USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 5 • USC (2-2) vs. Missouri State (3-1) • Nov. 20, 2018 • NABC Hall Of Fame Classic - Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. • 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 FACES MISSOURI STATE IN NABC GAME Date Opponent Result/Time • Trojans Look To Bounce Back Against The Bears • 11/6 Robert Morris W, 83-62 11/11 Vanderbilt L, 78-82 TONIGHT’S GAME - The USC Trojans (2-2) will face the Missouri State Bears (3-1) in the 11/14 Stetson W, 95-59 NABC Hall of Fame Classic third-place game at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. on Nov. 11/19 ^vs. Texas Tech L, 63-78 20 at 4:00 p.m. (PT). The game will air on ESPN3. 11/20 ^vs. Nebraska/Missouri St. 6/8:30 p.m. USC FALLS TO TTU IN NABC OPENER - Texas Tech made 10 of its fi rst 11 shots after 11/25 CSU Bakersfi eld 4:00 p.m. halftime to erase a 9-point defi cit at the break and went on to defeat USC 78-63 in the fi rst-round 11/28 Long Beach State 8:00 p.m. of the NABC Hall of Fame Classic at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. on Nov. 19. TTU 12/1 Nevada 1:30 p.m. made 84.2 percent of its shots in the second half, after being held to 27.3 percent in the fi rst 12/7 vs. TCU 6:30 p.m. half. USC led 32-23 at halftime. Kevin Porter Jr. led USC with 15 points and Bennie Boatwright 12/15 vs. Oklahoma 8:00 p.m. added 14. USC committed 17 turnovers which led to 19 TTU points and was outscored 22-8 12/18 at Santa Clara 7:00 p.m. from the free throw line. TTU scored 18 points from the free throw line in the second half. USC 12/21 Southern Utah 8:00 p.m. outrebounded TTU 31-28, but was outscored 36-20 on points in the paint. Nick Racovecic fi nished 12/30 UC Davis 6:00 p.m. with 9 points and 9 rebounds to snap his double-double streak at fi ve games, three-in-a row this 1/3 California 7:00 p.m. season. Texas Tech made 16 of 19 second-half shots, with one of the misses being a heave 1/6 Stanford 5:00 p.m. from near halfcourt as the shot clock expired. The game was tied at 52-all with 8:23 remaining, 1/10 at Oregon State 8:00 p.m. but USC was outscored 26-11 the rest of the way. 1/13 at Oregon 5:00 p.m. 1/19 UCLA 1:00 p.m. BREAKING DOWN MISSOURI STATE - Missouri St. is 3-1 after falling 85-62 to Nebraska 1/24 Arizona 6:00 p.m. in an NABC HOF Classic fi rst-round game on Nov. 19. Missouri State averages 75.8 points per 1/26 Arizona State 5:00 p.m. game, led by Keandre Cook (18.5) and Jarred Dixon (17.0). USC won its only previous meeting 1/30 at Washington 8:00 p.m. with Missouri St. 83-75 on Dec. 22, 2016. 2/2 at Washington State 4:00 p.m. 2/6 Utah 8:00 p.m. CSU BAKERSFIELD ON DECK - The Trojans’ next game will be against CSU Bakersfi eld 2/9 Colorado 7:00 p.m. (3-2) at the Galen Center on Nov. 25 at 4 p.m. The Roadrunners are coming off a 68-67 win over 2/13 at Stanford 8:00 p.m. Weber State, as Damiyne Durham hit a 3-pointer with 5.0 seconds remaining. The game was 2/16 at California 5:00 p.m. played in The Bahamas as part of the Junkanoo Jam. Durham averages 11.3 points per game 2/21 Oregon 6:00 p.m. and Jarkel Joiner averages 12.2 points per game. USC won its only other meeting with CSU 2/23 Oregon State 3:00 p.m. Bakersfi eld 63-59 on Dec. 15, 2013. 2/28 at UCLA 6:00 p.m. WESTPHAL TO THE HALL - USC great Paul Westphal was inducted into the NABC Hall 3/7 at Utah 8:00 p.m. of Fame on Nov. 18. Westphal played at USC from 1970-72 and averaged 16.4 points per game, 3/8 at Colorado 3:00 p.m. ninth-best in school history, before going on to an all-star career as both a player and coach in ^ NABC Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City,Mo.) the NBA. While at USC, Westphal was a two-time All-Pac-8 fi rst-team selection and was named -- Home Games in Bold -- to the 1972 Helms Athletic Fund All-America team. The 1971 Trojans went 24-2, posting the best -- All times local to site -- winning percentage all-time by a USC team of 92.3 percent. He served as USC’s team captain for the 1972 season and led the Trojans with a 20.3 scoring average. USC retired his No. 25 2019 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) jersey on January 18, 2007 and he was inducted into the Trojan Athletic HOF on May 17, 1997. 3/13 First Round 3/14 Quarterfi nals THE MAGIC MARKER - With the 95-59 win over Stetson on Nov. 14, USC has now won 3/15 Semifi nals 33 consecutive games in which it allows 70 points or less. 3/16 Finals RAKOCEVIC DOUBLE-DOUBLE STREAK SNAPPED - Junior forward Nick Rako- 2019 NCAA Tournament cevic scored 9 points and had 9 rebounds vs. Texas Tech on Nov. 19, snapping a streak of fi ve consecutive double-doubles dating back to last season. Still, in his last six games he has aver- 3/19-20 First Four aged 16.2 points (97 total) and 14.0 rebounds (84 total) in those games. He became the fi rst 3/21-24 First and Second Rounds USC player to record three double-doubles to start a season since Sam Clancy did it to start 3/28-31 Regional Semifi nals & Finals the 2001-02 season. His fi ve consecutive double-doubles were the most by a USC player since 4/6, 4/8 Final Four, Championship Nikola Vucevic had eight-straight during the 2011 season. USC Quick Facts BOATWRIGHT NETS 1,000TH CAREER POINT - USC senior Bennie Boatwright Location: Los Angeles, Calif. scored 14 points vs. TTU on Nov. 19 to give him 1,008 career points scored. Enrollment: 45,500 (19,000 undergraduates) Trojans Nickname: Missouri State Bears - 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 Josh Webster 6-3 180 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 7.0 3.5 Assistant Coaches: Jason Hart (6th year G 1 Keandre Cook 6-5 183 Jr. Baltimore, Md. 18.5 8.0 at USC), Chris Capko (5th year at USC, 3rd as G 11 Jarred Dixon 6-4 176 Sr. Kansas City, Mo. 17.0 3.5 assistant), Eric Mobley (1st year at USC) F 5 Obediah Church 6-8 218 Sr. Springfi eld, Ill. 7.5 6.8 F 10 Szymon Wojcik 6-10 224 Fr. Pelczyce, Poland 8.3 4.3 BROADCAST NEWS USC Trojans - Last Game Starters Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG Nov. 20 - ESPN3 with Clay Matvick (pxp) & Jon G 0 Shaqquan Aaron 6-7 195 Sr.* Los Angeles, Calif. 10.8 5.3 Sundvold (analyst) G 2 Jonah Mathews 6-3 200 Jr. Santa Monica, Calif. 11.3 4.8 - ESPN 710AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) G 4 Kevin Porter Jr. 6-6 218 Fr. South Seattle, Wash. 14.0 4.0 G 5 Derryck Thornton 6-3 195 Jr.* Los Angeles, Calif. 8.0 2.3 F 31 Nick Rakocevic 6-11 225 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 15.5 13.8 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. 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