure a Top 10 ranked recruiting class at Mission Prep High in San Luis Obispo. He according to HoopScoop. The 2006 recruiting class guided the Royals to three league champion- was even stronger with three top 50 recruits and an ships. He founded the Fundamental Basketball overall No. 1 recruiting class in the Pac-10 according Camps in 1997 in his hometown of Paso Robles. to HoopScoop. His on-court responsibilities include His camp has become a popular place for kids working with the perimeter players and assisting with of all ages to improve their basketball skills. the teams’ offense and defense. He recruits high school, junior college and prep schools nationwide, He was a three- year varsity player at Paso as well as coordinates offi cial and unoffi cial visits. Robles High School before graduating in 1992. He also assists with the scheduling of games as well He attended Cuesta College and Cal Poly be- as the teams’ academics. fore receiving his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Chapman University in 1997. Cantu is In his fi rst year with USC in 2002, the Trojans single and resides in Marina Del Rey. 2008-2009 • 33 • USC BASKETBALL RUDY HACKETT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING MANAGER • 4TH YEAR

Rudy Hackett is in his fourth season with the players honored on the university’s all-century Trojans as strength and conditioning manager and team. second as the coordinator of team travel. He brings a wealth of basketball experiences from all levels Hackett ranks sixth on the Syracuse all- to the USC program. time rebounding list with 990 in his career. His total of 407 rebounds his fi nal season at Syracuse He excels in developing and improving individu- (1974-75) are the most ever by a Syracuse senior al player’s skills and has had success in designing and the second-best total in a season, trailing only programs that have aided players in getting the Derrick Coleman’s 422 rebounds in the 1988-89 most out of their abilities. season. Hackett also scored 709 points, good for a 22.2 average in 1974-75, the eighth most points Hackett, 55, who was an assistant coach and scored in a single season by a Syracuse player. dean of discipline at St. John Bosco High in Bell- fl ower, Calif., moved back to the United States from Hackett played professionally in the ABA Italy fi ve years ago. In Italy he played, coached with the St. Louis Spirits in 1975. He spent the and taught, but returned to the U.S. so that his son could be next two seasons playing for the New Jersey Nets and the exposed to the American game. Indiana Pacers. Hackett furthered his 15-year playing career in Europe, playing in the Italian Professional League. He also The 6-9 Hackett starred as a forward at Syracuse from spent fi ve years coaching in Italy. 1973 to 1975, earning second-team AP All-American honors in 1975 when his team reached the Final Four. He averaged Hackett is a native of Mount Vernon, NY and attended 17.2 points during his career and in 2002 was named an Mount Vernon High before heading off to Syracuse. He met honorable mention on the all-time NCAA tournament team, as his wife, Katia, while playing basketball in Italy. They have he averaged 17.7 points and 11 rebounds in nine postseason one son, Daniel, who is a junior on the USC basketball team. games. He also was selected in 2000 as one of 25 Syracuse They reside in Downey, Calif.

2008-2009 • 34 • USC BASKETBALL PHIL JOHNSON ASSISTANT COACH • 4TH YEAR

Phil Johnson, with more than 20 years of coach- was an assistant coach at Tulsa in 1991 and ing experience in basketball, is in his fourth season under Floyd at the University of New Orleans as a USC assistant coach. He has worked as an in 1992 and 1993. assistant with head coach Tim Floyd twice before, fi rst at the University of New Orleans and then with Johnson’s coaching career began in 1983 the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. at his alma mater, East Central Oklahoma Uni- versity, where he led the Tigers to conference As Floyd’s right-hand man, Johnson plays a key championships in each of his three seasons role in preparing the game plans. Along with all of (1983-85), reaching the NAIA Division IX fi nals his assistant coaching and recruiting duties, he has in 1984. an important role of working with the development of USC’s big men. His fi rst head coaching job, at the age of 28, was at Northern Oklahoma Junior College Johnson, 50, was the head coach at San Jose (1986-87), before moving to Seminole Junior for three seasons (2002-2004), his second stint College for three seasons (1988-90). His 1988 at the helm of the Spartan’s program. He also served as San Seminole team won a state championship and the 1989 squad Jose State’s head coach for the 1999 season, before leaving to was a conference champion. become an assistant with the Bulls. In 1999, the Spartans won nine more games than they did the previous season, one of the Lute Olson credits Johnson with developing some of their top-20 turnaround programs in the country that season. Included better big men while at Arizona as an assistant, including Ben- in San Jose’s 12 wins were upsets over UNLV coached by Jerry nett Davison, A.J. Bramlett, Ray Owes, Joseph Blair and Ben Tarkanian and UTEP coached by Don Haskins, both members of Davis, all who were selected in the NBA draft. the 700-win club. Johnson graduated from East Central Oklahoma in 1981 Prior to coaching at San Jose State, Johnson served fi ve years with a bachelor’s degree in education. He went on to earn his (1994-98) as an assistant coach at Arizona under Lute Olson. All master’s degree in education from Henderson State in 1982. fi ve years he worked for the Wildcats, they played in the NCAA As a player, he was co-captain of the 1979 ECOU team. Tournament, winning the national championship in 1997. Arizona posted a composite 133-35 record in his fi ve seasons. He also Johnson is single and resides in Santa Monica.

2008-2009 • 35 • USC BASKETBALL DWAYNE POLEE DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS • 2ND YEAR

Dwayne Polee is in his second season as USC’s man. Transferred to Pepperdine for his fi nal Director of Basketball Operations, being named to three seasons. He averaged 11.0 points and 4.0 the position effective July 1, 2007. rebounds as a sophomore (1983-84), 15.7 points and 3.5 rebounds as a junior (1984-85) and 15.7 Polee, 45, was an assistant coach at Los Angeles points and 2.8 rebounds as a senior (1985-86) at Southwest Community College for the 2000-01 sea- Pepperdine. Graduated from Pepperdine with son, helping lead the Cougars to the 2001 California a degree in Physical Education. State Championship. Polee was a third round selection (54th pick In addition to coaching, Polee’s career includes overall) in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Los An- 12 years of experience as a social worker for Los geles Clippers. He played in just one game for Angeles County, working to positively affect the the Clippers, playing six minutes and scoring lives of Los Angeles Country residents. He has also two points. He also played professionally for served as an instructor the last two USC basketball the Colima Lemaneros in Mexico from 1989-91 camps. and was a member of the U.S. traveling team in Europe from 1987-89. Polee, born and raised in Los Angeles, was a legendary high school basketball player in the city. He started as a freshman at Along with his administrative duties, Polee brings a strong Verbum Dei High which was the No. 1 ranked high school team background in working with young players and experience at in the country at the time. He then transferred to Manual Arts guard development. High as a sophomore and graduated from that school in 1981. As a senior, he almost single-handedly led the Toilers to the 1981 Polee and his wife Yolanda reside in Los Angeles. They have City Championship by scoring a championship-record 43 points two children, Dwayne Polee, Jr. (16) who is a junior at Westchester in Manual Arts’ 82-69 win over perennial power Crenshaw at the High in Los Angeles and Ashli (8). Los Angeles Sports Arena before a city fi nals record 14,123 fans. Polee was named the 1981 Los Angeles High School Player of the Year.

He began his collegiate career at UNLV for the 1981-82 season and averaged 8.4 points and 3.5 rebounds as a fresh-

2008-2009 • 36 • USC BASKETBALL ADAM KATLIN VIDEO COORDINATOR • 2ND YEAR BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF Adam Katlin is in his second season as USC’s video coordinator for the men’s basketball team and is in charge of coordinating fi lm exchange and breakdown, as well as assisting in scouting preparation. In his fi rst season at USC, the Trojans ad- vanced to the NCAA Tournament, after fi nishing tied for third in the Pac-10 Conference. Trojan O.J. Mayo was a fi rst-team All-Pac-10 selection and No. 3 player selected in the 2008 NBA Draft, continuing Katlin’s streak of working with some of the top talent in the country. He served the previous three seasons as a student-manager at Texas, DAVID BORCHARDT LIZZY FRIEDMAN where the Longhorns reached the NCAA Tournament each season, includ- Athletic Trainer Administrative Assistant ing the Elite 8 in 2006. While at Texas, he worked with 2006-07 NCAA Player of the Year Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge and Daniel Gibson. Aldridge and Durant were the No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft in 2005-06 and 2006-07 respectively. Katlin graduated from Texas in 2007 with a degree in Journalism. He worked the Texas basketball camps the last three years and has worked at the USC basketball camp in 2006 and 2007. Katlin was born in Highland Park, Ill. and attended Highland Park High, where he played high school basketball and baseball all four years. He was the basketball team captain his senior season. Katlin is single and resides in Los Angeles.

SHANE KUPPERMAN BRENT METZ ERIK PEREA OPERATIONS ASSISTANT • 2ND YEAR Strength and Conditioning Galen Center Equipment Shane Kupperman is in his second season on the Trojan staff. Kupperman assists the pro- gram in all administrative areas, such as travel and academics. Kupperman graduated from Indiana Uni- versity in 2007 with a degree in Finance. He is currently enrolled in the USC Annenberg School for Communication. While at Indiana, he worked as a manager for the men’s basket- ball team for two seasons under Head Coach Mike Davis. During his undergraduate studies, Kupperman also coached at Bloomington North High School. Over the summers, he coached AAU basketball in New Orleans and has had several of his players play at VANESSA RIDEAU DAVID TUTTLE Sports Information Division I programs. Offi ce Manager Kupperman was born in New Orleans, La and attended Isidore New- man School, where he played high school basketball for all four years. Kupperman resides in Los Angeles. OFFICE ASSISTANTS STAN HOLT GRADUATE MANAGER • 2ND YEAR Stan Holt is in his second year with the USC Men’s Basketball program. Last year Holt was responsible for on-fl oor practice coordina- tion, equipment, preparing the locker room and bench area for games, and other logistical du- ties. In addition to last season’s responsibilities, Morgan Chelsea Cynthia Teresa Holt will this season assist with recruiting admin- Butler Hairston Hsia Simpson istrative tasks, organizing the managerial staff, and participating in staff meetings. TEAM MANAGERS Holt earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychol- ogy, with a minor in Business Administration, in May, 2007. A Dean’s List student, he graduated cum laude and is pursuing his master’s degree in Post-Secondary Admin- istration and Student Affairs with an emphasis in Athletic Administration.

Before joining the basketball program, Holt was a student manager with the Rose Bowl Champion USC Football team for the 2006-2007 season. Holt coached High School basketball during the 2004-2005 season at Co- rona Del Mar, Ca., and has coached at over 20 different basketball camps Robert Kevin Chris throughout California. Carabine Noble Steele 2008-2009 • 37 • USC BASKETBALL 2008 • 2009 USC Roster

• NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 0 Marcus Johnson F 6-6 210 Sr. 2/13/87 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 1 Alex Stepheson F 6-9 235 Jr. 8/7/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS/North Carolina) 2 Ryan Wetherell G 5-11 175 Jr. 2/12/88 Calgary, Alberta, CN (Sir Winston Churchill HS) 3 James Dunleavy G 6-6 195 *Fr. 9/14/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS) 4 Leonard Washington F 6-7 230 Fr. 7/25/88 Lake Charles, LA (Marion HS) 5 Nikola Vucevic F 6-10 220 Fr. 10/24/90 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) 10 DeMar DeRozan F 6-7 220 Fr. 8/7/89 Compton, CA (Compton HS) 13 Daniel Hackett G 6-5 215 Jr. 12/19/87 Pesaro, Italy (St. John Bosco HS) 14 Mamadou Diarra F 7-0 230 *Fr. 8/29/86 Bamako, Mali (Stoneridge Prep) 15 Percy Miller G 5-11 170 Fr. 8/19/89 Beverly Hills, CA (Beverly Hills HS) 20 Marcus Simmons G 6-6 200 So. 1/28/88 Alexandria, LA (Peabody HS) 21 Dwight Lewis G 6-5 215 Jr. 10/7/87 Metairie, LA (James Taylor HS-TX) 22 Taj Gibson F 6-9 225 Jr. 6/24/85 Brooklyn, N.Y. (Stoneridge Prep-CA) 23 Keith Wilkinson F 6-10 225 Sr. 5/7/87 Mission Viejo, CA (Capistrano Valley HS) 30 Terence Green G 5-11 180 Sr. 9/1/86 Aliso Viejo, CA (Aliso Niguel HS/Irvine Valley) 33 Jordan Cameron F 6-5 220 So.* 8/7/88 Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park HS/BYU/Ventura JC) 34 J.J. Meyers G 6-2 175 Jr. 1/8/88 Hidden Hills, CA (Campbell Hall HS/LMU) 35 Donte Smith G 5-11 180 *So. 4/23/88 Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS/Mt. SAC) 43 Kasey Cunningham F 6-7 225 *So. 7/3/88 Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS)

* Utilized redshirt year

• ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 33 Jordan Cameron F 6-5 220 So.* 8/7/88 Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park HS/BYU/Ventura JC) 43 Kasey Cunningham F 6-7 225 *So. 7/3/88 Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) 10 DeMar DeRozan F 6-7 220 Fr. 8/7/89 Compton, CA (Compton HS) 14 Mamadou Diarra F 7-0 230 *Fr.. 8/29/86 Bamako, Mali (Stoneridge Prep) 3 James Dunleavy G 6-6 195 *Fr. 9/14/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS) 22 Taj Gibson F 6-9 225 Jr. 6/24/85 Brooklyn, N.Y. (Stoneridge Prep-CA) 30 Terence Green G 5-11 180 Sr. 9/1/86 Aliso Viejo, CA (Aliso Niguel HS/Irvine Valley) 13 Daniel Hackett G 6-5 215 Jr. 12/19/87 Pesaro, Italy (St. John Bosco HS) 0 Marcus Johnson F 6-6 210 Sr. 2/13/87 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 21 Dwight Lewis G 6-5 215 Jr. 10/7/87 Metairie, LA (James Taylor HS-TX) 34 J.J. Meyers G 6-2 175 Jr. 1/8/88 Hidden Hills, CA (Campbell Hall HS/LMU) 15 Percy Miller G 5-11 170 Fr. 8/19/89 Beverly Hills, CA (Beverly Hills HS) 20 Marcus Simmons G 6-6 200 So. 1/28/88 Alexandria, LA (Peabody HS) 35 Donte Smith G 5-11 180 *So. 4/23/88 Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch HS/Mt. SAC) 1 Alex Stepheson F 6-9 235 Jr. 8/7/87 Los Angeles, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS/North Carolina) 5 Nikola Vucevic F 6-10 220 Fr. 10/24/90 Bar, Montenegro (Stoneridge Prep) 4 Leonard Washington F 6-7 230 Fr. 7/25/88 Lake Charles, LA (Marion HS) 2 Ryan Wetherell G 5-11 175 Jr. 2/12/88 Calgary, Alberta, CN (Sir Winston Churchill HS) 23 Keith Wilkinson F 6-10 225 Sr. 5/7/87 Mission Viejo, CA (Capistrano Valley HS) * Utilized redshirt year HEAD COACH Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech, 1977), 4th year ASSISTANTS Gib Arnold (BYU, 1995), 4th year Bob Cantu (Chapman, 1997), 8th year Phil Johnson (East Central Oklahoma, 1981) 4th year STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING MANAGER Rudy Hackett (Syracuse, 1975) 4th Year DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Dwayne Polee (Pepperdine, 1981) 2nd Year VIDEO COORDINATOR Adam Katlin (Texas, 2007) 2nd Year

2008-2009 • 38 • USC BASKETBALL USC BASKETBALL HISTORY

First thoughts of USC Athletics tradition often gravitate in Boyd’s fi nal year in 1979. toward the gridiron, the white sweaters of the song leaders and the Stan Morrison and George Raveling followed Boyd with Raveling re- Spirit of Troy, USC’s indomitable marching band. turning the Trojans to prominence in the early 1990s thanks in large But fl ash to the hardcourt, where the tradition is also part to the school’s all-time leading scorer, Harold Miner. quite storied and you can still fi nd the same white sweaters and Miner was named Sports Illustrated’s Player of the Year in the same inspiring fi ght songs. The only thing missing is Traveler, 1992, leading USC to a 24-6 record and a school-best No. 2 seed in USC’s regal white horse, but he likes it better on grass anyway. the NCAA Tournament. USC’s men’s basketball program has a long and deco- Former UCLA great Henry Bibby took over the USC pro- rated tradition in Los Angeles, the original Southern California gram in 1997 and kept USC among the top teams in the West. powerhouse. Included in Bibby’s three NCAA Tournament teams was a The Trojans started playing basketball in 1907 and have breakthrough 2001 Elite Eight team, marking the Trojans’ furthest compiled a record of 1,458-1,041 (.583), winning 14 league cham- foray in the Big Dance in the tournament’s current format. Only pionships and this season, the Pac-10 Tournament. eventual champion Duke was able By the 1920s, USC established itself as the top team to slow the Trojans down. in Los Angeles and won its fi rst Pacifi c Coast Southern Division That 2001 team featured League title in 1928. It began a run of 10 league titles in 16 years NBA draftees Brian Scalabrine, Jeff including a string of fi ve in a row from 1932-36. Trepagnier and Sam Clancy. The Among the early standouts at Troy were future Hall of Trojans returned to the NCAAs Famers Jack Gardner and Sam Barry. Gardner played for Barry again in 2002, but were a fi rst- from 1930-32 but went on to become the only coach in history round upset victim in overtime to to lead two schools to the Final UNC-Wilmington. Four twice each (Kansas State The Trojans struggled in 1948 and 1951 and Utah in over the next few years until Tim 1961 and 1966). Barry is USC’s Floyd became the new coach for all-time winningest coach. the 2005-06 season. He turned the It was in this era when USC team around immediately going 17- ran off a remarkable 42 con- 13 in his fi rst season and guiding secutive wins over rival UCLA the 2006-07 Trojans to a school-re- from 1932-42, by far the great- cord 25 wins (25-12). The 2006-07 est streak in the series. Trojans were selected to play in USC's third all-time scorer and sec- Two of the game’s the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst ond all-time rebounder Sam Clancy giants came through in the late time since the 2001-02 season 1940s in Tex Winter and Bill and advanced to the Sweet 16, led by fi rst team All-Pac-10 junior Sharman. Winter, who coached swingman Nick Young, who was then taken in the fi rst round of the collegiately and in the pros for NBA draft by Washington. USC again reached the NCAA Tourna- more than 55 years, lettered for ment in 2007-08 with a 21-12 record behind freshman O.J. Mayo, USC and NBA great Paul Westphal the Trojans in 1947 and later who following the season became USC's highest-ever drafted player received a bit of attention for a when he taken with the third pick in the NBA draft. little offense he designed in the shape of a triangle. Sharman was an All-American at USC as a senior in 1950 before becoming a standout player and coach in the NBA. Known as “Bullseye Bill” for his marksmanship at the foul line – a true weapon in the days when every foul resulted in a foul shot – Sharman spent 10 years with the Boston Celtics, winning four NBA titles and going to eight All-Star games. He later went on to coach the Los Angeles Lakers to their fi rst title in 1972 and was a long-time executive with the club. USC remained formida- ble during the 1950s and 1960s, the latter decade featuring Trojan stalwart John Rudometkin, whose 18.8 scoring average remains second all-time at Troy for play- ers who played more than one season. USC surged in the 1970s under coach Bob Boyd. In fact, Boyd led the Trojans to their greatest regular season record ever, a 24-2 mark in 1971 on a team that included the great Paul Westphal. USC won 24 games again in 1974 (featuring the tal- Daniel Hackett and Michael Beasley meet at center court to shake ented Gus Williams) and won 20 Bob Boyd and Don Carfi no hands before the 2008 NCAA Tournament game in Omaha, Neb.

