USC Men’s Basketball Release • Game No. 26 • USC Trojans (19-6, 13-5) vs. Stanford Cardinal (14-11, 10-9) • March 3, 2021 • University of Southern California Sports Information Offi ce, Heritage Hall 103A, L.A., CA 90089-0601 - Phone: (213) 740-8480 - Fax: (213) 740-7584 2020-21 USC Schedule USC HOSTS STANFORD IN FINAL HOME GAME Date Opponent Result/Time • Trojans Have Lost Consecutive Games For The First Time • 11/25 Cal Baptist W, 95-87 (OT) 11/28 Montana W, 76-64 TONIGHT’S GAME -- The USC Trojans (19-6, 13-5) will host the Stanford Cardinal (14-11, 12/1 ^vs. BYU W, 79-53 10-9) at the Galen Center on March 3 at 7:30 p.m. The game will air on FS1 with Josh Appel 12/3 ^vs. UConn/Vanderbilt L, 58-61 and Doug Gottlieb calling the action. USC has lost consecutive games for the fi rst time this 12/8 UC Irvine W, 91-56 season, but has still won eight of its last 11 games. USC is 19-6 through its fi rst 25 games, its best record since going 21-4 to start the 2017 season. 12/13 Stanford Ppd. 12/16 San Francisco Canceled FACING STANFORD -- The Stanford Cardinal (14-11, 10-9) are coming off a 73-62 home 12/20 at Oregon State Ppd. loss to Oregon State on Feb. 27 and have lost a season-high three consecutive games. Four 12/23 Texas Southern Canceled Cardinal players are averaging double fi gures in scoring led by Oscar da Silva’s 18.8 points 12/29 Santa Clara W, 86-63 per game. USC won 72-66 at Stanford on Feb. 2 to snap a fi ve-game losing streak at Maples 12/31 Colorado L, 62-72 Pavilion. USC is 127*-127 all-time against Stanford, with a win in 2008 vacated due to NCAA penalty (original record 128-127). Former USC Director of Scouting Adam Cohen (2011 & 2012) 1/2 Utah W, 64-46 is in his fi fth season at Stanford, the last three as Associate Head Coach. 1/7 at Arizona W, 87-73 1/9 at Arizona State W, 73-64 USC SHOT DOWN BY UTAH IN 2ND HALF -- USC had its worst shooting performance 1/12 UC Riverside W, 67-62 (OT) since Dec. 3 and its second worst of the season and fell 71-61 at the Huntsman Center on Feb. 1/14 Washington W, 95-68 27. USC made just 37.3 percent of its shots and lost consecutive games for the fi rst time all season. USC actually led 18-8 early as it pressured the Utes into early turnovers, which led to 1/16 Washington State W, 85-77 three baskets each by Isaiah White and Drew Peterson. Despite making just four baskets over 1/19 at Oregon State L, 56-58 the fi nal 11 minutes of the fi rst half, USC led 29-27 at the break. Utah scored the fi rst eight points 1/21 at Stanford Ppd. of the second half to go up 35-29 and made 12 of its fi rst 15 shots after halftime to build a 50-37 1/23 at California W, 76-68 lead. USC cut the lead to 55-50 with 7:34 remaining on a jumper and free throw by Peterson, 1/28 Oregon State W, 75-62 who matched a season-best with 19 points to lead the Trojans. Utah made an opponent high 1/30 Oregon Ppd. 60 percent from beyond the arc, while USC made 15.4 percent from distance. 2/2 at Stanford W, 72-66 ONE WIN FROM 20 -- USC needs one more win to reach 20 victories for the fi fth time in 2/6 UCLA W, 66-48 the last six seasons with Andy Enfi eld as the head coach. USC has had 15 total 20-win seasons 2/11 at Washington W, 69-54 in school history. 2/13 at Washington State W, 76-65 2/17 Arizona State W, 89-71 ENFIELD ON NAISMITH COACH OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST -- USC head coach 2/20 Arizona L, 72-81 Andy Enfi eld was named to the late season watch list for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award on Feb. 19. This season he has guided USC to an 19-6 record. USC’s win over ASU on Feb. 2/22 Oregon W, 72-58 17 was the 150th victory for Andy Enfi eld as USC’s head coach (151-108) in eight seasons. 2/25 at Colorado L, 62-80 Enfi eld’s career record as a head coach is 192-136. Enfi eld has guided the Trojans to their best 2/27 at Utah L, 61-71 two-year, three-year, four-year and fi ve-year records. 3/3 Stanford 7:30 p.m. 3/6 at UCLA 1:00 p.m. THE UNICORN -- USC freshman Isaiah Mobley, who is averaging 16.