USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 6 • USC (5-0) vs. Temple (3-0) • Nov. 22, 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 CLOSES HOMESTAND WITH TEMPLE FRIDAY Date Opponent Result/Time • Trojans’ Last Home Game Until Dec. 15 • 11/5 Florida A&M W, 77-48 11/8 Portland W, 76-65 TONIGHT’S GAME - The USC Trojans (5-0) will host the Temple Owls (3-0) at the Galen 11/12 South Dakota State W, 84-66 Center on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network with Guy Haberman and 11/16 at Nevada W, 76-66 Casey Jacobsen calling the action. USC has won its fi rst fi ve games of the 2019-20 season 11/19 Pepperdine W, 91-84 by seven or more points. That last time the Trojans won fi ve consecutive games by seven or 11/22 Temple 8:00 p.m. more points to start the season was the 1963 campaign. USC has started 5-0 for the fi fth time 11/28 ^vs. Fairfi eld 4:00 p.m. in the last 45 seasons. The last time USC began a season 5-0 was the 2016-17 season when 11/29 ^vs. Davidson/Marquette TBD it won its fi rst 14 games. 12/1 ^vs. TBD TBD BREAKING DOWN TEMPLE -- Temple (3-0) opened with home wins over Drexel (70-62) 12/6 at TCU 8:00 p.m. and Morgan State (75-57) before winning at La Salle (70-65) on Nov. 16. The Owls went 23-10 12/15 Long Beach State 3:30 p.m. last season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament where it lost a First Four game to Belmont. 12/21 vs. LSU 6:00 p.m. Nate Pierre-Louis (18.7) and Quinton Rose (16.0) lead Temple in scoring. Temple is 8th in the 12/29 FGCU 7:00 p.m. country in steals per game with 12.3 per contest. USC leads the all-time series 5-2, but lost the ----------------------------- last meeting 65-54 on Nov. 27, 1994. 1/2 at Washington State 7:30 p.m. USC WAVES GOODBYE TO PEPPERDINE -- Onyeka Okongwu scored a career-high 1/5 at Washington 7:00 p.m. 33 points, Nick Rakocevic had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and USC rallied from an early pair of 1/11 at UCLA 7:00 p.m. double-digit defi cits to beat Pepperdine 91-84 at the Galen Center on Nov. 19. Okongwu went 1/16 California 7:30 p.m. 17 for 21 from the free throw line, the most makes by a Trojan in a game at the Galen Center 1/18 Stanford 3:30 p.m. and third all-time by a Trojan. His 33 points were also the most by a USC freshman since O.J. 1/23 at Oregon 8:00 p.m. Mayo scored 37 on March 1, 2008 (participation later vacated due to NCAA penalty). The 1/25 at Oregon State 2:00 p.m. previous freshman with more points in a game was Harold Miner with 34 on Feb. 15, 1990. 1/30 Utah 6:30 p.m. Jonah Mathews added 16 points and Isaiah Mobley had 14, 11 in the second half. Pepperdine 2/1 Colorado 7:30 p.m. hit 3 consecutive 3-pointers to cut USC’s lead to 81-78 with 2:14 remaining, but Okongwu and 2/6 at Arizona 7:00 p.m. Rakocevic fi nished things off from there. Okongwu hit a pair of free throws before dunking on 2/8 at Arizona State 8:00 p.m. Rakocevic’s alley-oop pass. Rakocevic got fouled and made a pair of free throws that put the 2/13 Washington 6:00 p.m. Trojans back up by nine. Colbey Ross kept the Waves in the game by making 6 3-pointers and 2/15 Washington State 5:00 p.m. scoring 38 points, the most by an opponent in regulation at the Galen Center. 2/20 at Colorado 7:00 p.m. -- USC Athletics is partnering with the Trojan 2/23 at Utah 4:00 p.m. PARTNERING WITH THE FOOD PANTRY Food Pantry to collect canned goods and other non-perishable items to support the USC Students 2/27 Arizona 6:00 p.m. experiencing food insecurity. Bring in a donation to Friday’s men’s basketball game and receive 2/29 Arizona State 5:00 p.m. two free tickets! Donations should be taken to the North Gate of Galen Center. In addition, the 3/7 UCLA 12:15 p.m. same offer is available for the women’s basketball game vs. Texas A&M on Saturday (5:30 p.m.) ^ Orlando Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) and the women’s volleyball match vs. Oregon on Sunday (1 p.m.). -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- TROJANS TO PLAY AT THE ORLANDO INVITATIONAL - USC will be playing in 2019 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) the 2019 Orlando Invitational in Orlando, Fla. from Nov. 28-Dec. 1 at HP Field House. USC will 3/11 First Round open up facing Fairfi eld of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference on Nov. 28. The winner of the 3/12 Quarterfi nals game will face the winner of the Davidson/Marquette game on Nov. 29, with the other two teams 3/13 Semifi nals facing off that day also. USC’s fi nal game at the Orlando Invitational will be on Dec. 1 vs. one of 3/14 Finals four teams: Harvard, Maryland, Temple and Texas A&M. The stocked fi eld includes fi ve teams 2020 NCAA Tournament which played in the 2019 postseason and four teams which won 23 or more games a year ago. 3/17-18 First Four FAIRFIELD ON DECK -- USC will face Fairfi eld (1-4) at the Orlando Invitational on Nov. 28 3/19-22 First and Second Rounds at 1 p.m. PT. Fairfi eld is coming off a 74-55 loss at No. 6 Maryland on Nov. 19 and will not play 3/26-29 Regional Semifi nals & Finals again before facing the Trojans. Junior guard Jesus Cruz leads the Stags with a 18.2 scoring 4/4, 4/6 Final Four, Championship (Atlanta, Ga.) average. This is the fi rst-ever meeting between the two schools. USC Quick Facts OKONGWU NEAR THE TOP OF THE CLASS -- Freshman forward Onyeka Okongwu ranks 6th among all NCAA freshman with an 18.2 scoring average. He also ranks 3rd among Location: Los Angeles, Calif. freshmen in offensive rebounds per game (4.0), 4th in rebounds per game (9.4), 4th in blocks 47,500 (20,000 undergraduates) Enrolment: per game (2.4) and is tied for fi rst in free throws made (23). Nickname: Trojans Colors: Cardinal and Gold Temple Owls - 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 0 Alani Moore II 5-10 180 Sr. Washington, D.C. 10.3 3.0 Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (6th year G 15 Nate Pierre-Louis 6-4 205 Jr. Plainfi eld, N.J. 18.7 11.0 at USC, 4th as assistant), Eric Mobley (2nd year G 1 Quinton Rose 6-8 195 Sr. Rochester, N.Y. 16.0 2.7 at USC) F 4 J.P. Moorman II 6-7 205 Jr. Greensboro, N.C. 5.0 6.3 F 21 Justyn Hamilton 6-10 220 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 3.3 2.7 BROADCAST NEWS Nov. 22 - Pac-12 Network with Guy Haberman (pxp) USC Trojans - Last Game Starters & Casey Jacobsen (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 2.0 Nov. 28 - ESPNU with Ted Emrich (pxp) G 3 Elijah Weaver 6-6 210 So. Cocoa, Fla. 7.8 2.8 & Andy Kennedy (analyst) G 20 Ethan Anderson 6-1 210 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. 5.0 2.6 - KABC 790 AM app, Sirius XM online F 21 Onyeka Okongwu 6-9 245 Fr. Chino, Calif. 18.2 9.4 & TuneIn Radio with Jordan Moore (pxp) F 31 Nick Rakocevic 6-11 225 Sr. Chicago, Ill. 16.4 9.8 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.