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USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 11 • USC (8-2) vs. Long Beach State (3-7) • Dec. 15, 2019 • Galen Center, Los Angeles, Calif. • University of Southern California Sports Information Offi ce, Heritage Hall 103A, L.A., CA 90089-0601 - Phone: (213) 740-8480 - Fax: (213) 740-7584 2019-20 USC Schedule USC RETURNS HOME TO FACE LONG BEACH STATE Date Opponent Result/Time • 23 Days Between Home Games, USC’s Most Since 1995 • 11/5 Florida A&M W, 77-48 11/8 Portland W, 76-65 TODAY’S GAME - The USC Trojans (8-2) will face the Long Beach State Beach (3-7) at 11/12 South Dakota State W, 84-66 the Galen Center on Dec. 15 at 3:30 p.m. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network with Ted 11/16 at Nevada W, 76-66 Robinson and Tammy Blackburn calling the action. 11/19 Pepperdine W, 91-84 GONE FROM GALEN -- USC is in the midst of playing 8 of 10 games (3-1) away from the 11/22 Temple L, 61-70 Galen Center. USC played three games at the Orlando Invitational (Nov. 28, Nov. 29 and Dec. 11/28 ^vs. Fairfi eld W, 54-47 1), then at TCU to open Dickies Arena on Dec. 6, now is home vs. Long Beach State, at Staples 11/29 ^vs. Marquette L, 79-101 Center (in L.A.) vs. LSU on Dec. 21, home vs. FGCU on Dec. 29, then the Trojans will open 12/1 ^vs. Harvard W, 77-62 the new year and the conference season with three road games - at Washington St. (Jan. 2), 12/6 at TCU W, 80-78 at Washington (Jan. 5) and at UCLA (Jan. 11). The 23 days between home games (Nov. 22 to 12/15 Long Beach State 3:30 p.m. Dec. 15) is USC’s longest stretch in a season without a home game since also going 23 days 12/21 vs. LSU 6:00 p.m. during the 1995 season (Dec. 20 to Jan. 12). 12/29 FGCU 7:00 p.m. ----------------------------- BREAKING DOWN LONG BEACH STATE -- Long Beach State (3-7) is coming off a 65-46 home loss to Pacifi c on Dec. 7. LBSU has three players scoring in double fi gures, led 1/2 at Washington State 7:30 p.m. by sophomore guard Chance Hunter at 14.2 points per game. LBSU has road losses at Pac-12 1/5 at Washington 7:00 p.m. foes UCLA (65-69), at Stanford (58-86) and at Arizona (67-104). USC defeated LBSU 75-65 on 1/11 at UCLA 7:00 p.m. Nov. 28 last season and leads the all-time series 9-6. 1/16 California 7:30 p.m. 1/18 Stanford 3:30 p.m. USC WINS IN THE NICK OF TIME -- Nick Rakocevic tipped in a missed shot with 0.2 1/23 at Oregon 8:00 p.m. seconds remaining to give the Trojans an 80-78 win over TCU in the inaugural game at Dickies 1/25 at Oregon State 2:00 p.m. Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Dec. 6. USC led most of the game, but after a layup by Kevin 1/30 Utah 6:30 p.m. Samuel with 8 seconds remaining, the score was 78-all and Samuel had a FT attempt to put 2/1 Colorado 7:30 p.m. TCU ahead. He missed the FT which was rebounded by Rakocevic, who followed up Ethan 2/6 at Arizona 7:00 p.m. Anderson’s driving layup attempt to give the Trojans the win. USC led 47-34 at halftime and 2/8 at Arizona State 8:00 p.m. built the lead to 18 points early in the half before TCU began to chip away. USC led 78-69 with 2/13 Washington 6:00 p.m. 1:21 remaining, but Onyeka Okongwu and Jonah Mathews missed the front end of 1-and-1s, then Okongwu missed a pair of FTs with 17 seconds remaining, leaving the score at 78-76 USC, 2/15 Washington State 5:00 p.m. setting up the dramatics. Okongwu did have 2 key blocks in the fi nal 44 seconds and fi nished 2/20 at Colorado 7:00 p.m. with 7 blocks and 13 points. Mathews led USC with 20 points and Rakocevic had a double- 2/23 at Utah 4:00 p.m. double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Anderson added 10 points and 8 assists. USC made 2/27 Arizona 6:00 p.m. 52.6 percent of its shots, its fi rst game this season shooting over 50 percent from the fl oor. 2/29 Arizona State 5:00 p.m. 3/7 UCLA 12:15 p.m. LSU ON DECK -- USC’s next game will be vs. LSU (7-2) at Staples Center on Dec. 21. LSU will host East Tennessee State on Dec. 18 before facing the Trojans. The Tigers have fi ve play- ^ Orlando Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) ers averaging double fi gures in scoring, led by guard Skylar Mays at 16.0 points per game. USC -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- leads the all-time series 6-1, but lost the last meeting 87-76 on Dec. 4, 1976. 