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.9 blocks, is the only Division I player to be averaging at least 16.0 points, 8.5 ^ Legends Classic (Uncasville, Conn.) rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 assists. Mobley was named a Jabbar Award Finalist on Feb. 26 -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- and a Naismith Defensive Player of the Year semifi nalist on Feb. 24. UCLA ON DECK-- USC’s next game will be at the UCLA Bruins (17-6, 13-4) at Pauley Pavilion 2021 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) in Westwood, Calif. on March 6 at 1 p.m. UCLA will play at Oregon on March 3 before hosting 3/11 First Round USC. The Trojans defeated the Bruins 66-48 on Feb. 6 at the Galen Center. Johnny Juzang 3/12 Quarterfi nals 3/13 Semifi nals leads UCLA in scoring with a 14.6 average. USC has won three-in-a-row and four of its last fi ve games against UCLA, but trails in the all-time series 112*-143 (*1 win later vacated due to NCAA 3/14 Finals penalty, oringinal record 113-143). 2021 NCAA Tournament FOURTH TIME’S A CHARM -- This is the fourth scheduled date for the USC-Stanford 3/16-17 First Four game at the Galen Center this season. The teams were set to play at the Galen Center on Dec. 3/18-21 First and Second Rounds 13 when the contest was postponed the day of the game due to a COVID-19 positive test within 3/25-28 Regional Semifi nals & Finals the USC program. The game was rescheduled to Feb. 2 at the Galen Center, but then that was 4/3, 4/5 Final Four, Championship (Indianapolis, Ind.) switched to a road game at Stanford and the home date against the Cardinal was set for Feb. 22. That game was switched on Feb. 18 to the current date and USC was assigned a home USC Quick Facts game against Oregon on Feb. 22. Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Enrolment: 48,500 (20,500 undergraduates) NOT A VACATION DESTINATION FOR USC... -- Since Colorado and Utah joined the Nickname: Trojans Pac-12 for the 2012 season, USC has gone a combined 4-14 on the “Mountain swing,” including Colors: Cardinal and Gold losing its last six games. USC has been swept on the trip fi ve times. Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (8th year at USC) Associate HC: Jason Hart (8th year at USC) THE DEFENSE RESTS -- USC has held opponents to 33.7 percent shooting from three-point Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (7th year range this season, but over the last fi ve games the opposition has made 51.2 percent of its three- at USC, 5th as assistant), Eric Mobley (3rd year pointers (44-for-86). USC had allowed three opponents to shoot 40 percent or more from three-point at USC) range all season, until the last fi ve opponents have accomplished the feat. LET ME ASSIST YOU -- USC has a total of 57 assists in its six losses (9.5 apg) and 287 BROADCAST NEWS in its 19 wins (15.1 apg). On the road trip to Colorado and Utah, USC was out-assisted 39-15 March 3 - FS1 with Josh Appel (pxp) & in the two games. Doug Gottlieb (analyst) - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) A DAY OF FIRSTS -- USC’s loss at Utah on Feb. 27 marked the fi rst back-to-back losses March 6 - CBS with Spero Dedes (pxp) & of the season for the Trojans, the fi rst loss when leading at halftime (16-1), the fi rst when the Jim Spanarkel (analyst) opponent scores fi rst (6-1) and fi rst while wearing the Cardinal uniforms (6-1). - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) ALL ABOUT ENFIELD -- Andy Enfi eld, 51, 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 in program history over a two-year, three-year, four-year and fi ve-year period. USC has won 109 games over the last fi ve seasons which is the third-most wins in the Pac-12 and the 21st- OUTLETS most wins in the nation among power conferences during that time. USC has had the second-best overall record in the Pac-12 two of the last three seasons (24-12 in 2018 & 22-9 in 2020).