2008-2009 • 39 • USC BASKETBALL USC • History

HEAD BASKETBALL COACHES

CONFERENCE ALL GAMES COACH (ALMA MATER), YEARS COACHED W L W L PCT Emil Breitkreutz (USC), 1907 ...... 6 5 .545 J.S. Robson, 1911, 1913 ...... 23 10 .697 Walter Hall (USC), 1912 ...... 9 5 .643 Ralph Glaze (Dartmouth), 1915-16 ...... 8 21 .276 Motts Blair (USC), 1917, 1919...... 11 20 .355 Dean Cromwell (Occidental), 1918...... 0 2 .000 Elmer Henderson (Oberlin), 1920-21 ...... 18 6 .750 Bill Hunter (Oberlin), 1922 ...... 1 3 7 5 .583 Les Turner, 1923-27 ...... 6 22 48 36 .571 Leo Calland (USC), 1928-29 ...... 9 9 38 10 .792 Sam Barry (Lawrence), 1930-41, 1946-50 ...... 129 67 260 138 .653 Julie Bescos (USC), 1942 ...... 7 5 12 8 .600 Ernie Holbrook (USC), 1943-44...... 7 2 29 9 .763 Bobby Muth (USC), 1944-45 ...... 4 7 17 17 .500 SAM BARRY Forrest Twogood (Iowa), 1951-66 ...... 111 104 252 178 .586 Bob Boyd (USC), 1967-79 ...... 107 79 216 131 .622 Stan Morrison (California), 1980-86 ...... 62 64 103 95 .520 George Raveling (Villanova), 1987-94 ...... 60 84 115 118 .494 Charlie Parker (Findlay), 1995-1996 ...... 9 18 21 28 .429 Henry Bibby (UCLA), 1996 (interim head coach) ...... 1 8 1 8 .111 Henry Bibby (UCLA), 1997-2004 ...... 70 74 131 111 .541 Jim Saia (Chapman), 2004-05 (interim head coach) ...... 5 13 10 15 .400 Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech), 2005-06-present ...... 39 33 84 49 .632

WON – LOST RECORDS CONFERENCE ALL GAMES YEAR CAPTAIN W L FINISH W L 1907 Steve Melrose ...... 6 5 FORREST 1908 Steve Goode ...... 3 3 1909 Grover Coloneus ...... 8 3 TWOGOOD 1910 Randall Henderson ...... 21 3 1911 Jay Goodsell ...... 12 8 1912 Motts Blair ...... 9 5 1913 Slim Taylor ...... 13 2 1914 Walt Hall ...... 5 7 1915 Art Taylor ...... 3 6 1916 Bill Splotte ...... 5 15 1917 Cliff Henderson ...... 8 12 1918 Art Taylor ...... 0 2 1919 Rowland McCormick ...... 3 8 1920 Charley Ainley ...... 8 2 1921 Fred Hinrichs ...... 10 4 1922 Charley Graham ...... 1 3 7th* 7 5 1923 Kenny White ...... 2 6 3rd 5 12 1924 Gordon Campbell ...... 4 4 2nd 15 4 1925 Gene Dorsey ...... 14 4 BOB BOYD 1926 Kenny Boyer ...... 0 6 3rd 4 8 1927 Manual Laranetta ...... 0 6 3rd 10 8 1928 Jack Bruner ...... 6 3 1st 22 4 1929 Lloyd Thomas ...... 3 6 3rd 16 6 1930 Johnny Lehners ...... 7 2 1st 15 5 1931 Web Caldwell ...... 5 4 2nd 8 8 1932 Jack Gardner ...... 8 3 1st 10 12 1933 Jerry Nemer ...... 10 1 1st 18 5 1934 Sax Elliott ...... 9 3 1st 16 8 1935 Joe Kelly, Ward Browning ...... 11 1 1st 20 6 1936 Jack Hupp ...... 8 4 1st 14 12 1937 Eddie Oram ...... 8 4 2nd 19 6 1938 Bill Remsen ...... 6 6 3rd 17 9 1939 Gail Goodrich ...... 9 3 1st 20 5 1940 None ...... 10 2 1st 20 3 1941 Jack Lippert ...... 6 6 2nd 15 10 GEORGE 1942 Bob Ormsby ...... 7 5 2nd 12 8 RAVELING

2008-2009 • 40 • USC BASKETBALL WON-LOST RECORDS 2008-2009 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL CONFERENCE ALL GAMES YEAR CAPTAIN W L FINISH W L 1943 Ted Gossard ...... 7 1 1st 23 5 1944 Dick Bailey ...... 1 5 3rd 8 12 1945 Bob Graham ...... 3 3 2nd 15 9 1946 Jack Nichols ...... 8 4 2nd 14 7 1947 Gene Rock ...... 2 10 4th 10 14 1948 Alex Hannum ...... 7 5 2nd 14 10 1949 Abe Androff ...... 8 4 2nd 14 10 1950 Bill Sharman ...... 7 5 2nd 16 8 1951 Bob Kolf, Tom Riach ...... 8 4 1st 21 6 1952 Don Underwood ...... 4 8 3rd 16 14 1953 Ken Flower ...... 7 5 2nd 17 5 1954 Dick Welsh ...... 8 4 1st 19 14 1955 Dick Welsh, Roy Irvin ...... 5 7 3rd 14 11 1956 Tony Psaltis ...... 9 7 5th 14 12 1957 Danny Rogers ...... 9 7 4th 16 12 1958 Jim Pugh ...... 8 8 5th 12 13 1959 Bill Bloom ...... 8 8 5th 15 11 BOB ORMSBY 1960 Bill Bloom ...... 9 7 3rd 16 11 1961 Ken Stanley ...... 9 3 1st 21 8 1962 Ken Stanley ...... 5 7 3rd 14 11 1963 Gordon Martin ...... 6 6 3rd 20 9 1964 Bill Morris ...... 6 9 4th 10 16 1965 Allen Young ...... 8 6 3rd 14 12 1966 John Block ...... 6 8 4th 12 14 1967 Jim Marsh ...... 6 8 5th 13 12 1968 Jim Marsh ...... 11 3 2nd 18 8 1969 Mack Calvin ...... 8 6 3rd 15 11 1970 Don Crenshaw ...... 9 5 2nd 18 8 1971 Dennis Layton ...... 12 2 2nd 24 2 1972 Paul Westphal, Joe Mackey ...... 9 5 3rd (tie) 16 10 1973 Dan Anderson ...... 9 5 2nd 18 10 1974 Dan Anderson ...... 11 3 2nd 24 5 1975 Biff Burrell ...... 8 6 3rd 18 8 1976 Bob Trowbridge ...... 1** 13 8th 12 15 1977 Marv Safford ...... 2 12 8th 6 20 KEN STANLEY 1978 Paul Henderson ...... 7 7 3rd (tie) 14 13 1979 Don Carfi no, Steve Smith ...... 14 4 2nd 20 9 1980 D. Carfi no, Doug Widtfeldt, Purvis Miller ...... 5 13 7th (tie) 12 15 1981 Barry Brooks, Mo Williams, Jacque Hill ...... 9 9 4th 14 13 1982 Mo Williams, Jacque Hill ...... 13 5 3rd 19 9 1983 Jacque Hill, James McDonald ...... 11 7 5th 17 11 1984 Wayne Carlander ...... 6 12 8th 11 20 1985 Wayne Carlander ...... 13 5 1st (tie) 19 10 1986 Larry Friend, Troy LaMar ...... 5 13 10th 11 17 1987 Derrick Dowell, Rod Keller ...... 4 14 10th 9 19 1988 Dave Wiltz, Rich Grande ...... 5 13 8th (tie) 7 21 1989 Rich Grande, Alan Pollard ...... 2 16 10th 10 22 1990 Chris Munk, Ronnie Coleman ...... 6 12 7th (tie) 12 16 1991 Robert Pack ...... 10 8 3rd (tie) 19 10 1992 Duane Cooper, Rodney Chatman ...... 15 3 2nd 24 6 1993 Rodney Chatman, Phil Glenn ...... 9 9 5th (tie) 18 12 1994 Mark Boyd ...... 9 9 7th 16 12 1995 Brandon Martin ...... 4** 14 10th 9 19 LARRY FRIEND 1996 Brandon Martin, Tyson Reuter ...... 6** 12 9th 13 17 1997 Stais Boseman, Jaha Wilson ...... 12 6 2nd (tie) 17 11 1998 Gary Johnson ...... 5 13 8th 9 19 1999 Elias Ayuso, Adam Spanich ...... 7 11 7th (tie) 15 13 2000 Jarvis Turner ...... 9 9 6th 16 14 2001 Jarvis Turner ...... 11 7 4th (tied) 24 10 2002 Robert Hutchinson ...... 12 6 2nd (tied) 22 10 2003 Robert Hutchinson, Kostas Charissis ...... 6 12 6th (tied) 13 17 2004 Rory O’Neil ...... 8 10 6th 13 15 2005 Rory O'Neil, Chris Penrose ...... 5 13 10th 12 17 2006 Chris Penrose, Dwayne Shackleford ...... 8 10 6th 17 13 2007 Chris Penrose, Abdoulaye N'diaye ...... 11 7 3rd (tied) 25 12 2008 RouSean Cromwell, O.J. Mayo ...... 11 7 3rd (tied) 21 12 2009 Daniel Hackett, Taj Gibson ...... 9 9 5th (tied) 21 12

* — Pacifi c Coast Conference standing in 1922 and from 1956 through 1959. PCC Southern Division standing from 1923 through 1955. Ath- letic Association of Western Universities standing from 1960 through 1968. Pac-8 standing 1969 through 1978. Pac-10 standing from 1979. ** — total includes forfeits to USC. Total Record — 1,458-1,041 (.583) BRANDON Final PCC Record — 228-174 (.573) MARTIN Pacifi c-10 Conference Record — 403-420 (.490) 2008-2009 • 41 • USC BASKETBALL USC • History TROJANS IN POSTSEASON PLAY NCAA Tournament (11-16) 1940 — Defeated Colorado, 38-32, in fi rst round; Lost to Kansas, 43-42, in national semifi nal (at Kansas City, Mo.) 1954 — Defeated Idaho State, 73-59, and Santa Clara, 66-65 (2ot), in Far Western Regional (at Corvallis, Ore.); Lost to Bradley 74-72, in national semifi nal, and to Penn State, 70-61, in third place game (at Kansas City, Mo.). 1960 — Lost to Utah, 80-73, in District 8 playoff game (at Provo, Utah) 1961 — Defeated Oregon, 81-79, in fi rst round; Lost to Arizona State, 86-71, and Loyola, 69-67, in Far Western Regional playoff games (at Portland, Ore.) 1979 — Defeated Utah State, 86-67, in fi rst round; Lost to DePaul, 89-78, in second round (at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles) 1982 — Lost to Wyoming, 61-58, in fi rst round (at Logan, Utah) 1985 — Lost to Illinois State, 58-55, in fi rst round (at Tulsa, Okla.) 1991 — Lost to Florida State, 75-72, in fi rst round (at Louisville, Ky.) 1992 — Defeated Northeast Louisiana, 84-54 in fi rst round; Lost to Georgia Tech, 79-78, in second round (at Milwaukee, Wis.) 1997 — Lost to Illinois, 90-77, in fi rst round (at Charlotte, N.C.) 2001 — Defeated Oklahoma State, 69-54, in fi rst round (at Long Island, N.Y.) Defeated Boston College, 74-71, in second round (at Long Island, N.Y.) Defeated Kentucky, 80-76, in regional semifi nal (at Philadelphia, Pa.) Lost to Duke, 79-69, in regional fi nal (at Philadelphia, Pa.) 2002 — Lost to UNC-Wilmington, 93-89, in fi rst round (at Sacramento, Calif.) 2007 — Defeated Arkansas, 77-60, in fi rst round (at Spokane, Wash.) Defeated Texas, 87-68, in second round (at Spokane, Wash.) Lost to North Carolina, 74-64, in regional semifi nal (at East Rutherford, N.J.) 2008 — Lost to Kansas State, 80-67, in fi rst round (at Omaha, Neb.)

National Invitation Tournament (2-4) DAVID BLUTHENTHAL VS. DUKE 1973 —- Lost to Notre Dame, 69-65, in fi rst round (at New York, N.Y.) IN THE 2001 NCAA TOURNAMENT 1993 — Defeated UNLV, 90-74 in fi rst round (at Las Vegas, Nev.); defeated Pepperdine (at home), 71-59; in second round; lost to Minnesota, 76-58, in quarterfi nals (at Bloomington, Minn.) 1994 — Lost to Fresno State, 79-76 (at Fresno, Calif.) 1999 — Lost to Wyoming, 81-77 (at Laramie, Wyo.) Commissioner’s Conference Playoffs (2-2) 1974 — Defeated SMU, 82-70, in fi rst round; defeated Bradley, 76-73 (ot), in semifi nals; lost to Indiana, 85-60, in fi nal (at St. Louis, Mo.) 1975 — Lost to Drake, 80-70, in fi rst round (at Louisville, Ky.) Pacifi c-10 Conference Tournament (9-10) 1987 — Lost to Oregon, 51-49, in fi rst round (at Pauley Pav. in Los Angeles) 1988 — Lost to California, 75-59, in fi rst round (at Tucson, Ariz.) 1989 — Defeated Arizona State, 94-82, in fi rst round; Lost to Stanford, 66-61, in second round (at Forum in Los Angeles) 1990 — Defeated Washington State, 85-68, in fi rst round; Lost to Arizona, 80-57, in second round (at Tempe, Ariz.) 2002 — Defeated Stanford, 103-78, in fi rst round; Defeated Oregon, 89-78, in semifi nals; Lost to Arizona, 81-71, in fi nal (at Staples Center in Los Angeles) 2003 — Defeated Stanford, 79-74, in fi rst round; Defeated California, 79-62, in semifi nals; Lost to Oregon, 74-66, in fi nal (at Staples Center in Los Angeles) 2004 — Lost to Arizona, 79-76, in fi rst round (at Staples Center in Los Angeles) 2006 — Lost to California, 82-67, in fi rst round (at Staples Center in Los Angeles) 2007 — Defeated Stanford, 83-79 (OT), in fi rst round; Defeated Washington State, 70-61, in semifi nals; Lost to Oregon, 81-57, in fi nals (at Staples Center in Los Angeles) 2008 — Defeated Arizona State, 59-55, in fi rst round; Lost to UCLA, 57-54, in semifi nals (at Staples Center in Los Angeles) 2009 — Defeated Cal, 79-75, in quarterfi nals Defeated UCLA, 65-55, in semifi nals ROBERT PACK Defeated Arizona State, 66-63, in fi nals (at Staples Center in Los Angeles) 2008-2009 • 42 • USC BASKETBALL TTHEHE PPLAYERSLAYERS

2008-2009 • 43 • USC BASKETBALL JORDAN CAMERON R-SOPHOMORE • FORWARD • 6-5 • 220 • NEWBURY PARK • CA • NEWBURY PARK HS

BREAKDOWN: Jordan Cameron, a 6-foot-5, PERSONAL: Cameron was born on Aug. 7, 220-pound redshirt sophomore forward, is a skilled 1988. He is a Social Sciences and History major from the outside and tough on the boards. Joined at USC. His sister Brynn plays on USC’s women’s the Trojans the second semester after spending the basketball team and is the school’s all-time leader in fi rst semester with the football team. three-point baskets.

2008-09: Joined USC’s basketball team in the second semester after speding the Fall as a wide receiver on the football team (he did not get in a game). Played in his fi rst game for USC on the hardwood vs. California on Jan. 31. Grabbed a rebound in the game vs. Oregon State on March 7. Played a total of four minutes in three games.

BEFORE USC: Played tight end at Ventura JC in 2007-08. Prior to that, redshirted as a freshman forward on the basketball at BYU during the 2006-07 season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Cameron averaged 21.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game as a 3333 senior at Newbury Park HS in Newbury Park, Calif.

JORDAN CAMERON • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME Career Highs 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Points UC Irvine...... DNP New Mexico St... DNP None vs. Seton Hall .... DNP vs. Chattanooga DNP Rebounds vs. Missouri ...... DNP 1, 3/7/09 vs. Oregon St. UT-Martin ...... DNP San Francisco.... DNP at Oklahoma ...... DNP Assists Pepperdine ...... DNP None North Dakota St. . DNP Georgia Tech ..... DNP Oral Roberts ...... DNP Steals at Oregon...... DNP None at Oregon St...... DNP UCLA ...... DNP Blocks Arizona St...... DNP None Arizona ...... DNP at Washington ....DNP at Washington St .. DNP Stanford ...... DNP 2008-09 Season Highs California ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at UCLA ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Arizona...... DNP Points at Arizona St...... DNP None Washington St. .. DNP Washington ...... DNP at California ...... DNP Rebounds at Stanford ...... DNP 1, 3/7/09 vs. Oregon St. Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 vs. California ...... DNP Assists vs. UCLA...... DNP None vs. Arizona St.....DNP TOTALS ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Steals None JORDAN CAMERON • 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 Blocks 2006-07 At BYU - Redshirted 2008-09 3-0 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 1 1 0.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 None TOTALS: 3-0 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 1 1 0.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 4

2008-2009 • 44 • USC BASKETBALL KASEY CUNNINGHAM REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE • FORWARD • 6-7 • 225 • ALBUQUERQUE • NM • CIBOLA HS

BREAKDOWN: Paul (Kasey) Cunningham, 2006-07: Sat out the season as he a 6-foot-7, 225-pound redshirt sophomore forward, continued his rehabilitation from left knee surgery is an athletic, physical big man who can rebound during his senior year of high school. Continued and has a knack for scoring. Has spent most of his to round into form and increased his practice fi rst three seasons at USC rehabilitating from knee load throughout the season, working on his ball surgeries. handling and outshooting. Made several road trips with the team. 2008-09: Played in four games before reinjuring his knee while scoring a basket HIGH SCHOOL: vs. Missouri on Nov. 23 at Puerto Rico Tip- Cunningham averaged 22.0 points, Off. He had a career-best 11 points in 14 15.0 rebounds and six blocked shot minutes off the bench in that game. Had per game as a senior at Cibola reconstructive surgery of the ACL on Nov. High in Albuquerque, N.M. 26 at White Memorial Medical Center in Led his team to a 13-1 Los Angeles. record before suffering a season-ending left knee 2007-08: Played in nine injury (ACL surgery). games (3 starts) for the Cibola went 8-6 the rest Trojans before suffering a of the season and ranked season-ending knee sixth in the state of New injury during practice Mexico. Entered the on Dec. 12. Had season widely regarded surgery on Dec. as the top player in the 28 to repair his left state of New Mexico. ACL and meniscus. Named to the 2005- 4433 Averaged 2.7 points 06 Long Beach Press and 2.6 rebounds Telegram’s Best in the per game. Had six West second team. As points and a career-high 10 a junior, Cunningham Career Highs rebounds on Nov. 15 at The Citadel, averaged 18.7 points and his fi rst career start. Had a career- 14.2 rebounds and was Points high seven points in start on Nov. named a fi rst-team Class 11, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri 23 vs. Miami (OH). Also started 5-A all-state selection. He on Nov. 25 vs. Southern Illinois in had one game where he Rebounds the Anaheim Classic title game and grabbed 28 rebounds and 10, 11/15/07 at The Citadel scored six points. another where he pulled down 26. Assists 2, 11/22/07 vs. San Diego PERSONAL: Cunningham was born on July 3, 1988. He is a Steals 2, 11/23/08 vs Missouri Social Sciences and History major at USC. His father Paul played basketball Blocks at UTEP (1981-84), where he was recruited 1, 2x, last 11/23/08 vs. Missouri by Tim Floyd who was an assistant coach un- der the late Don Haskins.

2008-09 Season Highs

Points 11, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri

Rebounds 6, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri

Assists 1, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri

Steals 2, 11/23/08 vs Missouri

Blocks 1, 2x, last 11/23/08 vs. Missouri

2008-2009 • 45 • USC BASKETBALL KASEY CUNNINGHAM • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Mercer ...... 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-1 2 1 0 1 0 0 12 2 at The Citadel ...... 3-4 0-0 0-1 0-10 10 2 0 4 0 1 22 6 at South Carolina .0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 0 0 6 0 vs. San Diego ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 2 0 0 10 0 vs. Miami (OH) .....3-5 0-0 1-2 3-0 3 2 0 1 0 1 33 7 vs. Southern Ill. ....2-3 0-0 2-4 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 17 6 Oklahoma ...... 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 Kansas...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 vs. Memphis ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Delaware St...... DNP Cal Poly ...... DNP UC Riverside ..... DNP at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP Washington St. .. DNP Washington ...... DNP at UCLA ...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP at Oregon...... DNP Arizona ...... DNP Arizona St...... DNP at Washington ....DNP at Washington St. DNP UCLA ...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... DNP at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... DNP California ...... DNP Stanford ...... DNP vs. Arizona St..... DNP vs. UCLA...... DNP vs. Kansas St.....DNP TOTALS ...... 10-16 0-0 4-10 7-16 23 11 2 9 0 2 131 24

KASEY CUNNINGHAM • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS UC Irvine...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 2 0 1 8 0 New Mexico St.....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 vs. Seton Hall .... DNP vs. Chattanooga ..0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 0 2 1 0 16 0 vs. Missouri ...... 4-7 0-0 3-7 3-3 6 2 1 0 1 2 14 11 UT-Martin ...... DNP San Francisco.... DNP at Oklahoma ...... DNP Pepperdine ...... DNP North Dakota St. . DNP Georgia Tech ..... DNP Oral Roberts ...... DNP at Oregon...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP UCLA ...... DNP Arizona St...... DNP Arizona ...... DNP at Washington ....DNP at Washington St .. DNP Stanford ...... DNP California ...... DNP at UCLA ...... DNP at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... DNP Washington St. .. DNP Washington ...... DNP at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... DNP vs. California ...... DNP vs. UCLA...... DNP vs. Arizona St.....DNP TOTALS ...... 4-9 0-0 3-7 5-6 11 9 9 4 2 3 41 11

KASEY CUNNINGHAM • 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 2006-07 Redshirted 2007-08 9-3 10-16 .625 0-0 --- 4-10 .400 24 2.7 7 16 23 2.6 11-0 2 9 0 2 131 2008-09 4-0 4-9 .444 0-0 --- 3-7 .429 11 2.8 5 6 11 2.8 9-0 1 4 2 3 41 TOTALS: 13-3 14-25 .560 0-0 --- 7-17 .412 35 2.7 12 22 34 2.6 20-0 3 13 2 5 172

2008-2009 • 46 • USC BASKETBALL DEMAR DEROZAN FRESHMAN • FORWARD • 6-7 • 220 • COMPTON • CA • COMPTON HS (CA)

