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USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 2 • USC (1-0) vs. Vanderbilt (1-0) • Nov. 11, 2018 University of Southern California Sports Information Offi ce, Heritage Hall 103A, L.A., CA 90089-0601 - Phone: (213) 740-8480 - Fax: (213) 740-7584 2018-19 USC Schedule USC TO HOST VANDERBILT SUNDAY Date Opponent Result/Time • TEAMS MEET FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON • 11/6 Robert Morris W, 83-62 11/11 Vanderbilt 6:00 p.m. TONIGHT’S GAME - The USC Trojans (1-0) will host the Vanderbilt Commodores (1-0) at 11/14 Stetson 7:00 p.m. the Galen Center on Nov. 11 at 6.p.m. USC is 35-5 in home nonconference games under Andy 11/19 ^vs. Texas Tech 8:30 p.m. Enfi eld, including a 23-2 mark in its last 25 regular season nonconference home games. 11/20 ^vs. Nebraska/Missouri St. 6/8:30 p.m. LOTS GOING ON - If you are coming to the Galen Center on Sunday, be aware that there 11/25 CSU Bakersfi eld 4:00 p.m. is a Rams home game at 1:25 p.m. at the Colisuem. Street closures will be implemented during 11/28 Long Beach State 8:00 p.m. the game and can last an hour or more after the end of game. This will impact access to both 12/1 Nevada 1:30 p.m. Figueroa Street and McCarthy Way structures. Fans are urged to utilize both the Royal Street 12/7 vs. TCU 6:30 p.m. (access via Jefferson and McClintock) and USC Shrine (access via 32th street) structures for the 12/15 vs. Oklahoma 8:00 p.m. 12/18 at Santa Clara 7:00 p.m. game on Sunday against Vanderbilt. The Royal Street structure will remain open until 6:30 p.m. 12/21 Southern Utah 8:00 p.m. USC SURGES PAST ROBERT MORRIS - USC opened its season by defeating Robert 12/30 UC Davis 6:00 p.m. Morris 83-62 at the Galen Center on Nov. 6, closing the game on a 34-9 run. USC trailed 53-49 1/3 California 7:00 p.m. with 12 minutes remaining, when Shaqquan Aaron went on a personal 9-0 run to give the Trojans 1/6 Stanford 5:00 p.m. the lead for good. First he made a 3-pointer, then a free throw, a dunk and another 3-pointer to 1/10 at Oregon State 8:00 p.m. give USC a 58-53 lead. Aaron fi nished the game with 20 points, his third career 20-point game 1/13 at Oregon 5:00 p.m. and fi rst since the 2016-17 season. Nick Rakocevic scored 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, 1/19 UCLA 1:00 p.m. while Jonah Mathews and Kevin Porter Jr. scored 15 a piece. USC improved to 20-4 in its last 1/24 Arizona 6:00 p.m. 24 home openers. USC made 52.6 percent of its shots, while holding RMU to 34.3 percent 1/26 Arizona State 5:00 p.m. shooting, 27.0 percent in the second half. 1/30 at Washington 8:00 p.m. 2/2 at Washington State 4:00 p.m. BREAKING DOWN VANDERBILT - Vanderbilt opened its season with a 92-79 home 2/6 Utah 8:00 p.m. win over Winthrop on Nov. 11. Freshman guard Darius Garland led Vanderbilt with 24 points. 2/9 Colorado 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt went 12-20 in the 2017-18 season, including a 93-89 overtime home loss to USC 2/13 at Stanford 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 19. USC leads the all-time series with Vanderbilt, 5-1. The Commodores return three 2/16 at California 5:00 p.m. starters and six lettermen from last season’s team, led by sophomore guard Saben Lee who 2/21 Oregon 6:00 p.m. averaged 10.6 points per game. 2/23 Oregon State 3:00 p.m. 2/28 at UCLA 6:00 p.m. STETSON ON DECK - The Stetson Hatters (1-0) from DeLand, Fla. will face USC at the 3/7 at Utah 8:00 p.m. Galen Center on Nov. 14 at 7:00 p.m. Stetson defeated Johnson U-Florida 116-66 on Nov. 7 3/8 at Colorado 3:00 p.m. and plays at Missouri State on Nov. 11 before facing USC. Stetson went 12-20 last season and returns seven lettermen from that team. This is the fi rst meeting between the two schools. ^ NABC Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City,Mo.) -- Home Games in Bold -- THE WINNING WAYS - USC had 71 wins during the past three seasons, the winningest -- All times local to site -- three-season stretch in school history. 