2019 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) OKONGWU NEAR THE TOP OF THE CLASS -- Freshman forward Onyeka Okongwu 3/11 First Round ranks 5th among all NCAA freshman with an 17.4 scoring average. He also leads all freshmen 3/12 Quarterfi nals in total blocks (33), is 2nd in blocks per game (3.30), 4th in free throws made (42), T-3rd in 3/13 Semifi nals double-doubles (4), 3rd in shooting percentage (61.1), 5th in offensive rebounds per game (3.10) 3/14 Finals and 7th in rebounds per game (8.7). 2020 NCAA Tournament THE SHOCKER ABOUT THE BLOCKER -- Freshman forward Onyeka Okongwu has 3/17-18 First Four 33 blocks through USC’s fi rst 10 games. His block total already ranks 9th on USC’s all-time 3/19-22 First and Second Rounds freshman blocks list. 3/26-29 Regional Semifi nals & Finals A ROAD LESS TRAVELED -- USC is 2-0 on the road this season, after going 2-9 on the 4/4, 4/6 Final Four, Championship (Atlanta, Ga.) road during the 2018-19 season. In six of the last 11 seasons, USC won 2 or less road games for an overall record of 34-90 (27.4 percent). USC fi nished over .500 on the road (6-5) during USC Quick Facts the 2018 and 2017 seasons, the only two seasons in the past 11 with a winning road record. Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Enrolment: 47,500 (20,000 undergraduates) 10 FOR 10 -- All 10 available scholarship players on USC’s team have had at least one 10-point Nickname: Trojans scoring game this season. Colors: Cardinal and Gold Long Beach State Beach - Last Game Starters Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (7th year at USC) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG Associate HC: Jason Hart (7th year at USC) G 1 Michael Carter III 6-5 175 So.* Seattle, Wash. 13.3 2.5 Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (6th year G 14 Colin Slater 6-1 190 Jr*. New Orleans, La. 10.4 1.9 at USC, 4th as assistant), Eric Mobley (2nd year G 31 Chance Hunter 6-6 190 So. Inglewood, Calif. 14.2 4.3 at USC) F 13 Romelle Mansel 6-9 230 Fr. Playa Del Rey, Calif. 3.3 3.1 C 24 Joshua Morgan 6-11 195 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. 9.0 5.6 BROADCAST NEWS Dec. 15 - Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson (pxp) USC Trojans - Last Game Starters & Tammy Blackburn (analyst) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) G 2 Jonah Mathews 6-3 205 Sr. Santa Monica, Calif. 11.8 2.2 Dec. 21 - FS1 with Joe Davis (pxp) G 3 Elijah Weaver 6-6 210 So. Cocoa, Fla. 7.5 2.5 & Casey Jacobsen (analyst) G 20 Ethan Anderson 6-1 210 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. 5.5 3.0 - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) F 21 Onyeka Okongwu 6-9 245 Fr. Chino, Calif. 17.4 8.7 F 31 Nick Rakocevic 6-11 225 Sr. Chicago, Ill. 12.1 8.4 ALL ABOUT ENFIELD -- Andy Enfi eld, 50, a proven winner as a player, assistant coach and head coach, was named the USC men’s basketball head coach on April 1, 2013 and has quickly brought success to the Trojans’ basketball program. Results came immediately with the Trojans setting the school single-season USC INFORMATION win record and the most wins over a two-year, three-year and four-year period over the last four seasons. OUTLETS He guided the Trojans into the postseason in three consecutive seasons (2016-18), 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 six consecutive Top 30 recruiting classes, with the 2019 class ranking No. TROJANS ON THE WEB 7. Over the last two seasons, USC has had three players selected in the NBA Draft, tied for the fi fth-most by Current and historical USC men’s any program in the country. He now has an 118-95 record in his seven seasons as the USC head coach and baskeball information, as well as news, is 159-123 in nine seasons as a head coach.