BREAKDOWN: DeMar DeRozan, 6-foot-7, was named to the California All-State team and was 220-pound freshman forward, has shown tremendous named Moore League MVP. He was ranked as the athleticism, a quick fi rst step and the ability to score. 2008 No. 1 high school senior basketball player by Named Pac-10 Tournament MVP and was named to Draft Express, No. 2 by HoopScoopOnline, No. 3 the Pac-10 All-Freshman team. by Rivals.com, No. 4 by HoopsReport.com, No. 6 by ScoutHoops.com (No. 1 small forward), No. 6 in 2008-09: DeRozan continued to make Sports Illustrated’s Takkle Top 25 and No. 8 by ESPN. steady improvement all season, culminating com. DeRozan averaged 29.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, with his being named the Pac-10 3.9 assists and 3.0 steals in leading Compton High Tournament MVP as he averaged to a 24-6 record and its second consecutive 21 points and 9.0 rebounds Moore League championship. Compton in USC’s run to the title. was ranked fourth in the fi nal SCIBCA In the quarterfi nals vs. Cal, regular season poll and they reached DeRozan had 17 points the DI-AA quarterfi nals where they and 11 rebounds, then lost 62-55 to No. 5 Santa Margarita, backed that up with 21 points snapping a 14-game winning streak. and a season-high 13 DeRozan scored 30 or more points rebounds in the semifinals 12 times, with a high game of win over UCLA. In the fi nals 47 in a 100-88 win vs. vs. Arizona State, he tallied a Gahr on Dec. 27. season-high 25 points on 10 of He led Compton 16 shooting. DeRozan recorded back from four double-doubles during the season an 11-point and scored in double fi gures in 26 of deficit with 1100 33 games, including the last seven. He 1:22 left with ranked 8th in the conference with 2.4 a scoring offensive rebounds per game and 4th in outburst of 16- Pac-10 games only with 3.1 per game. straight points in a 74-73 win vs. He also hit .525 percent of his shots, J. Serra on Dec. 15. He fi nished Career Highs good for 8th in the conference. with 45 points in the win. Five times he recorded double-fi gures Points HIGH SCHOOL: DeRozan was in rebounds, with a game high of 25, 3/14/09 vs. ASU named a 2007-08 McDonald’s All- 18 vs. Jordan High on Dec. 17. As American, 2007-08 Best in the a junior, DeRozan averaged 22.3 Rebounds West fi rst team selection and points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists 13, 3/13/09 vs. UCLA second-leading vote getter, and 3.2 steals per game to lead 2008 Parade All-American Compton to a 26-7 record and the Assists 4, 2x, last 3/14/09 vs. ASU first team selection and Moore League championship. As an L.A. Times All-Star. a sophomore he averaged 22.6 Steals Scored 10 points on 5- points and 8.4 rebounds per 3, 1/15/09 vs. ASU for-10 shooting for the game and scored 26.1 points and West team which fell 107- grabbed 8.4 rebounds per game Blocks 102 at the McDonald’s as a freshman. Was coached at 3, 3/12/09 vs. California All-America game. Compton High by Tony Thomas. DeRozan also won the Slam Dunk Competiton at PERSONAL: DeRozan was 2008-09 Season Highs the McDonald’s All-America born on Aug. 7, 1989 in Compton, game, getting perfect scores on his last Calif. He is an undeclared major Points two dunks. In his fi nal dunk labeled at USC. His parents are Frank 25, 3/14/09 vs. ASU “tap the baby,” he bounced the ball off and Diane. His father told the Long the glass, tapped the board with one Beach Press-Telegram that when Rebounds hand and dunked with the other. He DeMar was 10 he started doing 13, 3/13/09 vs. UCLA was also named to USA TODAY’s 2008 All-USA 10 toe raises on each of the steps second team and invited to play in the Jordan Brand (15 of them) that led upstairs in Assists Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York, their house, as well as squats, 4, 2x, last 3/14/09 vs. ASU N.Y. Helped lead Team USA to a 98-78 win vs. the sit-ups and push-ups before go- World Select Team at the 11th Annunal Nike Hoop ing to bed, without anyone telling Steals Summit in Portland, Ore in April. He scored a team- him to do it. DeRozan fi rst dunked 3, 1/15/09 vs. ASU high 17 points in the game. DeRozan shared the a basketball in the sixth grade. 2008 Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Blocks 3, 3/12/09 vs. California Coaches Association I-AA Player of the Year honors, 2008-2009 • 47 • USC BASKETBALL DEMAR DEROZAN • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS UC Irvine...... 6-11 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 2 1 2 0 2 28 14 New Mexico St.....2-6 0-2 3-4 1-5 6 2 0 5 2 1 34 7 vs. Seton Hall ...... 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-3 3 3 0 2 1 0 20 3 vs. Chattanooga .5-11 0-1 3-4 4-2 6 1 2 3 0 0 27 13 vs. Missouri ...... 2-9 0-1 4-6 3-3 6 2 0 0 0 0 25 8 UT-Martin ...... 6-10 0-0 0-1 0-3 3 1 1 4 1 1 28 12 San Francisco...... 4-8 0-2 3-5 3-1 4 1 2 3 0 1 31 11 at Oklahoma ...... 5-13 0-1 0-1 1-3 4 1 2 2 0 1 37 10 Pepperdine ...... 4-6 0-2 2-5 2-2 4 4 1 2 0 0 24 10 North Dakota St. ..8-11 0-0 2-3 0-6 6 3 1 2 2 2 36 18 Georgia Tech ...... 8-16 0-2 1-3 0-5 5 1 3 1 0 2 32 17 Oral Roberts ...... 7-14 0-0 4-5 1-4 5 0 1 3 0 1 32 18 at Oregon...... 6-11 0-1 2-2 3-9 12 3 1 1 0 0 28 14 at Oregon St...... 4-9 0-1 2-4 1-2 3 4 2 1 0 1 28 10 UCLA ...... 6-8 0-0 3-3 3-2 5 1 0 5 0 0 38 15 Arizona St...... 8-13 1-1 5-7 4-4 8 4 2 2 0 3 35 22 Arizona ...... 5-10 0-0 0-2 3-1 4 0 2 1 0 0 32 10 at Washington .....7-11 0-2 2-2 4-3 7 5 0 6 0 0 31 16 at Washington St ....2-7 0-0 1-4 1-3 4 3 0 2 0 2 32 5 Stanford ...... 3-7 0-1 2-2 1-4 5 3 3 1 1 2 38 8 California ...... 8-12 0-0 3-6 3-1 4 3 0 2 0 1 35 19 at UCLA ...... 6-11 0-0 3-6 4-4 8 2 1 1 0 1 32 15 at Arizona...... 7-14 1-2 5-6 7-1 8 3 2 3 0 1 40 20 at Arizona St...... 7-14 0-2 2-4 6-4 10 0 1 3 0 1 40 16 Washington St. ....2-8 0-0 4-7 2-3 5 0 1 0 2 1 36 8 Washington ...... 3-10 0-2 2-2 2-4 6 2 0 0 0 0 37 8 at California ...... 4-6 0-0 2-2 3-3 6 4 2 2 0 1 45 10 at Stanford ...... 6-11 1-2 1-5 3-0 3 1 4 2 0 1 39 14 Oregon...... 7-9 0-0 5-6 2-0 2 1 1 0 1 1 30 19 Oregon St...... 6-9 0-0 4-6 3-2 5 1 3 2 0 1 33 16 vs. California ...... 6-12 1-2 4-4 1-10 11 4 1 1 3 0 35 17 vs. UCLA...... 7-12 1-1 6-8 5-8 13 3 2 5 0 2 33 21 vs. Arizona St.....10-16 1-3 4-7 2-1 3 1 4 0 0 1 40 25 TOTALS ...... 178-339 6-32 87-136 79-108 187 69 46 69 13 31 1091 449

DEMAR DEROZAN • 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 2008-09 33-33 178-339 .525 6-32 .188 87-136 .640 449 13.6 79 108 187 5.7 69-1 46 69 13 31 1091 TOTALS: 33-33 178-339 .525 6-32 .188 87-136 .640 449 13.6 79 108 187 5.7 69-1 46 69 13 31 1091

2008-2009 • 48 • USC BASKETBALL MAMADOU DIARRA RS FRESHMAN • FORWARD • 7-0 • 230 • BAMAKO • MALI • STONERIDGE PREP (CA)

BREAKDOWN: Mamadou Diarra, 7-foot, rebounds his senior season at Stoneridge Prep 230-pound redshirt freshman forward, is an athletic in Simi Valley, Calif. He led Stoneridge in scoring and talented big man who can run the fl oor and be as a junior with an 11.1 average. Hoopmasters. a strong defensive presence. com listed Diarra as the No. 4 ranked power forward in the 2007 recruiting class. 2008-09: Played in 12 games and scored eight Rated the No. 65 prospect points in 33 minutes of action. Scored his fi rst career in the country by Rivals. fi eld goal vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 11 and added com, as well as the No. a rebound and a block. Scored a career-high 15 power forward and three points vs. Georgia Tech the No. 3 prospect from on Dec. 22 with California by the same a basket and service. CNN/SI’s rankings free throw, while of 2007 recruits had him listed grabbing a career- as No. 40 and was ranked the No. best two rebounds. He 7 prospect among fi fth-year players made 3 of 7 from the fl oor (42.9 by Hoopsscooponline.com. Stoneridge percent) and 2 of 6 from the free head coach Babacar Sy had this to say throw line (33.3 percent). He about Diarra, “Mamadou was the best all- finished the regular season around big man in the country this year with fi ve rebounds and four from a prep school. He was recruited by blocks. every major school in the nation. His size and athleticism will be a great asset for the 2007-08: Played in Trojans.” Attended Hamdallaye Plataux high three games for a total of 10 school in Hamdallaye, Mali before enrolling 1144 minutes. Had surgery to repair at Stoneridge. a hernia on Nov. 5 and returned to practice in late November. PERSONAL: Diarra was born on Aug. 29, Played in his fi rst game on Dec. 1986. He is an undeclared major at USC. 17 vs. Delaware State, making one His parents are Sekou Diarra and Mariam Career Highs of two free throws for his fi rst career Konate. He has four sisters and one point. Also was 1-for-2 from the line brother. His hobbies include watching TV Points vs. Cal Poly on Dec. 22. Played in and listening to music, so it should 3, 12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech his last game on Dec. 29 vs. UC be no surprise that his favorite Riverside and had one rebound in channel to watch is MTV. Rebounds one minute of play. 2, 12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech : Diarra Assists HIGH SCHOOL 1, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri averaged 8.1 points and 6.4

Steals None

Blocks 1, 4x, last 2/4/09 at UCLA

2008-09 Season Highs

Points 3, 12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech

Rebounds 2, 12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech

Assists 1, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri

Steals None

Blocks 1, 4x, last 2/4/09 at UCLA 2008-2009 • 49 • USC BASKETBALL MAMADOU DIARRA • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Delaware State ....0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Cal Poly ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 UC Riverside ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS ...... 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-1 1 2 0 1 0 0 10 2

MAMADOU DIARRA • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS UC Irvine...... 0-1 0-0 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 New Mexico St.....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. Seton Hall .... DNP vs. Chattanooga ..1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 2 vs. Missouri ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 UT-Martin ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 San Francisco.... DNP at Oklahoma ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Pepperdine ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 North Dakota St. . DNP Georgia Tech ...... 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 Oral Roberts ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 at Oregon...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 at Oregon St...... DNP UCLA ...... DNP Arizona St...... DNP Arizona ...... DNP at Washington ....DNP at Washington St .. DNP Stanford ...... DNP California ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at UCLA ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... DNP Washington St. .. DNP Washington ...... DNP at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... DNP vs. California ...... DNP vs. UCLA...... DNP vs. Arizona St.....DNP TOTALS ...... 3-7 0-1 2-6 0-5 5 5 1 1 4 0 33 8

MAMADOU DIARRA • 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 2007-08 3-0 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 2-4 .500 2 0.7 0 1 1 0.3 2-0 0 1 0 0 10 2008-09 12-0 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 2-6 .333 8 0.7 0 5 5 0.4 5-0 1 1 4 0 33 TOTALS: 15-0 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 4-10 .400 10 0.7 0 6 6 0.4 7-0 2 2 4 0 43

2008-2009 • 50 • USC BASKETBALL JAMES DUNLEAVY REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • GUARD • 6-6 • 195 • LOS ANGELES • CA • HARVARD-WESTLAKE HS

BREAKDOWN: James Dunleavy, a 6-6, PERSONAL: James Alexander Dunleavy 195-pound guard, will add to USC’s depth at the was born on September 14, 1987. His father guard position. He had good basketball instincts Mike is the head coach and general manager of and possesses a good outside shot. the Los Angeles Clippers and his brother Mike, Utilized his fi rst season as a redshirt Jr. is a guard/forward on the Indiana Pacers. campaign, working on his shot and Lists his favorite movie as “Inside Man” and his strength. favorite television show as “Entourage.” His fa- vorite actor is Denzel Washington. Chose USC 2008-09: Dunleavy appeared because he loves Los Angeles and says Tim in his first two games for USC. Floyd is a great coach. Lists his biggest thrill in Played in his first game as a sports as winning the CIF Championship Trojan on Jan. 2 at Oregon in 2005. Says his biggest sports hero is and missed his only shot, Michael Jordan because he is the best a three-point attempt. Also athlete ever. His favorite profession- played a minute at UCLA al sports teams are the on Feb. 4. Los Angeles Clippers, Green Bay Packers HIGH SCHOOL: and New York Yan- Dunleavy played at kees. He is an un- Harvard-Westlake decided major at H.S. in North USC. He would like Hollywood, Calif. to be a sports agent for coach Greg after college. Hilliard. He did not 3 compete during his senior season due to exhausting his eligibility. Averaged 2.5 points and 0.4 rebounds per game as a junior at Harvard-Westlake as the Career Highs Wolverines went 27-6. He made 21 of 55 three-pointers for a .382 Points percentage from beyond the arc. None

Rebounds None

Assists None

Steals None

Blocks None

2008-09 Season Highs

Points None JAMES DUNLEAVY • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME Rebounds 3PT TOTAL None Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS at Oregon...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Assists at UCLA...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None TOTALS ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Steals JAMES DUNLEAVY • CAREER STATISTICS None 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 2007-08 Redshirted Blocks 2008-09 2-0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 None TOTALS: 2-0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2

2008-2009 • 51 • USC BASKETBALL TAJ GIBSON JUNIOR • FORWARD • 6-9 • 225 • BROOKLYN • NY • CALVARY CHRISTIAN HS

BREAKDOWN: Taj Gibson, a 6-foot-9, 225-pound Beach State on Nov. 24, the most rebounds by a Trojan junior forward, is a long and athletic presence in the paint in a game since Jan. 20, 2000 when David Bluthenthal at both ends of the court. He is USC’s all-time career tied Cliff Robinson’s school and freshman record of 28 shot block record holder and ranks third all- time rebounds. Gibson scored in double fi gures in his fi rst fi ve among conference players. He was named collegiate games, the most consecutive to start a Trojan 2009 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year career since Tom Lewis did it the fi rst nine games in the and to the All-Conference second team. 1985-86 season. Had 15 points and nine rebounds He became the 33rd Trojans to reach the on Dec. 4 at Kansas and followed that up with 16 1,000 career points scored plateau and points and 17 rebounds vs. George Washington at the currently stands 16th on the USC scoring Wooden Classic in Anaheim, Calif. on Dec. 9. Scored list. He has 31 career double-doubles. a season-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a double-overtime win vs. Washington on Dec. 2008-09: Named the Pac-10 28 in his fi rst Pac-10 game. Scored 18 points, had Defensive Player of the Year as he 13 rebounds and blocked seven shots on Jan. 4 at broke his school record and led the Oregon. His block total in that game tied for the conference with 92 blocks and was fourth most in USC history. Earned Player of third in rebounding with 310 for a 9.4 the Week honors (Jan. 1-7) by ESPN.com and average per game. Also, led USC with TheSportingNews.com as he helped lead USC 14.3 points per game and was selected to a sweep of previously undefeated Oregon to the Pac-10 All-Conference second and to a rout of Oregon State on the road. team. He was named to the Pac-10 Scored 38 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and All-Tournament team as he posted two blocked eight shots on the trip. Set the USC double-doubles in USC’s title run, while freshman rebound record with 321 and the averaging 13.7 points and 10.7 rebounds. freshman blocks record with 69. He had He scored a career-high 25 points and added 11 double-doubles, one of fi ve freshman in 11 rebounds in the win vs. Pepperdine on Dec. the country with that many, joining among 15. He tied a career high and had a season others Greg Oden and Kevin Durant who best 18 rebounds twice, fi rst vs. Seton Hall on were the top two picks in the 2007 NBA 2222 Nov. 20 and then again vs. North Dakota State Draft. Had at least eight rebounds in 27 of on Dec. 20. He scored in double fi gures in 29 37 games, scored in double fi gures in 27 of 33 games and had eight or more rebounds of 37 games and scored at least eight points in 22 of 33 games. in 34 of 37 games. Selected to the Pac-10 Conference All-Tournament team, as he Career Highs 2007-08: He was a third-team All-Pac-10 scored 36 points and had 29 rebounds in selection and fi rst-team member of the Pac-10 the three games. Had 51 points and 34 Points All-Defensive team. Averaged 10.8 points and rebounds in the three NCAA games, 25, 12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine 7.8 rebounds in 33 games (32 starts). Led with double-doubles vs. Texas (17 USC in rebounds (259), blocks (83) and fi eld pts/14 rebs) and North Carolina (16 Rebounds goal percentage (.580). He led the Pac-10 in pts/12 rebs). 18, 3x, last 12/20/08 vs. NDSU blocks and was third in fi eld goal percentage (tops in Pac-10 games only at .667). His 83 blocks set HIGH SCHOOL: Gibson Assists the USC single-season record and his .580 fi eld goal played at Calvary Christian in San 5, 6X, last 2/21/09 vs. Washington percentage is second all-time for a season at USC. He Fernando, Calif. in 2006 for coach had fi ve double-doubles this season: Nov. 10 vs. Mercer Ron Slater, following two seasons (13 points/14 rebounds), Nov. 22 vs. San Diego (20 at Stoneridge Prep in Tarzana, Steals Calif. Calvary Christian ended 3, 5x, last 3/13/09 vs. UCLA points/12 rebounds), Jan. 24 at Oregon State (14 points/14 rebounds), Feb. 17 vs. UCLA (16 points/12 rebounds) and up having an abbreviated March 8 vs. Stanford (20 points/11 rebounds). Scored a season, just competing in Blocks season-high 21 points in USC’s 93-89 overtime win vs. the Prep Stars of North 7, 1/4/07 at Oregon California on March 6. Had a season best of 14 rebounds America tournament held twice, Nov. 10 vs. Mercer and Jan. 24 at Oregon State. i n London,Canada, where Had a season-best six blocks on Nov. 15 at The Citadel Gibson helped lead them to 2008-09 Season Highs and had two games of fi ve blocks and eight games of t h e consolation championship. four blocks. Was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for A s a sophomore and junior Points March 3-9 when he averaged 20.5 points, 8.5 rebounds at Stoneridge Prep, Gibson averaged 20 points, 12 25, 12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine and 4.0 blocks in a home sweep of California and No. 7 rebounds and seven blocks per game. Began his high Stanford. Just missed a double-double in USC’s Pac-10 school career at Telecommunications High in Brooklyn, N.Y. Was invited to the NBPA Top 100 Camp prior to Rebounds quarterfi nal game vs. ASU on March 13 with 11 points and his senior season and fi nished fourth in scoring with 18, 2x, last 12/20/08 vs. NDSU nine rebounds. Was held to fi ve points and grabbed nine rebounds in the 57-54 Pac-10 semifi nals loss to UCLA on a 17.1 average for the week. Gibson was rated the March 14. Again just missed a double-double in the NCAA seventh-best power forward and the 32nd player overall Assists fi rst-round game against Kansas State on March 20, with by RivalsHoops. Also, USA Today ranked the forward as 5, 2x, last 2/21/09 vs. Washington 10 points and nine rebounds before fouling out. the 33rd best prospect in the country.