2019 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) THE MAGIC MARKER - With the 83-62 win over Robert Morris on Nov. 6, USC has now 3/13 First Round won 32 consecutive games in which it allows 70 points or less. 3/14 Quarterfi nals GET TO KNOW ME - Freshman guard Kevin Porter Jr. scored 15 points in his collegiate debut 3/15 Semifi nals on Nov. 6 vs. RMU, the most points by a Trojan freshman since Jordan McLaughlin scored 19 3/16 Finals points in his fi rst game in 2014. Porter Jr. made six of seven shots and grabbed fi ve rebounds. 2019 NCAA Tournament RAKOCEVIC DOUBLING UP - Junior forward Nick Rakocevic scored 18 points and grabbed 3/19-20 First Four 16 rebounds in the opener vs. RMU on Nov. 6 for his sixth career double-double. Dating back 3/21-24 First and Second Rounds to the last two games of last season, Rakocevic has three consecutive double-doubles and has 3/28-31 Regional Semifi nals & Finals averaged 17.7 points (53 total) and 15.0 rebounds (45 total) in those games. 4/6, 4/8 Final Four, Championship OUR DANDY FROM VANDY - USC Director of Scouting Martin Bahar graduated with a USC Quick Facts double-major in Communications and Spanish from Vanderbilt in 2006. He was an undergradu- Location: Los Angeles, Calif. ate manager for the basketball team while at Vanderbilt. Bahar was hired by USC in July of 2015 Enrollment: 45,500 (19,000 undergraduates) and served as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. Trojans Nickname: Vanderbilt Commodores - Last Game Starters Colors: Cardinal and Gold Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (6th year at USC) G 0 Saben Lee 6-2 183 So. Phoenix, Ariz. 12.0 6.0 Assistant Coaches: Jason Hart (6th year G 2 Joseph Toye 6-7 210 Sr. Chicago, Ill. 12.0 6.0 at USC), Chris Capko (5th year at USC, 3rd as G 10 Darius Garland 6-2 175 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. 24.0 3.0 assistant), Eric Mobley (1st year at USC) F 11 Simisola Shittu 6-10 240 Fr. Burlington, Ontario, CN 18.0 10.0 F 32 Matt Ryan 6-8 209 Jr.* Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. 16.0 2.0 BROADCAST NEWS USC Trojans - Last Game Starters Nov. 11 - Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson (pxp) & Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG Bill Walton (analyst) G 0 Shaqquan Aaron 6-7 195 Sr.* Los Angeles, Calif. 20.0 5.0 - Tune-In Radio with Jordan Moore (pxp) G 2 Jonah Mathews 6-3 200 Jr. Santa Monica, Calif. 15.0 6.0 Nov. 14 - Pac-12 Network with J.B. Long (pxp) & Don G 5 Derryck Thornton 6-3 195 Jr.* Los Angeles, Calif. 8.0 2.0 MacLean (analyst) F 1 Jordan Usher 6-7 230 So. Canton, Ga. 7.0 2.0 - 1110 AM Radio (KRDC) with Jordan Moore F 34 Victor Uyaelunmo 6-11 220 So. Miami, Fla. 0.0 3.0 ALL ABOUT ENFIELD -- Andy Enfi eld, 49, a proven winner as a player, assistant coach and head coach, was named the USC men’s basketball head coach on April 1, 2013 and has quickly brought success to the Trojans’ basketball program. His arrival on campus created a buzz around the program and the results have USC INFORMATION come immediately with the Trojans setting the school single-season win record and the most wins over a OUTLETS two-year and three-year period over the last three seasons. He guided the Trojans into the postseason in three consecutive seasons, the fi rst time for USC since 2007-09, all while his athletes have set the program’s top team GPAs for the Spring, Fall and Summer sessions. Enfi eld has brought in fi ve consecutive Top 30 TROJANS ON THE WEB recruiting classes, with the 2018 class ranking No. 15. Enfi eld guided the 2017-18 Trojans to a 24-12 record Current and historical USC men’s and to a second place fi nish in the Pac-12, its highest conference fi nish since tying for second in 2002 and baskeball information, as well as news, its fi rst outright second-place fi nish since 1992. USC reached the Pac-12 Tournament fi nal for the fi rst time since winning it in 2009. USC set school records with 296 three-pointers made, 1022 FG made and 569 statistics, and features can be found at assists. The Trojans also scored the second-most points by a USC team in history (2,798). The Trojans ac- the USC website: www.usctrojans.com. complished all of this and achieved a No.