Steals 2006-07: Named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team PERSONAL: Gibson was born on June 24, 1985 3, 2x, last 3/13/09 vs. UCLA and honorable mention All-Freshman by Collegehoops.net. in Brooklyn, N.Y. Father played basketball for the U.S. Led USC in the season opener vs. South Carolina with Army national team during the Vietnam War. Lists his fa- Blocks 16 points and 14 rebounds, the most rebounds by a USC vorite players as Jamal Tinsley and Lamar Odom. Likes 5, 5x, last 3/7/09 vs. Oregon St. freshman since Sam Clancy had 14 in 1999. Scored 10 to spend his free time listening to music and reading. Is points and grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds vs. Long a Communications major at USC. 2008-2009 • 52 • USC BASKETBALL TAJ GIBSON • 2006-2007 GAME BY GAME TAJ GIBSON • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS South Carolina ....5-13 0-0 6-8 7-7 14 5 3 2 2 0 37 16 Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Saint Mary’s ...... 6-7 0-0 3-7 2-3 5 5 2 3 1 0 30 15 UC Irvine...... 6-10 0-0 5-8 1-5 6 1 3 3 5 2 31 17 The Citadel ...... 5-6 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 3 0 3 3 0 28 10 New Mexico St....9-20 0-0 4-7 6-4 10 2 0 1 5 1 36 22 Long Beach St. ....4-8 0-0 2-7 4-14 18 2 2 2 1 0 35 10 vs. Seton Hall .....8-13 0-0 3-6 10-8 18 3 3 0 3 0 38 19 Miss. Valley St. ....6-8 0-0 2-2 1-9 10 0 0 1 3 0 28 14 vs. Chattanooga .5-11 0-0 7-10 6-9 15 3 0 1 5 1 29 17 LMU ...... 2-9 0-0 1-3 2-6 8 5 1 2 1 1 26 5 vs. Missouri ...... 5-8 0-0 1-2 6-2 8 5 1 2 2 0 19 11 at Kansas...... 5-8 0-0 5-6 3-6 9 3 1 11 1 3 40 15 UT-Martin ...... 7-10 0-0 1-2 3-5 8 2 1 0 1 0 24 15 vs, GW ...... 3-6 0-0 10-13 7-10 17 3 0 2 3 0 39 16 San Francisco...... 1-2 0-0 7-10 4-9 13 2 2 2 4 2 38 9 Bethune-Cookman .6-9 0-0 0-0 3-3 6 3 1 7 2 0 27 12 at Oklahoma ...... 5-9 0-0 2-5 4-6 10 4 1 3 2 1 37 12 Charleston South. 7-11 0-0 4-5 3-7 10 1 0 3 0 2 38 18 Pepperdine ...... 10-12 0-0 5-9 5-6 11 2 0 1 3 2 32 25 Longwood ...... 5-5 0-0 0-0 4-6 10 0 2 3 3 1 26 10 North Dakota St. ...2-5 0-0 6-8 5-13 18 3 0 8 3 1 31 10 vs. Kansas St...... 3-3 0-0 1-2 0-6 6 5 0 6 0 0 27 7 Georgia Tech ...... 6-9 0-0 3-5 5-9 14 1 0 1 3 0 35 15 vs. Wichita St...... 5-6 0-0 2-5 0-5 5 4 0 2 0 0 19 12 Oral Roberts ...... 7-10 0-0 2-3 4-4 8 4 1 3 5 1 33 16 Washington ...... 8-11 0-0 6-7 4-6 10 3 0 0 2 1 41 22 at Oregon...... 4-8 0-0 5-6 2-4 6 3 0 0 2 1 25 13 Washington St. ....4-7 0-0 3-4 2-6 8 3 1 3 2 0 39 11 at Oregon...... 7-9 0-0 4-6 3-10 13 1 2 1 7 0 34 18 at Oregon St...... 7-11 0-0 1-1 3-1 4 3 0 0 1 0 40 15 at Oregon St...... 9-11 0-0 2-3 1-4 5 3 3 2 1 0 25 20 UCLA ...... 6-9 0-0 1-3 1-4 5 5 1 0 2 0 23 13 UCLA ...... 4-10 0-0 1-3 3-5 8 4 1 3 4 1 40 9 Arizona St...... 4-8 0-0 3-4 2-9 11 1 3 3 3 3 38 11 Arizona ...... 4-9 0-0 1-4 1-7 8 4 5 5 3 1 34 9 Arizona ...... 5-9 0-0 3-4 3-5 8 5 0 0 2 0 38 13 Arizona St...... 5-7 0-0 1-2 2-6 8 2 2 0 2 0 35 11 at Washington .....5-10 0-0 5-5 7-6 13 2 1 3 3 2 38 15 at Stanford ...... 5-13 0-0 1-6 2-6 8 2 0 4 3 1 39 11 at Washington St ...3-10 0-0 6-10 2-10 12 2 1 2 3 0 38 12 at California ...... 3-5 0-0 3-3 1-1 2 4 4 2 0 0 24 9 Stanford ...... 9-12 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 3 2 2 2 0 38 20 Oregon St...... 3-7 0-0 4-7 1-8 9 3 1 3 1 2 22 10 California ...... 5-11 0-0 2-2 7-6 13 1 2 4 2 1 36 12 Oregon...... 7-9 0-0 4-6 0-3 3 2 2 5 4 0 36 18 at UCLA ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 2 0 4 2 2 26 2 at UCLA ...... 4-8 0-0 0-0 3-6 9 5 1 2 1 0 32 8 at Arizona...... 4-7 0-0 1-2 3-3 6 2 5 3 3 1 38 9 at Arizona...... 1-6 0-0 0-2 2-1 3 5 5 3 0 1 26 2 at Arizona St...... 3-6 0-0 5-6 1-5 6 4 0 1 1 0 35 11 at Arizona St...... 0-7 0-0 0-0 4-6 10 2 2 3 1 1 37 0 Washington St. ...7-12 0-0 2-3 1-7 8 3 2 1 0 0 38 16 Stanford ...... 2-6 0-0 4-4 3-5 8 2 1 2 1 1 37 8 Washington ...... 4-6 0-0 2-2 2-0 2 3 5 3 4 0 34 10 California ...... 7-10 0-0 4-5 3-3 6 3 5 0 1 0 31 18 at California ...... 8-12 0-0 5-11 6-6 12 4 0 3 2 1 45 21 at Washington ...... 4-6 0-0 2-5 3-6 9 2 3 4 1 0 35 10 at Stanford ...... 7-10 0-0 5-5 3-7 10 5 0 3 4 1 36 19 at Washington St. 4-7 0-0 3-6 4-5 9 4 0 5 2 0 42 11 Oregon...... 6-8 0-0 6-10 1-6 7 3 0 0 4 2 32 18 vs. Stanford ...... 6-15 0-0 1-4 4-6 10 4 1 3 2 0 32 13 Oregon St...... 5-9 0-0 4-6 2-6 8 2 0 2 5 2 35 14 vs. Washington St. ..3-9 0-0 9-11 2-7 9 1 2 2 2 1 37 15 vs. California ...... 8-12 0-0 5-6 9-7 16 2 1 5 1 0 34 21 vs. Oregon ...... 4-8 0-0 0-0 4-6 10 2 0 0 1 0 25 8 vs. UCLA...... 5-6 0-0 3-8 3-8 11 5 2 1 1 3 33 13 vs. Arkansas ...... 7-10 0-0 4-4 4-4 8 1 0 2 3 2 31 18 vs. Texas ...... 4-11 0-0 9-14 5-9 14 4 2 2 1 1 30 17 vs. Arizona St...... 3-7 0-0 1-2 2-3 5 2 1 1 4 2 37 7 vs. UNC ...... 7-12 0-0 2-3 3-9 12 5 0 4 4 0 34 16 TOTALS ...... 180-304 0-0 113-173 121-189 310 94 38 66 92 32 1120 473 TOTALS ...... 167-300 0-0 102-164 98-211 309 105 55 103 65 20 1164 436

TAJ GIBSON • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Mercer ...... 4-12 0-0 5-10 9-5 14 3 1 5 1 1 37 13 at The Citadel ...... 6-8 0-0 1-2 1-6 7 3 2 3 6 3 31 13 at S. Carolina ...... 2-9 0-0 4-6 3-5 8 4 0 2 4 0 31 8 vs. San Diego .....8-10 0-0 4-8 5-7 12 3 2 5 3 1 35 20 vs. Miami ...... 1-5 0-0 4-5 1-5 6 3 2 2 0 1 33 6 vs. Southern Ill. ....3-6 0-0 4-5 3-6 9 4 1 4 1 0 30 10 Oklahoma ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 5 0 1 0 0 9 2 Kansas...... 1-4 0-0 0-3 1-4 5 5 0 2 0 0 25 2 vs. Memphis ...... 2-12 0-0 1-2 5-3 8 5 0 5 4 2 32 5 Delaware St...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 1-6 7 1 1 2 0 1 26 5 Cal Poly ...... 3-4 0-0 3-5 2-11 13 4 2 0 0 0 25 9 UC Riverside ...... 6-7 0-0 1-4 1-5 6 3 0 1 4 0 31 13 at California ...... 4-7 0-0 0-0 3-8 11 5 3 4 3 1 32 8 at Stanford ...... 5-8 0-0 1-3 0-9 9 3 2 4 4 2 37 11 Washington St. ...8-10 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 3 1 3 2 0 40 16 Washington ...... 5-7 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 2 1 0 1 3 37 10 at UCLA ...... 4-5 0-0 1-1 3-5 8 2 5 5 2 2 36 9 at Oregon St...... 6-8 0-0 2-7 0-14 14 1 1 1 3 1 28 14 at Oregon...... 3-5 0-0 3-4 1-5 6 5 0 4 3 0 41 9 Arizona ...... 7-9 0-0 3-5 2-3 5 5 0 1 2 0 32 17 Arizona St...... 7-10 0-0 5-5 5-2 7 4 1 0 4 0 36 19 at Washington ...... 3-3 0-0 2-3 1-5 6 4 1 1 4 0 24 8 at Washington St. 1-4 0-0 0-2 1-5 6 3 1 2 2 0 32 2 UCLA ...... 7-8 0-0 2-2 3-9 12 3 2 3 5 0 40 16 Oregon...... 6-9 0-0 3-5 4-4 8 4 3 1 2 1 37 15 Oregon St...... 3-6 0-0 6-8 2-4 6 1 3 2 4 1 28 12 at Arizona...... 5-9 0-0 4-8 2-3 5 4 1 3 1 0 31 14 at Arizona St...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 5 2 3 1 0 24 2 California ...... 8-13 0-0 5-6 3-3 6 3 2 2 3 0 41 21 Stanford ...... 9-13 0-0 2-4 5-6 11 3 1 1 5 0 34 20 vs. Arizona St...... 5-8 0-0 1-2 5-4 9 3 0 5 3 1 37 11 vs. UCLA...... 1-4 0-0 3-4 2-7 9 4 0 4 4 1 38 5 vs. Kansas St...... 1-5 0-0 8-12 3-6 9 5 1 1 3 1 28 10 TOTALS ...... 138-238 0-0 79-133 80-179 259 115 43 81 84 23 1058 355

TAJ GIBSON • 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 2006-07 37-37 174-312 .558 0-0 --- 104-167 .623 452 12.2 101 220 321 8.7 110-7 55 107 69 20 1198 2007-08 33-32 138-238 .580 0-0 --- 79-133 .594 355 10.8 80 179 259 7.8 115-8 43 81 84 23 1058 2008-09 33-33 180-304 .592 0-0 --- 113-173 .653 473 14.3 121 189 310 9.4 94-5 38 66 92 32 1120 TOTALS:103-102 492-854 .576 0-0 --- 296-473 .626 1280 12.4 302 588 890 8.6 319-20 136 254 245 75 3376

2008-2009 • 53 • USC BASKETBALL TERENCE GREEN SENIOR • GUARD • 5-11 • 180 • ALISO VIEJO • CA • IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE

BREAKDOWN: Terence Green, a 5-foot-11, El Toro in the CIF DIvision I-A fi nals 67-60, but 180-pound senior guard, is a hard worker and gives lost to Clovis West of Fresno, Calif. in the state the Trojans depth at the guard position. tournament, 65-48. Was second-team all CIF, All-Sea View League (3 years) and third-team All- 2008-09: He played in one game, Senior Night Orange County. He was coached at Aliso Niguel vs. Oregon State on March 7, and made the most of by Keith Barnett. it. He played two minutes and made his only shot of the season, a three-pointer late in the game which PERSONAL: Green was set the crowd into a frenzy. born on Sept. 1, 1986 in Memphis, Tenn. Is a n 2007-08: He played in seven games for a total Economics major at of eight minutes, but was almost perfect. Has made USC. Would like made both of his free throws, his only three-point to own his dad’s attempt and two of three fi eld goals. Scored the fi rst business some two points of his career by making both free throw day. Lists his attempts vs. Delaware State on Dec. 17. Made his biggest sports fi rst career fi eld goal (a three-pointer) on Feb. 23 vs. hero as Chris Oregon State. Paul because he overcame 2006-07: Played in three games for the adversity when his Trojans, appearing against The Citadel, Mississippi grandfather died and Valley State and Longwood. Was 0-for-1 from the also because he is a fi eld and 0-for-2 from the line. Had a rebound in the similar size. Likes to games against The Citadel and Longwood. play chess online in his spare time. Chose 3300 2005-06: Transferred to USC for the spring USC because of the semester and practiced with the Trojans as a walk-on great tradition, the player. sports heritage and Career Highs great alumni associa- HIGH SCHOOL: Green played varsity tion. Points basketball at Aliso Niguel High in Aliso Viejo, Calif. 3, 2x, last 3/7/09 vs. Oregon State where he was a teammate of UCLA’s Michael Roll. Helped lead his team during the 2004-05 season to a Rebounds 28-4 record in his senior year. Aliso Niguel defeated 1, 2X, last, 12/19/06 vs. Longwood TERENCE GREEN • 2006-2007 GAME BY GAME Assists 3PT TOTAL None Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS The Citadel ...... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Steals Miss. Valley St. ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Longwood ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 None TOTALS ...... 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0

3-pointers TERENCE GREEN • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 1, 2x, last 3/7/09 vs. Oregon State 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS at The Citadel ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 vs. Southern Ill. ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2008-09 Season Highs Delaware St...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 at Oregon St...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Points Oregon St...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 3, 3/7/09 vs. Oregon State at Arizona St...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 TOTALS ...... 2-3 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 7 Rebounds None TERENCE GREEN • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Assists Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS None Oregon State ...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 TOTALS ...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Steals TERENCE GREEN • CAREER STATISTICS None 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 2006-07 3-0 0-1 .000 0-0 --- 0-2 .000 0 0.0 0 2 2 0.7 0-0 0 1 0 0 5 3-pointers 2007-08 7-0 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 7 0.9 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 2 0 0 8 2008-09 1-0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 --- 3 3.0 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 1, 3/7/09 vs. Oregon State TOTALS: 11-0 3-5 .600 2-2 1.000 2-4 .500 10 0.9 0 2 2 0.2 0-0 0 4 0 0 15

2008-2009 • 54 • USC BASKETBALL DANIEL HACKETT JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-5 • 215 • PESARO • ITALY • ST. JOHN BOSCO HS (CA)

BREAKDOWN: Daniel Hackett, a 6-foot-5, 215- on Feb. 28 at Arizona to help USC avenge the loss at home pound junior guard, is a versatile player with great court when he got hurt, scoring fi ve points in 24 minutes. After awareness and leadership skills. Originally a recruit for the injury he averaged 4.5 points and 2.0 assists, while the 2007-08 season, Hackett completed his high school he averaged 11.1 points and 4.0 assists prior to the injury. work in the summer of 2006 and was granted entrance He had his most complete game following the injury in the to USC by the NCAA Clearinghouse a year early. Helped Trojans’ NCAA Tournament loss to Kansas State, scoring lead the Under-20 Italian team to a bronze medal nine points, grabbing six rebounds and handing out two at the European Basketball Championships in assists. 2007 and was selected to the preliminary roster on the Italian national team. He ranks sixth all- 2006-07: Hackett stepped into a tough position time in assists by a Trojan with 352. for the Trojans, earning the starting point guard job at the beginning of the season, fi lling the void left with the 2008-09: Named to the Pac-10 All- tragic shooting of Ryan Francis in May of 2006 and Conference second team as he finished the academic ineligibility of Gabe Pruitt for the fi rst third in assists with 155, ninth in steals semester. Scored 13 points and converted two with 44, 10th with 3.8 defensive rebounds key three-point plays down the stretch in USC’s per game and third in minutes played with season opening loss to South Carolina. 37.3 per game. He actually logged 1,227 Scored a season-high 18 points, all in the minutes, more than any player in the Pac- second half, to key USC’s comeback win 10. He averaged 12.5 points and led USC vs. George Washington on Dec. 9 as the in assists, steals (44), free throws made (115) Trojans overcame a 20-point defi cit in and was second in three-point baskets (40). the second half. Was 11-for-11 from Matched a career high with the free throw line against GW, the 26 points in the overtime most makes without a miss from the charity loss at California on Feb. stripe by a Trojan since Brandon Granville 26. Had nine rebounds also was 11-for-11 on Jan. 19, 2002. Had a at Oregon on Jan. 2 and season-high seven assists in the game vs. vs. California on March Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14 and matched 1133 12 in the Pac-10 Tournament that total on Dec. 19 vs. Longwood. Began quarterfi nals. Had a season best 11 free the season wearing No. 11, switched to throws made twice, Dec. 22 vs. Georgia No. 25 on Jan. 13 the day Bill Sharman’s Tech (11-for-12) and Jan. 24 at Washington number (No. 11) was retired, then the State (11-for-14). Had a career-high 13 next game (Jan. 18) switched to No. 13 Career Highs assists in USC’s 73-72 loss at Oklahoma as Paul Westphal’s number (No. 25) was on Dec. 4. The 13 assists were the most retired. Scored six straight points down the Points by a Trojan since Brandon Granville had stretch, including the decisive layup with 17 26, 2x, last 2/26/09 at California a school-record 15 vs. Memphis in 1999 seconds left in the 76-73 win at Cal on Jan. and tied for the fourth-most ever in a 27. Second to Gabe Pruitt in assists for Rebounds game by a Trojan. the Trojans with 103, fi fth most ever by 10, 11/17/07 at South Carolina a Trojan freshman. Appeared in all 37 2007-08: Battled through injuries games, making 16 starts. Started the Assists to average 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and fi rst 12 games, then again on Jan. 18 vs. 13, 12/4/08 at Oklahoma 3.2 assists in 29 games (26 starts). His .823 Arizona and March 3 at Washington State. free throw percentage ranked fifth among Started vs. Texas in the NCAA second- Steals Pac-10 players and his career percentage of round game on March 18 and scored 6, 12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine .807 from the charity stripe is currently the third a career-high 20 points and the NCAA best in USC history. Began the season on the game vs. North Carolina, scoring fi ve shelf with a broken jaw suffered in practice in late points and dishing out three assists. 3-pointers September which required his jaw to be wired shut 3, 5x, last 2/12/09 at Arizona for six weeks. Came back with vengeance to earn HIGH SCHOOL: Hackett played high SportingNew.com Player of the Week of Nov. 12- school ball at St. John Bosco. Was a 18 as he average 21.5 points, 6.5 assists and fi rst-team selection on the Division 2A 5.5 rebounds while making 71.4 percent of his All-CIF team in 2004 and 2005. Named 2008-09 Season Highs shots in his fi rst two games at The Citadel and to the Press-Telegram Dream Team at South Carolina. On Nov. 15 at The Citadel fi rst-team. Averaged just better than 20 Points he scored a then-career-best 21 points on 9-for-1 2 points a game. Averaged a triple-double in the fi nal three 26, 2/26/09 at California shooting. He followed that up with an even better game regular season games and during St. John Bosco’s two at South Carolina on Nov. 17, scoring 22 points, grabbing playoff games. Was ranked the sixth-best 2007 prospect Rebounds 10 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists. It was his fi rst in California by Rivals.com. Helped lead the Southern 9, 2x, last 3/12/09 vs. California career triple-double and believed to be the fi rst in USC California All-Stars to the Reebok Big Time Tournament history. Had 10 points, six rebounds, fi ve assists and sent championship in Las Vegas and to an undefeated season. the game into overtime by making one of two free throws Was named MVP of the tournament. Also played at the Assists NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp and fi nished as 13, 12/4/08 at Oklahoma on Dec. 4 vs. Memphis at Madison Square Garden. Had a career-high 26 points on Jan. 26 at Oregon in a 95-86 the second-leading scorer at the camp (13 ppg). Was a overtime win, despite battling cramps late in the game. 2003 member of the CIF All-Academic Team. Steals Was injured in a fall while chasing a loose ball on Jan. 31 6, 12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine vs. Arizona two minutes into the game. He was ultimately PERSONAL: Hackett was born on Dec. 19, 1987. diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back. He Grew up in Italy where his father Rudy (USC strength 3-pointers played in parts of the next three games before before and conditioning coach) was a player and coach. His 3, 2x, last 2/12/09 at Arizona being sidlined for nearly three weeks. He began core family moved back to the United States three years ago. strengthening exercises on Feb. 12 and returned to action Speaks Italian fl uently. Is a Social Sciences and History major at USC. 2008-2009 • 55 • USC BASKETBALL DANIEL HACKETT • 2006-2007 GAME BY GAME DANIEL HACKETT • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS South Carolina .....4-7 1-4 4-4 0-7 7 3 3 3 0 0 32 13 Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Saint Mary’s ...... 0-5 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 2 2 0 0 26 0 UC Irvine...... 3-4 0-1 4-4 0-2 2 1 5 2 0 3 34 10 The Citadel ...... 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-6 6 3 2 4 0 0 23 4 New Mexico St.....3-7 1-2 3-4 0-6 6 5 5 6 3 2 32 10 Long Beach St. ....0-2 0-1 1-3 0-4 4 3 6 2 0 1 23 1 vs. Seton Hall ...... 0-7 0-4 4-4 1-2 3 3 8 4 1 3 36 4 Miss. Valley St. ....1-2 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 1 2 2 0 1 27 4 LMU ...... 2-4 1-2 2-2 0-1 1 4 3 5 0 3 24 7 vs. Chattanooga ..2-7 2-5 4-6 0-3 3 2 9 1 1 1 29 10 at Kansas...... 1-3 0-0 7-8 0-2 2 2 3 5 0 1 35 9 vs. Missouri ...... 3-8 2-3 3-4 0-2 2 4 5 8 0 1 38 11 vs, GW ...... 3-5 1-1 11-11 0-3 3 4 4 3 0 1 33 18 UT-Martin ...... 2-5 1-1 3-3 2-4 6 3 5 2 0 1 32 8 Bethune-Cookman .0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 7 1 0 0 21 0 San Francisco...... 5-8 3-4 5-6 1-3 4 4 6 6 0 0 37 18 Charleston South. 0-1 0-0 5-6 0-1 1 1 4 2 0 0 22 5 at Oklahoma ...... 2-5 1-2 3-4 0-7 7 2 13 4 0 1 40 8 Longwood ...... 0-2 0-0 3-4 0-5 5 0 7 1 0 1 22 3 Pepperdine ...... 5-7 2-3 4-4 0-2 2 3 6 7 0 6 38 16 vs. Kansas St...... 3-4 0-0 8-8 1-2 3 1 2 3 0 1 28 14 North Dakota St. ..5-11 0-3 2-2 1-4 5 2 4 4 0 0 39 12 vs. Wichita St...... 4-9 0-2 4-4 1-4 5 1 4 0 1 2 32 12 Georgia Tech ...... 2-5 0-3 11-12 0-3 3 4 5 2 1 2 36 15 Washington ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 Oral Roberts ...... 1-3 0-1 2-2 0-4 4 0 3 3 0 3 32 4 Washington St. ....0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 at Oregon...... 5-8 2-3 3-6 0-9 9 3 7 3 0 3 38 15 at Oregon...... 1-5 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 2 5 2 0 1 28 3 at Oregon St...... 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 3 3 1 0 0 13 2 at Oregon St...... 4-8 2-5 2-2 0-4 4 3 3 6 0 3 45 12 UCLA ...... 2-2 0-0 3-5 0-2 2 4 3 0 0 1 25 7 UCLA ...... 4-8 2-3 3-6 1-6 7 2 2 1 0 0 36 13 Arizona ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 8 0 Arizona St...... 0-4 0-4 4-4 0-2 2 4 6 4 0 0 36 4 Arizona St...... 1-3 1-2 5-6 1-2 3 0 0 1 0 0 12 8 Arizona ...... 4-10 2-5 1-4 1-1 2 3 3 2 0 1 38 11 at Stanford ...... 0-4 0-0 2-2 1-2 3 4 1 2 0 0 21 2 at Washington .....9-17 2-6 4-8 1-3 4 1 4 5 0 0 40 24 at California ...... 3-3 0-0 2-2 1-5 6 3 5 1 0 0 30 8 at Washington St ....1-8 1-2 11-14 0-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 40 14 Oregon St...... 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 2 3 5 1 1 2 15 2 Stanford ...... 5-9 2-4 0-1 0-2 2 1 4 2 0 2 37 12 Oregon...... 2-3 1-1 4-6 0-6 6 3 0 3 1 0 20 9 California ...... 5-14 1-4 3-5 0-3 3 1 2 2 0 1 39 14 at UCLA ...... 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 5 2 0 0 0 17 0 at UCLA ...... 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 5 3 2 0 1 23 2 at Arizona...... 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 1 0 1 22 5 at Arizona...... 8-14 3-6 1-3 1-5 6 4 4 4 0 0 40 20 at Arizona St...... 0-5 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 1 1 4 0 0 15 0 Stanford ...... 1-2 0-1 0-2 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 2 at Arizona St...... 5-10 1-4 0-0 0-5 5 5 2 2 0 0 35 11 California ...... 2-4 1-2 3-4 0-4 4 0 5 1 0 2 20 8 Washington St. ...4-11 1-2 3-4 2-4 6 2 3 2 0 0 40 12 at Washington ...... 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 1 Washington ...... 3-5 1-2 4-6 1-2 3 5 5 2 0 2 39 11 at Washington St. 2-3 0-1 2-2 0-4 4 5 3 1 0 0 25 6 at California ...... 9-17 1-4 7-11 0-2 2 3 4 2 0 2 45 26 vs. Stanford ...... 2-6 2-4 2-3 0-4 4 3 1 4 0 1 26 8 at Stanford ...... 3-9 1-2 1-2 0-2 2 3 6 3 0 1 40 8 vs. Washington St.0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 15 0 Oregon...... 4-6 1-2 8-8 0-5 5 2 6 3 1 2 35 17 vs. Oregon ...... 1-5 0-1 1-2 2-2 4 1 4 1 0 1 24 3 Oregon St...... 7-9 2-4 1-2 0-5 5 3 4 1 0 0 38 17 vs. Arkansas ...... 2-6 0-1 4-5 2-4 6 0 5 0 0 2 31 8 vs. California ...... 5-12 1-3 4-4 2-7 9 2 7 3 0 0 40 15 vs. Texas ...... 7-10 2-4 4-4 0-4 4 3 3 4 0 2 33 20 vs. UCLA...... 3-8 0-1 2-4 0-4 4 3 4 9 0 2 40 8 vs. UNC ...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 1 3 3 0 0 29 5 vs. Arizona St...... 6-11 2-6 5-8 0-6 6 2 1 1 0 1 40 19 TOTALS ...... 51-129 11-35 84-106 12-94 106 76 103 65 3 26 809 197 TOTALS ...... 128-279 40-105 115-157 14-125 139 90 155 108 7 44 1227 411

DANIEL HACKETT • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Mercer ...... DNP at The Citadel .....9-12 2-4 1-2 0-1 1 4 3 2 0 3 29 21 at S. Carolina ...... 6-9 2-2 8-8 1-9 10 2 10 0 0 2 40 22 vs. San Diego ...... 2-6 1-2 3-4 0-5 5 3 4 3 0 1 34 8 vs. Miami ...... 4-6 1-1 2-4 0-3 3 2 2 2 0 2 35 11 vs. Southern Ill. ....1-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 10 3 0 1 31 2 Oklahoma ...... 0-6 0-1 4-4 0-6 6 2 1 4 0 1 34 4 Kansas...... 4-9 2-2 1-2 0-6 6 1 2 3 1 2 40 11 vs. Memphis ...... 3-11 0-3 4-5 1-5 6 4 5 3 1 3 41 10 Delaware St...... 3-7 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 5 1 0 0 25 9 Cal Poly ...... 8-13 3-5 0-1 0-3 3 0 1 1 0 2 28 19 UC Riverside ...... 3-6 1-2 6-6 2-3 5 2 3 3 0 2 33 13 at California ...... 2-6 0-2 3-3 0-3 3 2 2 2 0 1 32 7 at Stanford ...... 4-9 0-2 4-4 1-3 4 5 3 4 1 3 34 12 Washington St. ....2-7 0-2 0-0 0-5 5 3 2 1 0 0 35 4 Washington ...... 0-4 0-2 7-8 0-4 4 2 2 2 0 0 26 7 at UCLA ...... 2-3 0-0 2-2 0-5 5 4 8 4 0 0 33 6 at Oregon St...... 2-6 1-2 2-2 0-2 2 3 3 3 0 0 27 7 at Oregon...... 6-8 3-5 11-15 1-5 6 3 6 1 0 3 43 26 Arizona ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Arizona St...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 2 1 2 0 1 18 2 at Washington ...... 0-2 0-1 3-4 0-6 6 1 4 1 0 0 27 3 at Washington St. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 0 0 24 2 UCLA ...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... DNP at Arizona...... 2-5 1-2 0-2 0-2 2 2 2 0 0 0 24 5 at Arizona St...... 0-3 0-2 4-4 0-3 3 5 2 4 0 2 28 4 California ...... 1-5 0-3 6-8 0-5 5 2 3 3 0 1 39 8 Stanford ...... 1-5 0-1 0-0 1-3 4 5 3 3 0 1 23 2 vs. Arizona St...... 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 3 1 2 0 2 35 6 vs. UCLA...... 2-6 0-3 4-4 1-3 4 3 2 1 0 0 33 8 vs. Kansas St...... 2-6 1-2 4-4 2-4 6 3 2 3 0 1 40 9 TOTALS ...... 73-171 23-61 79-96 10-100 110 69 94 63 3 34 893 248

DANIEL HACKETT • 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 2006-07 37-16 51-129 .395 11-35 .314 84-106 .792 197 5.3 12 94 106 2.9 76-2 103 65 3 26 809 2007-08 29-26 73-171 .427 23-61 .377 79-96 .823 248 8.6 10 100 110 3.8 69-3 94 63 3 34 893 2008-09 33-33 128-279 .459 40-105 .381 115-157 .732 411 12.5 14 125 139 4.2 90-4 155 108 7 44 1227 TOTALS: 99-75 252-579 .435 74-201 .368 278-359 .774 856 8.6 36 319 355 3.6 235-9 352 236 13 104 2929

2008-2009 • 56 • USC BASKETBALL MARCUS JOHNSON SENIOR • FORWARD • 6-6 • 210 • LOS ANGELES • CA • WESTCHESTER HS (CA)

BREAKDOWN: Marcus Johnson, 6-foot-6, 210- Texas Southern on Dec. 3 and 10 points and a career- pound senior forward, became available to compete high tying eight rebounds vs. Northeastern on Dec. 6. in the second semester after transferring from Again had eight rebounds and scored a season-high Connecticut. He brings a smothering 16 points on 8 of 11 shooting in loss at West Virginia defense and an aggressive on Dec. 30. Scored in double-fi gures for the last time style to the Trojans. Johnson with 10 points and three rebounds in win vs. Syracuse is a dangerous scoring on Feb. 5. Had eight points and a career-high three threat in the open blocks against Syracuse in the BIG EAST Tournament court. In his two-plus seasons at on March 7. Connecticut, Johnson averaged 4.9 points while shooting 50 percent from 2005-06: Played in 20 games as a freshman, the fi eld in 51 games, 24 starts. USC starting fi ve. Averaged 3.8 points on the year, but went 12-3 in games that Johnson was scored 13.2 ppg in his five starts. available to play. Came off the bench in the opener at Pepperdine on Nov. 19 and had two 2008-09: Johnson rebounds and an assist in 10 minutes. averaged 3.6 points and 2.1 Scored his fi rst career points on a rebounds in 14 games (one three-pointer vs. Texas Southern start), but added a lot of intangibles on Dec. 2. Made his fi rst and leadership to the squad. Played career start and scored a in his fi rst game for USC after sitting out the fi rst semester due to transfer rules on Dec. 28 vs. Oral Roberts and had six points, two rebounds, and three steals in 19 minutes. He then grabbed fi ve rebounds in the games at 0 Oregon on Jan. 2 and at Oregon State on Jan. 4. career-high 20 points on 9- Helped lead USC to victory at Washington State for-13 shooting in win vs. New on Jan. 24, hitting the go-ahead basket late in Hampshire on Dec. 18. Started the game and fi nishing with seven points. Had a the next four games and scored season-high nine points in the win vs. Stanford 13 vs. Morehead State, 14 vs. Career Highs on Jan. 29. The Trojans went 7-3 before he Stony Brook, 17 vs. Quinnipiac suffered a right rotator cuff strain with caused in a career-high 29 minutes Points him to miss the entire month of February in and two at Marquette. 20, 12/18/05 vs. New Hampshire which USC went 1-6. He returned for the In the five starts, fi nal two regular season and three Pac-10 Johnson averaged Rebounds Tournament games in which USC compiled 13.2 points and hit 8, 3x, last 12/30/06 at W. Virginia a 5-0 record. 60.0 percent of his shots (27-for-45). Assists 2007-08: Played in one exhibition 4, 12/23/05 vs. Morehead State game for UCONN for a total of six minutes, HIGH SCHOOL: A scoring three points and grabbing three consensus Top 100 national Steals rebounds in a defeat of Assumption recruit, ranked by Rivals.com as 5, 12/28/05 vs. Stony Brook College, but in the process lost a year the No. 18 shooting guard and by of eligibility. His time was limited in the Scout.com as the No. 22 small forward Blocks Assumption game and caused him to in the class of 2005. Was a two-time All- 3, 3/7/07 vs. Syracuse miss UCONN’s other exhibition game due State and All-City selection while playing to an injured right elbow. Transfered to USC and for Westchester High in Los Angeles, the began taking classes in the 2008 Spring semester. same high school that produced former Trojan and 2008-09 Season Highs current NBA player Gabe Pruitt. Westchester was a 2006-07: As a sophomore appeared in all three-time state champion and among the nation’s top- Points 31 games, starting at small forward in 19 contests. ranked teams while Johnson was there. He averaged 9, 1/29/09 vs. Stanford Averaged 5.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 16.7 minutes 18 points, six rebounds and three assists as a senior. per game. Reached double-fi gures seven times, He was coached at Westchester by Ed Azzam. Rebounds while leading the team in steals on eight occasions. 5, 2x, last 1/4/09 at Oregon St. Started and had four rebounds, four points, two PERSONAL: Marcus Joseph Christopher blocks and two steals in the opener vs. Quinnipiac Johnson was born on February 13, 1987 in Los Assists on Nov. 10. Tallied 10 points and four rebounds Angeles, Calif. He is the son of Thomas Johnson 3, 1/2/09 at Oregon vs. Central Arkansas on Nov. 17. Scored 10 points and Chrissina Johnson-Austin. He has fi ve siblings: on 5 of 8 shooting and grabbed a career-high eight Stephen, Roman, Comesha, Jy’Aire and Zion. Steals rebounds in win vs. Mississippi on Nov. 19. Again 3, 12/28/08 vs. Oral Robert hit 5 of eight shots and scored 14 points, with six rebounds and three assists in win vs. Albany on Nov. Blocks 26. Reached double-fi gures again will 11 points vs. 1, 4x, last 1/31/09 vs. California 2008-2009 • 57 • USC BASKETBALL MARCUS JOHNSON • 2005-2006 GAME BY GAME MARCUS JOHNSON • 2008-2009 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 at Pepperdine ...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 1 2 0 0 10 0 UC Irvine...... DNP vs. Arkansas ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 New Mexico St... DNP vs. Arizona ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 vs. Seton Hall .... DNP vs. Gonzaga ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 vs. Chattanooga DNP Army ...... 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 vs. Missouri ...... DNP Texas Southern....1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 1 0 2 11 3 UT-Martin ...... DNP Massachusetts.....0-0 0-0 1-4 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 San Francisco.... DNP New Hampshire ..9-13 2-3 0-2 2-0 2 2 2 2 0 1 24 20 at Oklahoma ...... DNP Morehead State ...4-8 0-1 5-5 3-2 5 4 4 1 2 1 22 13 Pepperdine ...... DNP Stony Brook ...... 6-10 0-1 2-6 3-3 6 3 0 2 0 5 22 14 North Dakota St. . DNP Quinnipiac...... 7-9 1-1 2-5 1-2 3 2 1 1 2 4 29 17 Georgia Tech ..... DNP at Marquette ...... 1-5 0-1 0-2 1-3 4 2 1 1 0 0 11 2 Oral Roberts ...... 2-5 0-1 2-2 0-2 2 2 1 4 0 3 19 6 LSU...... DNP at Oregon...... 0-3 0-0 3-5 0-5 5 0 3 0 0 2 19 3 Cincinnati ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 at Oregon St...... 3-5 1-1 0-1 2-3 5 1 1 2 1 0 19 7 Georgetown ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 UCLA ...... 2-6 0-1 0-1 0-4 4 1 0 0 1 0 17 4 at Syracuse...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Arizona St...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 at Louisville ...... DNP Arizona ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 St. John’s ...... DNP at Washington ...... 4-8 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 3 1 2 0 2 23 8 at Providence...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 at Washington St ....3-4 0-0 1-1 0-2 2 2 1 1 0 1 18 7 Pittsburgh ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stanford ...... 4-6 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 1 0 1 1 2 18 9 at Indiana ...... DNP California ...... 3-5 0-0 0-5 0-3 3 2 1 1 1 0 23 6 Syracuse...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 at UCLA ...... DNP at Seton Hall ...... 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 at Arizona...... DNP at Villanova ...... DNP at West Virginia . DNP at Arizona St...... DNP Notre Dame ...... DNP Washington St. .. DNP Villanova ...... DNP Washington ...... DNP at South Florida . DNP at California ...... DNP Louisville ...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP vs. Syracuse ...... DNP Oregon...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 vs. Albany ...... DNP Oregon St...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 2 0 0 11 0 vs. Kentucky ...... DNP vs. California ...... DNP vs. Washington ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. UCLA...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. George Mason DNP vs. Arizona St...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 TOTALS ...... 30-54 5-9 11-29 10-19 29 22 13 13 5 17 177 76 TOTALS ...... 21-48 1-5 7-17 4-25 29 15 10 14 4 10 189 50

MARCUS JOHNSON • 2006-2007 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Quinnipiac...... 1-4 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 1 1 4 2 2 16 4 Central Arkansas .4-8 0-3 2-3 2-2 4 2 0 0 0 2 27 10 Fairfi eld ...... 3-6 2-4 0-1 1-0 1 3 3 1 0 2 26 8 Mississippi ...... 5-8 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 2 1 3 0 0 24 10 Albany...... 5-8 0-2 4-8 2-4 6 3 3 1 2 1 23 14 Sacred Heart ...... 3-4 0-0 1-1 1-1 2 3 1 2 0 0 16 7 Texas Southern....3-9 0-0 5-5 2-0 2 1 3 0 0 2 22 11 Northeastern ...... 3-7 0-0 4-4 4-4 8 1 1 3 2 1 23 10 St. Mary’s ...... 3-5 0-0 2-2 0-3 3 1 1 2 1 2 18 8 Pepperdine ...... 1-5 0-1 2-4 1-3 4 1 3 1 2 2 25 4 Coppin State ...... 2-6 0-0 0-1 2-3 5 3 1 3 0 1 19 4 at West Virginia ..8-11 0-0 0-0 5-3 8 3 2 1 0 1 25 16 South Florida ...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 2 0 2 20 4 at LSU...... 4-7 0-0 0-2 3-4 7 0 0 2 0 0 26 8 Marquette ...... 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 5 1 2 0 2 11 0 at St. John’s ...... 2-3 0-0 1-3 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 5 at Pittsburgh ...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 4 Indiana ...... 4-6 0-0 0-1 2-0 2 3 1 0 0 2 21 8 at Louisville ...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 10 2 Providence...... 3-7 1-2 0-0 3-1 4 1 0 2 0 2 12 7 at DePaul ...... 0-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 0 12 0 Rutgers ...... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 0 Syracuse...... 4-6 1-1 1-2 1-2 3 2 0 1 0 1 16 10 at Georgia Tech ...0-2 0-0 1-4 1-1 2 4 1 1 0 0 14 1 Seton Hall ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 at Syracuse...... 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 at Rutgers ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 Louisville ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Villanova ...... 2-6 0-0 0-2 1-5 6 3 0 1 2 0 16 4 at Georgetown .....2-2 0-0 0-2 1-1 2 0 1 2 0 2 16 4 vs. Syracuse ...... 4-7 0-1 0-1 0-1 1 3 0 1 3 1 21 8 TOTALS ...... 70-146 4-15 28-56 38-55 93 58 26 41 15 31 517 172

MARCUS JOHNSON • 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 2005-06 20-5 30-54 .556 5-9 .556 11-29 .379 76 3.8 10 19 29 1.5 22-0 13 13 5 17 177 2006-07 31-19 70-146 .479 4-15 .267 28-56 .500 172 5.5 38 55 93 3.0 58-1 26 41 15 31 517 2007-07 Did Not Play, Transferred to USC in second semester 2008-09 14-1 21-48 .438 1-5 .200 7-17 .412 50 3.6 4 25 29 2.1 15-0 10 14 4 10 189 TOTALS: 65-25 121-248 .488 10-29 .345 46-102 .451 298 4.6 52 99 151 2.3 95-1 49 68 24 58 883 2008-2009 • 58 • USC BASKETBALL DWIGHT LEWIS JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-5 • 215 • METAIRIE • LA • JAMES TAYLOR HS (TX)

BREAKDOWN: Dwight Lewis, a 6-foot-5, 215- 10 quarterfi nals on March 13. Had eight points, an pound junior guard, is an explosive scorer with assist and a steal in the NCAA Tournament loss to a good mid-range game and the ability to Kansas State. defend on the perimeter. He ranks 16th on USC’s all-time three-point baskets made 2006-07: Lewis was one of the more list with 102 and in USC’s Pac-10 Finals pleasant surprises for USC in his fi rst game became the school’s 34th player to season. Came off the bench and scored reach the 1,000 career points plateau. 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting and had four rebounds in the win vs. St. Mary’s 2008-09: Was USC’s leading on Nov. 18. Made his fi rst start on scorer for most of the season, Nov. 24 vs. Long Beach State and but fi nished second with a 14.1 had seven points, four rebounds, average. He scored in double three assists and two steals. figures in 25 of his 31 games Matched his season highs in and posted six games of 20 or rebounds (5) and assists (3) more points. Had a career-best while scoring 11 points in the 26 points on 9 of 16 shooting vs. win vs. Bethune-Cookman on San Francisco on Dec. 1. Matched Dec. 14. Scored 11 points in 21 that total with 26 points at Oregon minutes vs. Washington State on on Jan. 2 in the Pac-10 opener. Dec. 30. Started again on Jan. 4 Also had a 25-point game in USC’s at Oregon and had 10 points and one-point loss at Oklahoma on Dec. 4. fi ve rebounds to help the Trojans Made a career-high six three-pointers snap the Ducks’ 13-game winning and fi nished with 21 points at Arizona streak. Scored 11 points and was 2211 on Feb. 15. Scored 13 points and had a season-best 3-for-3 from three- three assists in USC’s Pac-10 Finals point range on Feb. 1 vs. Oregon win over Arizona State to give him State. Scored a season-high 14 1,008 career points, the 34th Trojan points on 5-for-7 shooting on Feb. 24 to reach that level. Made a career- Career Highs vs. California. Started twice in USC’s best 10 free throws (10-for-12) in fi rst 15 games and nine times in the the win vs. Arizona on Jan. 17. last 22 games. Played in all 37 games Points 26, 2x, last 1/2/09 at Oregon and reached double fi gures in scoring 2007-08: Scored in eight times. double figures in 18 of 33 Rebounds 8, 12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine games. Has started 32 of 33 games, coming HIGH SCHOOL: Lewis played his senior off the bench at Stanford on Jan. 5. Ranked season at James Taylor High in Katy, Tex., Assists second on the team in points (357), after being uprooted by hurricane Katrina. 5, 2x, last 2/15/09 at Arizona St. shots taken (293) and three-point baskets Lewis helped lead James Taylor High to (31). His career high in points as a a 17-10 record by scoring 21 points per Steals freshman was 14 and game and was named fi rst-team all-region. 3, 4x, last 1/21/09 vs. Stanford he passed that in the He was ranked by Rivals.com as the No. fi rst game of the season 44 shooting guard in the Class of 2006. 3-pointers with 15 vs. Mercer As a junior at Archbishop Rummel High 6, 2/12/09 at Arizona on Nov. 10. Then in Metairie, La., he averaged 27.5 points, scored 18 points 9.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. He on Nov. 17 at South was named fi rst-team all-state by the New 2008-09 Season Highs Carolina and on Dec. Orleans Times-Pacayune. Was a fourth-team 17 vs. Delaware State (8- selection Parade All-American for the 2004- Points for-9 from the fi eld). Scored a 05 season. He was coached at Archbishop 26, 2x, last 1/2/09 at Oregon career-high 24 points on 8-for- Rummel High by Steve Alfonso. 14 shooting from the fi eld and Rebounds 6-for-7 from the free throw line : Lewis was born on Oct. 7, 8, 12/15/08 vs. Pepperdine PERSONAL at Oregon on Jan. 26. Scored 1987. He is a Social Sciences and History major 21 points in the overtime at USC. Lists his favorite movie as “How High.” Assists 5, 2x, last 2/15/09 at Arizona St. win vs. California on March Says his favorite current basketball player is Ryan 6. He had a career-high six Wetherell and his favorite all-time as Michael Jor- Steals rebounds in that game and dan. Likes to play video games in his spare time. 3, 2x, last 1/21/09 vs. Stanford matched that with six board vs. Arizona State in the Pac- 3-pointers 6, 2/12/09 at Arizona

2008-2009 • 59 • USC BASKETBALL DWIGHT LEWIS • 2006-2007 GAME BY GAME DWIGHT LEWIS • 2008-2009 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 South Carolina .....2-5 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 5 UC Irvine...... 6-12 3-5 3-4 1-6 7 4 3 0 0 2 28 18 Saint Mary’s ...... 6-9 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 3 0 5 0 0 18 12 New Mexico St....5-11 0-3 6-8 1-3 4 2 1 2 0 2 34 16 The Citadel ...... 4-6 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 20 10 vs. Seton Hall .....4-13 0-3 4-5 1-0 1 0 0 3 0 2 35 12 Long Beach St. ...2-14 0-2 3-4 3-1 4 3 3 4 0 2 27 7 vs. Chattanooga .7-13 1-3 1-2 2-4 6 0 3 2 0 1 29 16 Miss. Valley St. ....2-5 0-1 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 24 6 vs. Missouri ...... 6-10 2-4 1-3 0-1 1 4 1 5 2 2 34 15 LMU ...... 0-4 0-2 0-2 0-2 2 0 2 1 0 0 22 0 UT-Martin ...... 5-10 3-6 0-0 0-4 4 1 2 3 0 1 29 13 at Kansas...... 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-4 5 1 1 2 0 0 19 3 San Francisco.....9-16 1-4 7-9 0-2 2 2 0 3 0 3 37 26 vs, GW ...... 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 2 1 3 0 0 18 2 at Oklahoma ...... 8-15 3-4 6-6 1-1 2 2 0 2 0 0 39 25 Bethune-Cookman .4-9 1-3 2-2 1-4 5 0 3 0 0 2 21 11 Pepperdine ...... 5-15 2-6 5-6 2-6 8 2 5 2 0 2 32 17 Charleston South. 2-8 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 3 0 1 21 4 North Dakota St. ..2-10 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 0 1 35 4 Longwood ...... 3-4 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 1 0 2 0 1 16 8 Georgia Tech ...... 7-10 2-3 3-4 0-1 1 1 1 2 0 0 37 19 vs. Kansas St...... 4-9 0-2 0-0 2-1 3 4 0 2 0 0 14 8 Oral Roberts ...... 5-11 1-2 1-2 0-2 2 1 1 3 0 0 32 12 vs. Wichita St...... 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 at Oregon...... 10-19 4-5 2-3 3-3 6 0 1 3 0 1 37 26 Washington ...... 2-4 1-2 2-2 0-3 3 0 0 1 0 2 16 7 at Oregon St...... 2-13 2-9 0-0 1-1 2 1 3 5 0 1 43 6 Washington St. ....3-6 1-3 4-6 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 21 11 UCLA ...... 2-11 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 0 0 40 4 at Oregon...... 4-10 1-2 1-3 0-5 5 3 2 1 0 0 34 10 Arizona St...... 6-13 5-8 1-2 2-1 3 1 2 2 0 0 33 18 at Oregon St...... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 1 3 2 0 1 23 2 Arizona ...... 5-13 1-5 10-12 2-2 4 2 4 3 0 1 40 21 UCLA ...... 2-2 2-2 1-2 0-1 1 2 1 2 0 0 26 7 at Washington ....DNP Arizona ...... 1-5 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 2 3 0 0 1 13 2 at Washington St .. DNP Arizona St...... 0-5 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 2 Stanford ...... 4-9 0-2 1-2 0-3 3 3 1 2 1 3 37 9 at Stanford ...... 3-7 0-1 1-1 0-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 23 7 California ...... 3-10 1-4 5-7 0-1 1 3 2 2 0 0 32 12 at California ...... 3-4 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 3 0 2 0 1 16 7 at UCLA ...... 7-15 0-2 6-8 0-2 2 2 0 6 0 2 37 20 Oregon St...... 4-7 3-3 0-0 1-3 4 1 1 4 0 0 27 11 at Arizona...... 7-14 6-9 1-2 1-1 2 3 3 2 0 1 38 21 Oregon...... 2-4 1-3 3-4 0-1 1 0 3 0 0 2 27 8 at Arizona St...... 4-11 1-5 2-2 2-2 4 5 5 2 0 1 40 11 at UCLA ...... 3-7 2-3 0-0 0-4 4 2 0 1 0 0 33 8 Washington St. ...5-11 1-1 6-6 0-4 4 3 2 2 0 1 37 17 at Arizona...... 2-6 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 24 4 Washington ...... 4-15 2-7 1-2 0-3 3 5 0 6 0 2 39 11 at Arizona St...... 2-5 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 2 0 1 18 4 at California ...... 3-9 3-6 1-2 0-3 3 2 4 0 0 0 39 10 Stanford ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 at Stanford ...... 4-12 0-1 1-3 3-4 7 5 2 1 0 1 33 9 California ...... 5-7 2-2 2-2 1-2 3 1 2 1 0 2 22 14 Oregon...... 5-13 0-4 0-0 0-3 3 4 4 5 0 0 35 10 at Washington ...... 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 3 2 1 0 0 15 0 at Washington St. 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 1 30 4 Oregon St...... 0-5 0-4 0-0 0-3 3 0 4 2 0 1 35 0 vs. Stanford ...... 3-5 2-3 2-2 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 0 21 10 vs. California ...... 4-18 3-6 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 1 0 0 37 11 vs. Washington St. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 vs. UCLA...... 4-11 2-3 4-5 0-3 3 2 3 3 1 1 39 14 vs. Oregon ...... 3-8 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 29 8 vs. Arizona St...... 4-10 2-7 3-4 0-2 2 0 3 2 0 1 39 13 vs. Arkansas ...... 3-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 TOTALS ...... 152-378 51-135 81-109 23-75 98 65 65 77 4 33 1111 436 vs. Texas ...... 1-4 0-2 4-8 1-4 5 1 0 0 0 0 21 6 vs. UNC ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 10 0 TOTALS ...... 80-197 20-61 35-53 16-62 78 46 40 50 0 23 733 215

DWIGHT LEWIS • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Mercer ...... 6-13 1-4 2-4 2-1 3 3 0 1 0 0 36 15 at The Citadel ...... 3-6 0-1 4-4 0-1 1 0 1 2 0 0 28 10 at S. Carolina ...... 6-16 0-3 6-7 0-4 4 4 2 1 0 0 34 18 vs. San Diego ...... 1-3 1-2 2-2 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 5 vs. Miami ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 1 1 0 0 28 2 vs. Southern Ill. ....6-9 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 2 0 1 32 14 Oklahoma ...... 4-8 0-1 3-6 0-3 3 1 0 1 0 1 30 11 Kansas...... 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 5 0 0 25 4 vs. Memphis ...... 4-9 0-2 1-1 1-2 3 0 1 2 0 1 36 9 Delaware St...... 8-9 2-3 0-2 0-2 2 1 4 3 0 0 34 18 Cal Poly ...... 4-11 2-5 3-4 0-2 2 1 3 3 0 2 27 13 UC Riverside ...... 2-8 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 1 0 0 32 6 at California ...... 5-11 2-5 5-5 1-3 4 1 4 1 0 2 35 17 at Stanford ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 1 0 0 20 2 Washington St. ...7-10 0-1 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 37 16 Washington ...... 7-12 1-3 2-3 0-4 4 2 1 2 0 1 32 17 at UCLA ...... 5-9 1-2 0-2 1-4 5 0 1 2 0 0 32 11 at Oregon St...... 2-8 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 1 0 1 27 5 at Oregon...... 8-14 2-6 6-7 1-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 42 24 Arizona ...... 1-4 0-3 1-2 1-1 2 1 1 2 0 0 38 3 Arizona St...... 3-11 2-5 1-7 0-3 3 0 2 0 0 1 32 9 at Washington ...... 3-9 1-3 2-2 1-1 2 0 1 1 0 1 30 9 at Washington St. 4-8 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 1 37 8 UCLA ...... 6-11 2-4 2-2 0-1 1 5 1 1 0 1 40 16 Oregon...... 3-8 2-4 4-6 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 38 12 Oregon St...... 5-13 1-3 3-4 0-4 4 2 1 3 0 2 31 14 at Arizona...... 5-10 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 35 11 at Arizona St...... 1-4 1-4 0-0 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 1 27 3 California ...... 7-13 1-4 6-9 2-4 6 1 3 2 0 3 43 21 Stanford ...... 4-10 1-2 5-8 2-2 4 3 0 3 0 0 37 14 vs. Arizona St...... 2-8 0-4 0-1 2-4 6 1 1 3 0 2 26 4 vs. UCLA...... 4-8 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 8 vs. Kansas St...... 3-10 2-5 0-0 1-1 2 3 1 2 0 1 32 8 TOTALS ...... 133-293 31-96 60-90 18-62 80 47 45 55 1 24 1078 357

DWIGHT LEWIS • 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 2006-07 37-11 80-197 .406 20-61 .328 35-53 .660 215 5.8 16 62 78 2.1 46-0 40 50 0 23 733 2007-08 33-32 133-293 .454 31-96 .323 60-90 .667 357 10.8 18 62 80 2.4 47-1 45 55 1 24 1078 2008-09 31-30 152-378 .402 51-135 .378 81-109 .743 436 14.1 23 75 98 3.2 65-3 65 77 4 33 1111 TOTALS: 101-73 365-868 .421 102-292 .349 176-252 .698 1008 10.0 57 199 256 2.5 158-4 150 182 5 80 2922

2008-2009 • 60 • USC BASKETBALL J.J. MEYERS JUNIOR • GUARD • 6-2 • 175 • HIDDEN HILLS • CA • CAMPBELL HALL HS (CA)

BREAKDOWN: Joel “J.J.” Meyers, Jr., 6-foot- PERSONAL: Meyers was born on Jan. 8, 1988 2, 175-pound junior guard, will add to the Trojans in Los Angeles, Calif. Likes listening to music, playing depth in the backcourt after transferring to USC. He volleyball, going to the beach and playing video games. attended Loyola Marymount from 2006-08, but His favorite foods are sushi and lobster. Would like did not play basketball. some day to attend a World Cup soccer match and to travel to Spain, Australia and Italy. Lists 2008-09: Transferred to USC his biggest sports thrills as winning the state from Loyola Marymount. Suited up championship at Campbell Hall and watching for LMU as a freshman, but did not Kobe Bryant score 81 points against the play basketball as a sophomore. Did Raptors. Says Kobe Bryant is his biggest not play in a game this season. Had a sports hero because he is the most rebound and an assist in the Cardinal focused athlete he has ever seen. J.J.’s & Gold Scrimmage on Oct. 26. father, Joel, is the television play-by- play announcer for the Lakers and a HIGH SCHOOL: Meyers longtime national sports broadcaster. attended Campbell Hall High J.J. is a history major at USC and in North Hollywood where he would like to become a sports agent graduated in 2006. He played or attorney. guard for Campbell Hall for three seasons and was a member of the 2005 Division IV State Championship team which defeated Berkeley, 74-53, at Arco Arena in Sacramento. His team went a perfect 32-0 to capture the state 3344 title. He made 50 percent of his shots as a junior and was fourth on his team in scoring as a senior, averaging 12.0 points, six rebounds, assists and two steals. He was All-Olympic League and Career Highs led the conference is steals and charges. Meyers was also named second-team Points All-CIF and to the All-Academic team. First season at USC Had a career-best game of 25 points during his senior season. Rebounds First season at USC

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2008-2009 • 61 • USC BASKETBALL PERCY MILLER FRESHMAN • GUARD • 5-11 • 170 • BEVERLY HILLS • CA • BEVERLY HILLS HS (CA)

BREAKDOWN: Percy Romeo Miller, 5-foot- Percy is a three-time platinum certifi ed hip-hop artist 11, 170-pound freshman guard, is extremely that has sold more than 1.5 million CDs. He became quick and unselfi sh point guard who plays the youngest artist to have a Billboard No. 1 exceptionally hard and likes to get his single when “My Baby” topped the charts when teammates involved. Miller thrives on he was 11, breaking the mark held by Michael defense and is a three-point specialist. Jackson. He also has been acting since the age of 11 and starred in the Nickelodeon show 2008-09: Played in six games for “Romeo!” from 2003-06. He also appeared USC in his freshman season. Played three in such popular television shows as “The minutes in the opener vs. UC Irvine and Hugleys,” “The Proud Family” and “One- had a rebound. Made his only basket on-One.” In addition to his fi ve CDs of the season vs. Tennessee-Martin on and successful television show, Miller Nov. 28. Went 1-for-2 from the free starred in the Hollywood Box Offi ce throw line and had a rebound blockbuster feature film “Honey” at UCLA on Feb. 4. alongside Jessica Alba. He also is a successful business entrepreneur HIGH who has released books SCHOOL: Miller averaged 13.9 points and has a clothing line. and 5.6 assists his junior season at Beverly Miller also believes Hills High in Beverly Hills, Calif. to earn All- in giving back to CIF honors. He played at the 2006 ABCD the community Camp as one of the top 200 high school basketball and is involved in players. He averaged 8.6 points and 9.0 assists as a variety for charity a senior, but was limited to eight games and played endeavors and this 1155 limited minutes due to a strained hip fl exor and past summer along bruised right knee. He ended up sitting out the with his father received 20 remainder of the season to prepare for college. the key to the city in Led Beverly Hills High in one of their biggest Memphis in recognition of in-state tournament victories by averaging 18 their “Let the Kids Grow” Career Highs points and 8.9 assists. Was named an MVP at educational program. the Michael Jordan Camp and named the top Points Defensive Specialist. Won the Big Time three- 2, 11/28/08 vs. UT-Martin point competition as a sophomore, defeating ASU’s James Harden. Miller also helped lead Rebounds his AAU team to two national titles. 1, 2x, last 2/4/09 at UCLA PERSONAL: Miller was born on Aug. Assists 19, 1989 in New Orleans, La. He is the oldest 1, 11/21/09 vs. Chattanooga of seven children from parents Percy, Sr. and Sonya Miller. His father, also known as Master Steals None P, is a rapper and very successful business entrepreneur. His father also shares a passion Blocks for the game of basketball and signed None contracts with the Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors, but never played in an NBA game during the regular season. 2008-09 Season Highs PERCY MILLER • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME Points 3PT TOTAL 2, 11/28/08 vs. UT-Martin Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS UC Irvine...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Rebounds vs. Chattanooga ..0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 UT-Martin ...... 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1, 2x, last 2/4/09 at UCLA at Oregon...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 California ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Assists at UCLA ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1, 11/21/09 vs. Chattanooga TOTALS ...... 1-2 0-1 1-3 1-1 2 1 1 1 0 0 12 3

Steals PERCY MILLER • CAREER STATISTICS None 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 2008-09 6-0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 3 0.5 1 1 2 0.3 1-0 1 1 0 0 12 Blocks TOTALS: 6-0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 3 0.5 1 1 2 0.3 1-0 1 1 0 0 12 None

2008-2009 • 62 • USC BASKETBALL MARCUS SIMMONS SOPHOMORE • GUARD • 6-6 • 200 • ALEXANDRIA • LA • PEABODY HS (LA)

BREAKDOWN: Marcus Simmons, a 6-foot-6, games and played 101 minutes. Played in his 200-pound sophomore guard, is a versatile player fi rst game on Nov. 15 at The Citadel and had with superb defensive instincts. He has the ability two rebounds in nine minutes. Played at South to lock down the opposition’s top scorer. He Carolina on Nov. 17 and had three rebounds can play various positions on the court and is a in two minutes. Did not play again until Dec. tireless worker. He was expected to contribute 17 vs. Delaware State when he had three right away for the Trojans last season, but was rebounds and an assist in 13 minutes of hampered by an ankle sprain all of last season. action. Scored his fi rst career points by Eventually had surgery on Sept. 16 to remove making two free throws vs. Cal Poly on additional bone growth in his left leg due to Dec. 22. Was out of action again complications from his ankle injury last from Jan. 24-Feb. 23, but was season. Was not healthy enough to fi tted with a new ankle brace play signifi cant minutes early in the in mid-February and made season, but has been a key member steady improvement after for USC down the stretch as a starter that. Had a season-high four or coming off the bench. points and fi ve rebounds in a season-high 16 minutes 2008-09: Was on Feb. 23 vs. Oregon slowed in the State. Also played 16 beginning of minutes on March 1 at the season as Arizona State and had two he rehabilitated points, two rebounds and his ankle two steals. Played in all three due to the Sept. of USC’s postseason games, 16 surgery , then playing three minutes vs. Arizona 2200 suffered another early-season sprain State and two vs. UCLA (one steal) which slowed him further. He was in the Pac-10 Tournament and then able to play in 18 of USC’s fi rst 26 playing a minute vs. Kansas State in games, but only played 10 the NCAA Tournament. Career Highs or more minutes four times. Since the Feb. 26 game at HIGH SCHOOL: Simmons Points California where he came averaged 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 11, 2/28/09 at Stanford off the bench and played 22 5.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game as minutes and scored six points, a senior at Peabody H.S. in Alexandria, Rebounds has played double-figures La. Helped lead Peabody to a 37-4 5, 2/23/08 vs. Oregon St. in minutes in six of USC’s record and the 2006-07 4-A Louisiana seven games, including four state championship, winning their last Assists starts. Scored a career- 17. He was selected to the All-District 4-A 2, 2x, last 3/5/09 vs. Oregon high 11 points at Stanford on team and earned All-State honors. Was Jan. 28. Started and played a k e y ranked as the No. 47 small forward in the Steals roll in all three of USC’s Pac-10 2007 recruiting class by Rivals.com. As a 2, 3/1/08 at Arizona St. Tournament games en route to the title. junior, Simmons led Peabody to a 34-5 He scored six points, had four rebounds and record and a No. 2 ranking in the state Blocks 1, 6x, last 3/13/09 vs. UCLA contained Cal’s Jerome Randle for of Louisiana, averaging 18.0 points, 7.0 much of the game. In the semifi nal rebounds and six assists per game. vs. UCLA, Simmons had another Simmons was coached at Peabody 2008-09 Season Highs six points and four rebounds, High by Charles Smith. while hounding UCLA’s Darren Points Collison into 1-for-9 shooting and PERSONAL: Simmons was born on 11, 2/28/09 at Stanford seven turnovers. January 28, 1988.

Rebounds 2007-08: Suffered a high ankle sprain in the 4, 2x, last 3/13/09 vs. UCLA preseason which limited his practice time before the season, then continued to experience pain Assists throughout the season. Appeared in a total of 15 2, 3/5/09 vs. Oregon

Steals 1, 8x, last 3/14/09 vs. Arizona St.

Blocks 1, 5x, last 3/13/09 vs. UCLA

2008-2009 • 63 • USC BASKETBALL MARCUS SIMMONS • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Mercer ...... DNP at The Citadel ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 at S. Carolina ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 vs. San Diego .... DNP vs. Miami ...... DNP vs. Southern Ill. ..DNP Oklahoma ...... DNP Kansas...... DNP vs. Memphis ...... DNP Delaware St...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 13 0 Cal Poly ...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 UC Riverside ..... DNP at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Washington St. ....0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at UCLA ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 at Oregon St...... 0-2 0-1 0-2 1-1 2 1 1 1 1 0 10 0 at Oregon...... DNP Arizona ...... DNP Arizona St...... DNP at Washington ....DNP at Washington St. DNP UCLA ...... DNP Oregon...... DNP Oregon St...... 2-3 0-0 0-2 0-5 5 2 0 2 0 0 16 4 at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 4 0 2 0 2 16 2 California ...... DNP Stanford ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 vs. Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 vs. UCLA...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 vs. Kansas St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS ...... 3-13 0-2 2-6 6-17 23 9 5 8 1 3 101 8

MARCUS SIMMONS • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS UC Irvine...... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 New Mexico St.....1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 vs. Seton Hall ...... 2-4 0-0 0-2 0-2 2 2 0 2 1 1 16 4 vs. Chattanooga ..1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 1 0 2 1 0 15 4 vs. Missouri ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 UT-Martin ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 1 2 0 1 22 2 San Francisco.... DNP at Oklahoma ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Pepperdine ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 0 0 8 0 North Dakota St. ...0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0 Georgia Tech ...... 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 Oral Roberts ...... DNP at Oregon...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP UCLA ...... DNP Arizona St...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 Arizona ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 at Washington ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 at Washington St .. DNP Stanford ...... DNP California ...... DNP at UCLA ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 2 at Arizona...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 at Arizona St...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Washington St. ....0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 Washington ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 at California ...... 3-8 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 2 1 0 0 1 22 6 at Stanford ...... 5-8 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 3 1 2 0 0 30 11 Oregon...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 13 1 Oregon St...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 vs. California ...... 3-9 0-0 0-0 4-0 4 3 1 0 0 1 32 6 vs. UCLA...... 3-5 0-0 0-2 0-4 4 2 1 4 1 1 38 6 vs. Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 1 0 1 21 0 TOTALS ...... 22-56 0-2 6-14 12-19 31 36 9 22 5 8 291 50

MARCUS SIMMONS • 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 2007-08 15-0 3-13 .231 0-2 .000 2-6 .333 8 0.5 6 17 23 1.5 9-0 5 8 1 3 101 2008-09 25-5 22-56 .393 0-2 .000 6-14 .429 50 2.0 12 19 31 1.2 36-0 9 22 5 8 291 TOTALS: 40-5 25-69 .362 0-4 .000 8-20 .400 58 1.5 18 36 54 1.4 45-0 14 30 6 11 392

2008-2009 • 64 • USC BASKETBALL DONTE SMITH SOPHOMORE • GUARD • 5-11 • 180 • POMONA • CA • DIAMOND RANCH HS

BREAKDOWN: Donte Smith, 5-foot-11, 180- three-point range. Was rated at the No. 1 junior college pound freshman guard, has good court awareness player by the Jerry Mullens Report. Scored 22 of a and knows how to run a team. He also has the ability game-high 33 points in the second half to lead Mt. SAC to stretch defenses by hitting the long three-point to a come-from-behind 80-72 win at Cerritos College on shot. Jan. 3, 2007. Was the second-leading scorer among California JUCO players. Participated in the Top 20 2008-09: Played in 24 games for All-Star Game held in Fullerton, Calif. and scored 15 USC and made three starts. Saw his points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out eight role diminish as the Trojans reached assists to help lead his team to a 135-127 victory. Pac-10 play. He appeared in all 12 The game was tied with less than two minutes left of USC’s non-conference games and when Smith was fouled and hit both free throws, averaged 3.4 poings in 14.4 minutes then he had a long pass which resulted in a per game. He played in 12 of USC’s dunk to seal the victory. Also stood out at 18 Pac-10 games and averaged the 2007 Fullcourt Press JUCO/Unsigned 1.2 points and played 5.0 minutes Senior Showcase in Long Beach on July per game. Scored a season-high 28. In the fi rst game, he scored 15 nine points vs. Seton Hall on Nov. points and had nine assist to lead the 20. Recorded a season-best fi ve Compton Magic to an easy win. In the assists vs. Missouri on Nov. 23. Is second game, Smith nailed the winning third on the team in three-pointers shot, a baseline fallaway jumper, in a 83-82 made with 12 and seventh in victory. He fi nished with 24 points, six assists assists with 22. Made 80 percent and fi ve steals in the win. of his free throws (8-for-10).

2007-08: Served a redshirt 3355 season at Mt. San Antonio College : Smith spent his senior HIGH SCHOOL so he could transfer to USC and play season at Diamond Ranch High in Pomona, Calif. immediately. and averaged 18.4 points, 3.2 steals and 4.2 assists per game. He also hit 58.0 percent of his Career Highs 2006-07: As a first-year three-point attempts. Smith’s coach at Diamond player at Mt. SAC, he averaged Ranch High was Ed Taylor. Points 21.7 points per game with a 9, 11/20/08 vs. Seton Hall single-game high of 37 points. PERSONAL: Smith was born on April 23, 1998 He made 100 three-point shots in Pomona, Calif. His favorite NBA player is Rebounds and hit nearly 50 percent from Chris Paul. 3, 11/15.08 vs. UC Irvine

Assists 5, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri

Steals 2, 3x, last 1/31/09 vs. California

Blocks None

2008-09 Season Highs

Points 9, 11/20/08 vs. Seton Hall

Rebounds 3, 11/15.08 vs. UC Irvine

Assists 5, 11/23/08 vs. Missouri

Steals 2, 3x, last 1/31/09 vs. California

Blocks None

2008-2009 • 65 • USC BASKETBALL DONTE SMITH • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS UC Irvine...... 2-5 1-4 0-1 1-2 3 0 1 3 0 0 15 5 New Mexico St.....0-4 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 15 2 vs. Seton Hall ...... 3-6 3-6 0-0 0-1 1 4 1 4 0 0 17 9 vs. Chattanooga ..0-5 0-4 0-0 0-2 2 4 3 2 0 0 16 0 vs. Missouri ...... 2-5 1-3 1-1 0-1 1 1 5 3 0 1 15 6 UT-Martin ...... 2-7 2-5 2-2 0-2 2 1 2 1 0 0 20 8 San Francisco...... 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 20 0 at Oklahoma ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 Pepperdine ...... 2-5 2-4 1-1 0-1 1 2 3 2 0 2 18 7 North Dakota St. ...0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 Georgia Tech ...... 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 1 2 0 0 11 2 Oral Roberts ...... 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-1 2 1 2 1 0 0 12 2 at Oregon...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 at Oregon St...... DNP UCLA ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Arizona St...... 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 0 Arizona ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 at Washington ...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 at Washington St .. DNP Stanford ...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 California ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 at UCLA ...... 3-7 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 3 0 1 17 7 at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Washington St. .. DNP Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Oregon...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 Oregon St...... DNP vs. California ...... DNP vs. UCLA...... DNP vs. Arizona St.....DNP TOTALS ...... 18-70 12-50 8-10 2-12 14 29 22 29 0 9 233 56

DONTE SMITH • 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 2008-09 24-3 18-70 .257 12-50 .240 8-10 .800 56 2.3 2 12 14 0.6 29-0 22 29 0 9 233 TOTALS: 24-3 18-70 .257 12-50 .240 8-10 .800 56 2.3 2 12 14 0.6 29-0 22 29 0 9 233

2008-2009 • 66 • USC BASKETBALL ALEX STEPHESON JUNIOR • FORWARD • 6-9 • 235 • LOS ANGELES • CA • HARVARD-WESTLAKE HS

BREAKDOWN: Alex Stepheson, 6-foot-9, 235- points vs. UNC-Asheville on Dec. 16 and vs. Penn on pound junior forward, is a solid defender, rebounder Jan. 3. He had six points and fi ve rebounds in the win and shot blocker. Has been doing extra work on vs. Florida Atlantic on Dec. 19. Grabbed six rebounds the offensive end to improve his scoring. against Gardner-Webb on Nov. 19, UNC-Asheville Transferred to USC to be closer to his family and Dayton on Dec. 31. Had a season-high eight due to several health concerns. Ineligible rebounds and scored three points in win at Wake for competition this season. Forest on Jan. 24. Scored a season-high 10 points on 5 of 7 shooting in win at Arizona on Jan. 2008-09: Had his transfer waiver 27. Only played one minute and did not score denied by the NCAA on Nov. 19 and has in UNC’s comeback win vs. USC in the Sweet to sit out the season due to transferring 16 on March 23. Had six rebounds in eight from North Carolina to USC. minutes of action in the NCAA regional fi nal vs. Georgetown on March 25. 2007-08: Appeared in 37 games for the Tar Heels, averaging 4.3 points and 4.5 rebounds. Averaged HIGH SCHOOL: Was a fourth 14.5 minutes per game and hit 53.9 team Parade All-American at Harvard- percent of his shots (69-for-128), Westlake High in North Hollywood, including making 26 of his last 35 Calif. Averaged 20.4 points and shots (74.3 percent). Ranked third 17.8 rebounds as a senior. Grabbed among the Tar Heels with 33 blocked 20 or more rebounds in 16 games as shots. Was North Carolina’s leading a senior. Broke the Harvard-Westlake rebounder in six contests with a high school record for rebounds in just three of 11 rebounds on Jan. 31 vs. Boston seasons, shattering the record held by College. He averaged 6.0 points in former Stanford center and Minnesota 1 the 2008 NCAA Tournament, including Timberwolve Jason Collins. Set the school back-to-back double figure scoring single-game rebound record with 32 and games against Mt. St. Mary’s (12) and followed that up with games of 31, 23, 28 and Arkansas (10). He was the Tar Heels’ 21 rebounds. Was named the Co-MVP of the Career Highs defensive player of the game against the Roundball Classic in Chicago, Ill. after he had Razorbacks and against Washington 15 points and six rebounds. Averaged 17.0 Points State in the Sweet 16. Against points and 14.4 rebounds as a junior. Led 12, 3/21/08 vs. Mt. St. Mary’s Arkansas, he was 5-for-5 from the fl oor Harvard-Westlake to a 26-4 record and the with fi ve rebounds and two blocks. In California Southern Section title in 2005. Rebounds the win vs. Washington State, he had His team lost the state title game by one 11, 1/31/08 vs. Boston College four points, fi ve rebounds and three point. Was ranked the No. 41 prospect blocks in 18 minutes. in the 2006 recruiting class by Rivals.com Assists 2, 2x, last, 2/10/08 vs. Clemson and No. 55 by ScoutHoops.com. He was 2006-07: He played in all coached at Harvard-Westlake High by Steals 36 games as a freshman at North Greg Hilliard. 2, 11/20/07 vs. South Carolina St. Carolina, averaging 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 6.4 minutes. Scored in Blocks 21 of 36 games played. Scored eight PERSONAL: Stepheson was 3, 3x, last 3/27/08 vs. WSU born on Aug. 7, 1987 in Los Angeles, Ca- lif. Last name is pronounced STEEVIS- 2008 Season Highs son. with North Carolina

Points 12, 3/21/08 vs. Mt. St. Mary’s

Rebounds 11, 1/31/08 vs. Boston College

Assists 2, 2x, last, 2/10/08 vs. Clemson

Steals 2, 11/20/07 vs. South Carolina St.

Blocks 3, 2x, last 3/27/08 vs. WSU

2008-2009 • 67 • USC BASKETBALL ALEX STEPHESON • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME ALEX STEPHESON • 2006-2007 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 at Davidson...... 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-3 4 1 1 2 0 0 13 0 vs. Sacred Heart ..2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 4 Iona...... 1-3 0-0 1-4 1-6 7 3 0 3 0 0 13 3 vs. Winthrop...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 So. Carolina St. ...5-6 0-0 1-2 3-6 9 2 0 2 1 2 20 11 Gardner-Webb .....0-1 0-0 3-4 1-5 6 2 0 3 0 0 9 3 vs. Old Dominion .3-4 0-0 0-2 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 vs. Gonzaga ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 vs. BYU...... 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-7 9 2 2 0 1 0 17 3 vs. Tennessee ...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 at Ohio State...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 2 0 1 3 1 21 0 Ohio State...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Kentucky ...... 1-3 0-0 2-4 1-3 4 2 0 0 1 0 12 4 Kentucky ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 0 1 0 8 2 at Penn ...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 2 0 1 14 4 High Point ...... 1-2 0-0 1-5 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 at Rutgers ...... 2-6 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 4 1 2 0 0 11 4 UNC-Asheville .....4-6 0-0 0-2 3-3 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 8 Nicholls State...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 1 0 1 1 0 10 0 Florida Atlantic .....2-2 0-0 2-4 2-3 5 2 0 2 0 0 16 6 UCSB...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 3 0 0 0 0 16 2 at Saint Louis ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 Nevada ...... 4-6 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 2 0 2 0 0 11 8 Rutgers ...... 3-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 Valparaiso ...... 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 Dayton ...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 2-4 6 3 0 1 2 0 12 5 Kent State ...... DNP - family illness Penn ...... 3-4 0-0 2-2 1-0 1 1 0 1 2 0 9 8 at Clemson ...... DNP - family illness Florida State ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 UNC-Asheville .....1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 5 0 0 0 0 8 2 Virginia ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 NC State...... 4-4 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 4 1 0 2 0 20 8 at Virginia Tech ....1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 at Georgia Tech ...2-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 3 1 0 16 4 at Clemson ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-5 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 Maryland ...... 3-5 0-0 3-3 1-4 5 1 0 1 0 1 18 9 Georgia Tech ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 at Miami ...... 1-5 0-0 0-0 5-2 7 3 0 1 1 0 16 2 at Wake Forest ....1-1 0-0 1-2 2-6 8 1 1 2 0 0 9 3 Boston College ....3-7 0-0 0-0 5-6 11 4 0 1 1 0 16 6 at Arizona...... 5-7 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 5 0 2 0 0 15 10 at Florida State ....2-3 0-0 3-4 2-2 4 1 0 1 2 1 16 7 Miami ...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 Duke ...... 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-2 4 2 0 5 2 0 13 0 at NC State ...... 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Clemson ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 0 1 0 17 2 at Duke ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 at Virginia ...... 0-4 0-0 0-0 3-4 7 2 0 1 1 0 16 0 Wake Forest ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 3 0 0 3 0 13 2 Virginia Tech ...... 5-11 0-0 1-4 6-3 9 4 0 1 2 0 21 11 Virginia Tech ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 2 at NC State ...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 4-1 5 4 0 1 1 0 21 2 at Boston College 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 lWake Forest ...... 4-5 0-0 1-2 3-3 6 5 0 0 3 0 19 9 NC State ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 at Boston College 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 1 0 13 4 at Maryland ...... 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 2 Florida State ...... 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-4 4 0 0 1 0 0 11 3 at Georgia Tech ...0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 at Duke ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 Duke ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 vs. Florida State...3-3 0-0 1-4 1-1 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 7 vs. Florida State...0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 vs. Virginia Tech ..0-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 vs. Boston College ..0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 vs. Clemson ...... 2-4 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 1 0 1 1 0 15 5 vs. NC State ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 vs. Mt. St. Mary’s .5-6 0-0 2-2 4-4 8 1 0 0 0 0 18 12 vs. E. Kentucky ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 vs. Arkansas ...... 5-5 0-0 0-1 2-3 5 3 0 0 2 0 20 10 vs. Michigan St. ...0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 vs. Washington St. 1-1 0-0 2-3 1-4 5 1 0 0 3 0 18 4 vs. USC ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. Louisville ...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 4 vs. Georgetown ...0-1 0-0 2-4 3-3 6 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 vs. Kansas ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS ...... 30-60 0-0 18-35 30-54 84 29 3 16 12 1 242 78 TOTALS ...... 69-128 0-0 21-47 65-103 168 75 7 35 33 6 536 159

ALEX STEPHESON • 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 2006-07 38-0 30-60 .500 0-0 .--- 18-35 .514 78 2.1 30 54 84 2.2 29-1 3 16 12 1 242 2007-08 37-0 69-128 .529 0-0 .--- 21-47 .447 159 4.3 65 103 168 4.5 75-2 7 35 33 6 536 TOTALS: 75-0 99-188 .527 0-0 .--- 39-82 .476 237 3.2 95 157 252 3.4 104-3 10 51 45 7 778

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR - USC has long prided itself on its diverse stu- dent body. The university has attracted more international students over the years than any other American university. Currently, 12 percent of USC’s students rep- resent approximately 115 countries. Vucevic continues a strong Trojan basketball tradition of scanning the globe to bring in top-notch talent. Joining Vucevic of Montenegro on this year’s team is Mamadou Diarra of Mali, Daniel Hackett of Italy and Ryan Wetherell of Canada. During the 2006 and 2007 seasons, Abdoulaye N’diaye of Senegal was a key member of Tim Floyd’s squad.

2008-2009 • 68 • USC BASKETBALL NIKOLA VUCEVIC FRESHMAN • FORWARD • 6-10 • 220 • BAR • MONTENEGRO • STONERIDGE PREP (CA)

BREAKDOWN: Nikola Vucevic, 6- HIGH SCHOOL: Vucevic averaged 18 points foot-10, 220-pound freshman forward, is a and 12.0 rebounds as a senior at Stoneridge multi-talented big man who demonstrates Prep in Simi Valley, Calif. under coach Babacar a great feel for the game. Sy. He was the leading scorer, rebounder and team captain. He arrived at school in October 2008-09: Missed the fi rst eight from his native Montenegro. Ranked by games of the season while waiting to HoopsScoopOnline as the No. 26 fi fth-year have his amateur status confi rmed by senior in the country. the NCAA Clearinghouse. Averaged 2.5 points and 2.7 rebounds in 21 PERSONAL: Vucevic was born games, three starts. Played in his on Oct. 24, 1990 in Switzerland and was fi rst game as a Trojan on Dec. raised in Belgium where his father was 15 vs. Pepperdine and had playing professional basketball. Vucevic’s two points, two blocks and father, Borislav, played professionally for two rebounds in six minutes. 24 years and was a member of the Yugo- Made his first start of the slavian national team.He also coached season on Jan. 24 at Washington professionally in Belgium. Nikola’s moth- State and was instrumental in USC’s 46- er also played professional basketball in 44 win with a season-high eight points and Bosnia. they moved to Montenegro when fi ve rebounds. Also scored eight points on Nikola was a teenager. In 2007 was voted Feb. 4 at UCLA and in his second start of the best young player in Montenegro and the season on Feb. 19 vs. Washington State. is a current member of the U18 national He had a season-best seven rebounds in that team. Was ranked as one of the top game and matched that total on March 5 vs. four players in Montenegro in 2005 Oregon. Made 57.1 percent of his shots from and 2006. 5 the fi eld (24-for-42).

NIKOLA VUCEVIC • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME Career Highs 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Points UC Irvine...... Not Eligible First season at USC New Mexico St...... Not Eligible vs. Seton Hall ...... Not Eligible vs. Chattanooga .... Not Eligible Rebounds vs. Missouri ...... Not Eligible First season at USC UT-Martin ...... Not Eligible San Francisco...... Not Eligilbe at Oklahoma ...... Not Eligible Assists Pepperdine ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 2 2 0 6 2 First season at USC North Dakota St. ...0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 Georgia Tech ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 Steals Oral Roberts ...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 1 0 15 4 at Oregon...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 1 1 2 0 17 2 First season at USC at Oregon St...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 UCLA ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 Blocks Arizona St...... DNP First season at USC Arizona ...... DNP at Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 0 2 0 8 0 at Washington St ....4-5 0-1 0-0 3-2 5 1 0 1 0 1 30 8 Stanford ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Season Highs California ...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 2 1 1 0 0 11 4 at UCLA ...... 3-4 0-0 2-2 1-5 6 4 1 2 0 4 18 8 at Arizona...... DNP Points at Arizona St...... DNP First season at USC Washington St. ....3-6 0-0 2-2 3-4 7 1 1 2 0 1 26 8 Washington ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 2 0 1 0 0 16 2 at California ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 Rebounds at Stanford ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 First season at USC Oregon...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 2 0 2 1 0 22 4 Oregon St...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 2 0 0 0 12 4 Assists vs. California ...... 1-1 0-0 1-2 3-1 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 vs. UCLA...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 3 0 1 0 1 7 2 First season at USC vs. Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 TOTALS ...... 24-42 0-2 5-6 19-38 57 29 7 14 9 8 228 53 Steals First season at USC NIKOLA VUCEVIC • 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 Blocks 2008-09 21-3 24-42 .571 0-2 .000 5-6 .833 53 2.5 19 38 57 2.7 29-0 7 14 9 8 228 First season at USC TOTALS: 21-3 24-42 .571 0-2 .000 5-6 .833 53 2.5 19 38 57 2.7 29-0 7 14 9 8 228

2008-2009 • 69 • USC BASKETBALL LEONARD WASHINGTON FRESHMAN • FORWARD • 6-7 • 230 • LAKE CHARLES • LA • MARION HS (LA)

BREAKDOWN: Leonard Washington, 6-foot-7, (2006-07) at Mt. Washington Marion 230-pound freshman forward, is a fi erce competitor High in Louisiana. He was a who plays with intensity and is a strong rebounder. Louisiana all-state selection as a He is a good low post player and has the ability to junior and senior. Was ranked take the opponent off the dribble. by HoopScoop as the No. 54 recruit in the 2007 class. Led 2008-09: Washington made an immediate Washington Marion to the impact as a Trojan during the fi rst 10 games before Louisiana state fi nals in 2006- suffering a left ankle sprain in the fi rst minute vs. 07 vs. Peabody High and Georgia Tech on Dec. 22. He missed the next fi ve current teammate Marcus games. Before the injury, he averaged 9.8 points Simmons. Washington was and 6.7 rebounds per game while scoring eight coached at Marion High by Mack or more points in nine of his 10 games. In the 17 Guillory. games since the injury he has averaged 4.2 points and 2.6 rebounds and reached eight points or more PERSONAL: Washington three times in 17 games. He had a season-high 12 was born on July 25, 1988. Likes rebounds vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 21. Scored a riding horses, fi shing and anything season-best 17 points on Dec. 20 vs. North Dakota outdoors. Favorite NBA team is the State. He played in all three Pac-10 Tournament Celtics and his favorite players are games, scoring six points and grabbing fi ve rebounds Kevin Garnett and LeBron James. in the quarterfi nal win vs. California on March 12. He Likes to listen to rap music. Lists is fourth on the team in rebounds with 114 and third his favorite meal as red beans and in blocks with 10. Has made 50 percent of his three- rice. point attempts (4-for-8).

4 HIGH SCHOOL: Washington averaged 22.0 points and 13.0 rebounds his senior season

LEONARD WASHINGTON • 2008-2009 GAME BY GAME Career Highs 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Points UC Irvine...... 4-5 1-1 0-0 1-4 5 1 1 0 0 1 15 9 First season at USC New Mexico St.....1-2 0-0 7-8 1-6 7 3 0 4 0 4 18 9 vs. Seton Hall ...... 3-4 0-0 2-4 0-8 8 0 2 3 1 0 23 8 vs. Chattanooga .4-10 0-1 1-1 6-6 12 1 1 1 1 0 23 9 Rebounds vs. Missouri ...... 4-6 0-0 1-3 3-6 9 1 1 1 0 0 30 9 First season at USC UT-Martin ...... 2-5 0-0 0-0 3-6 9 0 1 2 4 0 20 4 San Francisco...... 3-5 0-0 4-4 0-6 6 3 2 1 0 1 25 10 Assists at Oklahoma ...... 3-4 2-2 1-2 1-2 3 4 1 0 0 0 14 9 First season at USC Pepperdine ...... 6-7 1-1 1-2 2-2 4 3 2 3 0 1 27 14 North Dakota St. ...5-7 0-1 7-8 0-4 4 1 0 3 0 2 32 17 Georgia Tech ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Steals Oral Roberts ...... DNP First season at USC at Oregon...... DNP at Oregon St...... DNP UCLA ...... DNP Blocks Arizona St...... DNP First season at USC Arizona ...... 2-4 0-0 1-1 2-1 3 2 0 0 0 0 16 5 at Washington ...... 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 5 3 1 0 4 28 2 at Washington St ....0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Stanford ...... 4-8 0-1 4-4 3-1 4 2 1 0 1 0 18 12 2008-09 Season Highs California ...... 1-4 0-0 4-4 1-5 6 2 0 1 0 0 16 6 at UCLA ...... 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 3 1 2 0 1 16 1 at Arizona...... 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 3 1 1 1 0 25 6 Points at Arizona St...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 17, 12/20/08 vs. North Dakota St. Washington St. ....0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 4 0 2 0 0 7 0 Washington ...... 4-9 0-0 1-2 4-2 6 2 1 4 0 4 25 9 Rebounds at California ...... 1-5 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 1 0 1 0 1 16 3 12, 11/21/08 vs. Chattanooga at Stanford ...... 1-1 0-0 0-4 0-3 3 0 1 1 0 1 17 2 Oregon...... 2-3 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 2 3 0 0 1 21 6 Oregon St...... 4-7 0-0 2-3 1-2 3 2 1 0 1 2 10 10 Assists vs. California ...... 2-4 0-0 2-4 2-3 5 2 1 1 1 0 16 6 3, 2x, last 3/5/09 vs. Oregon vs. UCLA...... 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 vs. Arizona St...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 TOTALS ...... 62-120 4-8 42-63 33-81 114 47 24 32 10 23 495 170 Steals 4, 3x, last 2/21/09 vs. Washington LEONARD WASHINGTON • 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 Blocks 2008-09 28-12 62-120 .517 4-8 .500 42-63 .667 170 6.1 33 81 114 4.1 47-2 24 32 10 23 495 4, 11/28/08 vs. UT-Martin TOTALS: 28-12 62-120 .517 4-8 .500 42-63 .667 170 6.1 33 81 114 4.1 47-2 24 32 10 23 495

2008-2009 • 70 • USC BASKETBALL RYAN WETHERELL JUNIOR • GUARD • 5-11 • 175 • CALGARY • CN • SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL HS (CN)

BREAKDOWN: Ryan Wetherell, a 5-foot-11, 2006-07: Appeared in 15 games and played a 175-pound junior guard, adds to the Trojan mix at total of 49 minutes. Played a season-high 13 minutes the point guard position. He is a speedy and tough in the win vs. Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 28, hitting competitor known for his hustle. Had emergency two free throws and grabbing a rebound. Scored a surgery last May at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los season-best three points and had an assist and a Angeles to remove an abscess in his neck which steal in four minutes vs. Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14 was putting pressure on an artery in his throat which Had two points and two assists and played nine caused his chest to swell. minutes in the win at Oregon State on Jan. 6. Scored in fi ve of the fi rst eight games 2008-09: Was diagnosed with an eye in which he appeared. Scored a point in problem which caused blurring and had to redshirt USC’s 77-60 win vs. Arkansas in the fi rst this season. Began limited practice with the team round of the NCAA tournament, making at the end of January. Did play in the Cardinal & one of two free throws. Gold Scrimmage before the season and had eight points, two assists and a steal. HIGH SCHOOL: Played three years of varsity basketball at 2007-08: Appeared in 15 games, Sir Winston Churchill High in totaling 56 minutes of action and scored Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Was five points. Was called into the starting point guard and was action as the backup team MVP his senior season. point guard while Was awarded the Sir Winston Daniel Churchill Athlete of the Year Hackett his senior season. Earned a was out of Calgary A Channel Player of 2 the lineup the Month Award during his due to injury. senior season. Averaged Had a rebound, 30 points and eight assists Career Highs assist and steal in the opening a game. Helped lead his Junior loss to Mercer on Nov. 10. Scored Trojans club team to the provincial his fi rst points of the season and had championship three years in a row, Points 3, 2x, last 2/23/08 vs. Oregon St. a career-high two rebounds on Jan. earning team MVP honors each year 24 at Oregon State. Also grabbed (2004-06). Wetherell’s AAU coach Rebounds two rebounds, had a career-best two was John Hegwood. 2, 2x, last 2/23/08 vs. Oregon St assists and hit his fi rst three-pointer of the season while playing a career- PERSONAL: Wetherell was born Assists high 17 minutes vs. Oregon State on on Feb. 12, 1988. Is a Communi- 2, 2x, last 2/23/08 vs. Oregon St. Feb. 23. Played in just two more cations major at USC. Lists Michael games after that, March 1 at Arizona Jordan as his biggest sports hero Steals State and March 8 vs. Stanford. for his style of play, work ethic and 1, 4x, last 2/7/08 at Washington for being the best to play the game. Lists his favorite movie as Wedding 3-pointers Crashers. 1, 2x, last 2/23/08 vs. Oregon St.

2008-09 Season Highs

Points None - Redshirting

Rebounds None - Redshirting

Assists None - Redshirting

Steals None - Redshirting

3-pointers None - Redshirting

2008-2009 • 71 • USC BASKETBALL RYAN WETHERELL • 2006-2007 GAME BY GAME

3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS South Carolina ...DNP Saint Mary’s ...... DNP The Citadel ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 Long Beach St. ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 Miss. Valley St. ....0-2 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 13 2 LMU ...... DNP at Kansas...... DNP vs, GW ...... DNP Bethune-Cookman .1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3 Charleston South. DNP Longwood ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 vs. Kansas St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. Wichita St. ....DNP Washington ...... DNP Washington St. .. DNP at Oregon...... DNP at Oregon St...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 2 UCLA ...... DNP Arizona ...... DNP Arizona St...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP at California ...... DNP Oregon St...... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Oregon...... DNP at UCLA ...... DNP at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stanford ...... DNP California ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at Washington St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 vs. Washington St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 vs. Oregon ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 vs. Arkansas ...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 vs. Texas ...... DNP TOTALS ...... 4-11 1-3 3-5 0-1 1 4 4 4 0 1 49 12

RYAN WETHERELL • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Mercer ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 0 at The Citadel ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 at S. Carolina .....DNP vs. San Diego ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 0 vs. Miami ...... DNP vs. Southern Ill. ....0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Oklahoma ...... DNP Kansas...... DNP vs. Memphis ...... DNP Delaware St...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Cal Poly ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 UC Riverside ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 at California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... DNP Washington St. .. DNP Washington ...... DNP at UCLA ...... DNP at Oregon St...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 at Oregon...... DNP Arizona ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 Arizona St...... DNP at Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 at Washington St. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 UCLA ...... DNP Oregon...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Oregon St...... 1-3 1-1 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 3 at Arizona...... DNP at Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 California ...... DNP Stanford ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 vs. Arizona St..... DNP vs. UCLA...... DNP vs. Kansas St.....DNP TOTALS ...... 2-10 1-3 0-0 1-5 6 7 6 6 0 3 56 5

RYAN WETHERELL • 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 2006-07 15-0 4-11 .364 1-3 .333 3-5 .600 12 0.8 0 1 1 0.1 4-0 4 4 0 1 49 2007-08 15-0 2-10 .200 1-3 .333 0-0 --- 5 0.3 1 5 6 0.4 7-0 6 6 0 3 56 2008-09 Injured - Redshirting TOTALS: 30-0 6-21 .286 2-6 .333 3-5 .600 17 0.6 1 6 7 0.2 11-0 10 10 0 4 105

2008-2009 • 72 • USC BASKETBALL KEITH WILKINSON SENIOR • FORWARD • 6-10 • 225 • MISSION VIEJO • CA • CAPISTRANO VALLEY HS

BREAKDOWN: Keith Wilkinson, a 6-foot-10, vs. Washington State and did not score, but grabbed a 225-pound senior, has an excellent outside shot career-high eight rebounds. Hit a clutch three-point shot for a big man. He has the ability to open up the with USC clinging to a two-point lead late in the 80-73 win defenses by drawing them out in coverage. He vs. Arizona on Jan. 18. Had seven rebounds and two is very active without the ball and makes good points in 15 minutes against Arizona State on Jan. 20. decisions. His role on the team has steadily Started and scored a career-high nine points, grabbed increased since his freshman season. He three rebounds and had three assists at Washington on will become the fi rst player to spend four March 1. Had four rebounds and fi ve points, including years under Tim Floyd as they both came a three-pointer in the second overtime at Washington to USC for the 2005-06 season. State on March 3 which gave USC its last lead. Played more than 10 minutes in all three of USC’s NCAA 2008-09: Was utilized by coach tournament games. Tim Floyd as both a starter and substitute off the bench and provided a steadying 2005-2006: Appeared in 19 games, all influence whenever call upon. of the bench, and averaged 1.1 points and Played in 30 games and made 1.4 rebounds per game. Scored his fi rst 12 starts, while averaging 2.8 two points and grabbed points and 2.6 rebounds. Had three rebounds in eight a season-high eight rebounds minutes of action vs. and fi ve points in a start vs. UC Riverside on Nov. New Mexico State on Nov. 30. Scored four points 18. Came off the bench and had two rebounds to score eight points while in win vs. North Carolina A&T on making both of his three- Dec. 23. Came off the bench and played point attempts in the one- 25 minutes on Jan. 7 at Arizona, scoring a point loss at Oklahoma season-best fi ve points, after playing just on Dec. 4. Tied a career 31 total minutes in USC’s fi rst 14 games. high with nine points Also hit his fi rst career three-pointer in that 2233 on Jan. 11 vs. UCLA. game which gave the Trojans a 25-24 Averaged the fi fth-most lead late in the fi rst half. Had four points minutes by a Trojan this season and a season-high nine rebounds on with 19.1 per game. Feb. 2 vs. Arizona, while playing a Career Highs career-high 32 minutes. Made 75.0 2007-08: Appeared in 30 games, percent of his free throws (6-for-8) Points making three starts and averaging 2.5 points in his fi rst season. 9, 2x, last 1/11/09 vs. UCLA and 2.8 rebounds per game. Saw his role increased in the last six games of the season, HIGH SCHOOL: Rebounds averaging 4.3 points and 3.3 rebounds Averaged 16 points and eight 11, 2/21/08 vs. Oregon while playing more than 19 minutes a game. rebounds per game for Capistrano Grabbed four rebounds or more in nine games. Valley High School in Mission Viejo, Assists Started the Trojans’ opener vs. Mercer on Nov. 10 Calif., during his senior season. 6, 1/4/09 at Oregon St. and had fi ve rebounds, an assist, a block and a Led his team in rebounding (230) and steal in 11 minutes played. Started the Anaheim three-point baskets made (55). Finished Classic championship game against then-No. 19 second on his team in points (471) and Steals blocks (37). Scored 20 points per 2, 2x, last 12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech Southern Illinois and had three rebounds and a block in eight minutes. His last start was on Jan. game to lead Capistrano Valley to 5 at Stanford and he scored three points, had a the CIF Div. II AA semi-fi nals, where it lost to 3-pointers block and four rebounds. Had a career-high 11 eventual champion Dominguez, 57-54. Was 2, 3x, last 1/2/09 at Oregon rebounds on Feb. 21 vs. Oregon in 23 minutes. also a McDonalds All-American nominee. Scored a season-best seven points on March 6 vs. Played for Branch West Team Reebock and California. Hit a career-high two three-pointers and helped lead his team to a 14-2 record in four tournaments. 2008-09 Season Highs fi nished with six points on March 14 vs. UCLA in Hit six consecutive three-pointers and fi nished with 24 the Pac-10 semifi nals. Played 21 minutes against points in a 93-59 drubbing of the highly regarded N.Y. Points Kansas State in the NCAA fi rst-round game and Ravens. Also played middle blocker on the Capistrano 9, 1/11/09 vs. UCLA had two points, two rebounds and a steal. Valley volleyball team. His high school basketball coach was Ryan Mulligan. Rebounds 2006-07: Had five points and seven 8, 11/18/08 vs. New Mexico St. rebounds and hit his second career three-pointer PERSONAL: Wilkinson was born on May 7, 1987. on Nov. 28 vs. Mississippi Valley State. Scored His father, Jerry, is 6-9 and played four years in the NFL six points and grabbed six rebounds in 11 minutes as a defensive end for the Rams and Browns. He was Assists 6, 1/4/09 at Oregon St. of action against Longwood on Dec. 19. Made his drafted by the Rams in the fourth round of the 1979 NFL fi rst career start in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Draft from Oregon State. Is a Communications major Classic vs. then-No. 8 Wichita State, scoring four at USC and would like to be an ESPN announcer fol- Steals points, grabbing one rebound and hitting two clutch lowing his playing career. Not surprisingly, his favorite 2, 2x, last 12/22/08 vs. Georgia Tech free throws late in the 60-56 win. Started the Pac- television show is Sportscenter. List his favorite food as 10 opener vs. Washington on Dec. 28 and scored teriyaki steak. Says John Elway is his biggest sports 3-pointers fi ve points and pulled down fi ve rebounds in the hero. 2, 2x, last 1/2/09 at Oregon double-overtime win. 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KEITH WILKINSON • 2005-2006 GAME BY GAME KEITH WILKINSON • 2007-2008 GAME BY GAME 3PT TOTAL 3PT TOTAL Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Mercer ...... 0-4 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 0 1 0 1 1 11 0 Opponent ...... FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS at The Citadel ...... 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 CS Northridge ....DNP at S. Carolina ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 13 2 vs. Oral Roberts...0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 vs. San Diego ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 vs. EWU ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. Miami ...... DNP at Alaska-Anch... DNP vs. Southern Ill. ....0-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 UC Riverside ...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 Oklahoma ...... 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-3 4 0 0 0 1 0 16 5 BYU ...... DNP Kansas...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 1 0 0 0 10 2 at LMU ...... DNP vs. Memphis ...... DNP W. Michigan...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Delaware St...... 2-4 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 3 2 0 0 0 13 6 Alcorn St ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Cal Poly ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 North Carolina ... DNP UC Riverside ...... 2-4 0-1 0-2 2-3 5 2 0 1 0 0 17 4 NC A&T ...... 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 at California ...... DNP California ...... DNP at Stanford ...... 1-4 1-3 0-0 2-2 4 2 0 2 1 0 23 3 Stanford ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Washington St. ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 1 1 0 8 0 at Arizona St...... DNP Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 at Arizona...... 1-4 1-2 2-2 0-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 25 5 at UCLA ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 at Oregon St...... 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-1 2 2 1 0 1 0 16 3 Washington St. ....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 at Oregon...... 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-2 2 2 0 0 1 1 22 4 Arizona ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 at UCLA ...... 0-3 0-0 2-2 1-2 3 2 0 0 0 0 16 2 Arizona St...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 1 2 0 0 17 2 at Oregon St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 at Washington ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 at Oregon...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 0 at Washington St. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 Arizona ...... 1-7 0-2 2-4 4-5 9 4 0 1 1 0 32 4 UCLA ...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 1 1 0 8 4 Arizona St...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 Oregon...... 0-2 0-2 0-0 3-8 11 2 2 0 1 0 23 0 at Washington ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 1 14 0 Oregon St...... 1-2 0-1 1-2 3-2 5 1 1 0 0 0 14 3 at Washington St. DNP at Arizona...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 UCLA ...... DNP at Arizona St...... 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 5 1 0 0 0 17 3 Oregon...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 2 0 0 11 2 California ...... 3-5 0-1 1-2 1-3 4 3 0 1 0 0 31 7 Oregon St...... DNP Stanford ...... 1-2 0-0 2-2 4-4 8 0 0 2 0 0 21 4 at Stanford ...... DNP vs. Arizona St...... 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-3 4 1 0 0 1 0 11 4 at California ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 vs. UCLA...... 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 0 0 0 14 6 vs. California ...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 vs. Kansas St...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 4 2 0 0 1 21 2 TOTALS ...... 7-29 1-7 6-8 9-18 27 19 1 4 3 1 165 21 TOTALS ...... 28-60 9-23 9-16 27-56 83 46 14 10 12 4 406 74

KEITH WILKINSON • 2006-2007 GAME BY GAME KEITH WILKINSON • 2008-2009 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 South Carolina .....0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 UC Irvine...... 1-4 0-1 0-0 2-4 6 2 3 0 0 0 22 2 Saint Mary’s ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 New Mexico St.....2-6 0-1 1-3 4-4 8 1 0 0 0 0 21 5 The Citadel ...... 0-1 0-0 2-3 1-1 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 vs. Seton Hall ...... 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-2 3 1 0 1 0 1 15 2 Long Beach St. ..DNP vs. Chattanooga ..1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 Miss. Valley St. ....1-4 1-1 2-2 3-4 7 0 2 0 0 0 17 5 vs. Missouri ...... 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-1 2 2 1 0 0 0 16 1 LMU ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 UT-Martin ...... 2-5 0-0 0-1 1-4 5 1 2 2 0 0 20 4 at Kansas...... DNP San Francisco...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 1 0 0 12 0 vs, GW ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 at Oklahoma ...... 2-3 2-2 2-2 2-0 2 5 1 1 0 2 25 8 Bethune-Cookman .1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 Pepperdine ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 Charleston South. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 North Dakota St. ...0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 Longwood ...... 3-5 0-0 0-0 3-3 6 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 Georgia Tech ...... 0-5 0-3 5-8 2-2 4 1 4 2 1 2 32 5 vs. Kansas St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 Oral Roberts ...... 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 2 1 0 0 23 4 vs. Wichita St...... 1-3 0-0 2-2 1-0 1 4 0 1 0 0 22 4 at Oregon...... 3-6 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 0 0 28 8 Washington ...... 1-2 0-1 3-4 3-2 5 3 2 0 0 0 36 5 at Oregon St...... 3-5 1-2 1-2 2-4 6 2 6 3 1 0 45 8 Washington St. ....0-4 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 3 1 3 1 0 28 0 UCLA ...... 3-4 1-2 2-2 0-4 4 4 2 1 0 0 36 9 at Oregon...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 Arizona St...... 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-2 3 3 1 1 1 0 34 4 at Oregon St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 0 Arizona ...... 2-4 1-3 0-0 3-4 7 2 1 1 0 0 26 5 UCLA ...... DNP at Washington ...... 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 5 0 2 1 0 25 5 Arizona ...... 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-3 3 4 0 0 0 0 18 3 at Washington St ....0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 1 2 0 0 32 0 Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-5 7 1 1 0 0 0 15 2 Stanford ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 at Stanford ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 California ...... DNP at California ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 at UCLA ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 2 1 0 0 1 18 2 Oregon St...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 at Arizona...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 4 0 2 0 0 17 0 Oregon...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 at Arizona St...... 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 3 2 0 0 0 36 2 at UCLA ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Washington St. ....0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 at Arizona...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 2 0 0 1 0 11 0 Washington ...... 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 at Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 1 0 0 17 0 at California ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 Stanford ...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 1 0 2 0 21 2 at Stanford ...... DNP California ...... DNP Oregon...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 at Washington ...... 4-6 0-0 1-2 2-1 3 4 3 0 0 1 29 9 Oregon St...... 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 19 2 at Washington St. 2-4 1-2 0-0 2-2 4 5 0 1 0 0 24 5 vs. California ...... DNP vs. Stanford ...... 0-1 0-0 3-4 3-2 5 3 0 1 1 0 20 3 vs. UCLA...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 vs. Washington St. 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 2 vs. Arizona St...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 vs. Oregon ...... 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 TOTALS ...... 28-79 9-34 18-32 25-52 77 52 30 22 4 6 572 83 vs. Arkansas ...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 vs. Texas ...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 2 vs. UNC ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 0 14 0 TOTALS ...... 19-45 3-6 15-23 34-37 71 54 16 11 6 1 392 56

KEITH WILKINSON • 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 2005-06 19-0 7-29 .241 1-7 .143 6-8 .750 21 1.1 9 18 27 1.4 19-0 1 4 3 1 165 2006-07 33-5 19-45 .422 3-6 .500 15-23 .652 56 1.7 34 37 71 2.2 54-2 16 11 6 1 392 2007-08 30-3 28-60 .467 9-23 .391 9-16 .563 74 2.5 27 56 83 2.8 46-1 14 10 12 4 406 2008-09 30-12 28-79 .354 9-34 .265 18-32 .563 83 2.8 25 52 77 2.6 52-2 30 22 4 6 572 TOTALS: 112-20 82-213 .385 22-70 .314 48-79 .608 234 2.1 95 163 258 2.3 171-5 61 47 25 12 1535

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