USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 5 • USC Trojans (3-1) vs. UC Irvine Anteaters (2-2) • Dec. 8, 2020 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 RETURNS HOME TO FACE UC IRVINE Date Opponent Result/Time • Have Won Last 7 Home Games Dating Back To 2019-20 • 11/25 Cal Baptist W, 95-87 (OT) 11/28 Montana W, 76-64 TONIGHT’S GAME -- The USC Trojans (3-1) will host the UC Irvine Anteaters (2-2) at the 12/1 ^vs. BYU W, 79-53 Galen Center on Dec. 8 at 7:00 p.m. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson 12/3 ^vs. UConn/Vanderbilt L, 58-61 and Bill Walton calling the action. 12/8 UC Irvine 7:00 p.m. THE 2020-21 TROJANS -- The USC men’s basketball team has a new look for the 2020-21 12/13 Stanford 6:30 p.m. season as the strong sophomore core of Ethan Anderson, Isaiah Mobley and Max Agbonkpolo 12/16 San Francisco 6:00 p.m. is joined by eight new players which includes a consensus top three recruit in Evan Mobley 12/20 at Oregon State 12:00 p.m. and Noah Baumann who redshirted last season following his transfer from San Jose State. 12/23 Texas Southern 2:00 p.m. The 2020-21 Trojans will be a team with many interchangeable parts and feature players who 12/31 Colorado TBD can guard multiple positions. USC entered this season having won 109 games over the last 1/2 Utah TBD fi ve seasons, the winningest fi ve-year stretch in school history and the 2020-21 Trojans look to 1/7 at Arizona TBD continue the upward trend. 1/9 at Arizona State TBD YOU WILL BE MISSED... -- The Trojans have re-loaded and are anxious to continue the 1/14 Washington TBD program’s upward surge, but there is no doubt that this edition will be a different team. Gone are 1/16 Washington State TBD All-Pac-12 and now NBA forward Onyeka Okongwu (16.2 ppg, 8.6 rpg) and a pair ot four-year 1/21 at Stanford TBD players in all-time USC three-point baskets leader Jonah Mathews (13.4 ppg and 247 career 1/23 at California TBD 3-pointers made) and second all-time rebounder Nick Rakocevic (10.5 ppg, 923 career rebounds). 1/28 Oregon State TBD In all, 8 of the 11 Trojans to score a point in the 2019-20 season are no longer on the roster. All 1/30 Oregon TBD that means is the new edition of the Trojan cagers will be called upon to replace 80.6 percent of the scoring, 76.4 percent of the rebounding and 74.7 percent of the minutes played 2/6 UCLA TBD 2/11 at Washington TBD RECAP OF THE 2019-20 SEASON -- The 2019-20 Trojans went 22-9 and led the Pac- 2/13 at Washington State TBD 12 in rebounding and were among the Conference’s top teams in blocks, scoring defense and 2/17 Arizona State TBD defensive fi eld goal percentage. USC seemed to be just hitting its stride heading to the postsea- 2/20 Arizona TBD son as winners of fi ve of its last seven games and fi nishing tied for third in Pac-12 play at 11-7 2/25 at Colorado TBD before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. USC led all Pac-12 teams in Conference play in points allowed and fi eld goal percentage defense. 2/27 at Utah TBD 3/6 at UCLA TBD TROJANS TO FACE UC IRVINE - UCI is 2-2 and coming off a 104-54 home win over La Sierra on Dec. 2. Brad Greene (12.3), Collin Welp (11.8) and Dawson Baker (11.5) are all averaging double fi gures in scoring. USC is 6-2 all-time against the Anteaters, but lost the last meeting 51-64 on Dec. 20, 2012. ^ Legends Classic (Uncasville, Conn.) -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- TROJANS SUFFER FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON -- After outrebounding its op- ponents by more than 16 boards per game and shooting 50 percent or higher in its fi rst three 2021 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) games, USC was outrebunded by 11 and held to 35.8 percent shooting in a 61-58 loss to UConn 3/11 First Round at the Legends Classic. USC also made just 3 of 19 three-point attempts (15.8 percent) and 3/12 Quarterfi nals had only four assists on 19 baskets. Evan Mobely led USC with 17 points and seven rebounds. 3/13 Semifi nals Ethan Anderson sat out the game with back soreness. 3/14 Finals STANFORD ON DECK TO OPEN PAC-12 PLAY -- USC’s next game will be vs. Stan- 2021 NCAA Tournament ford at the Galen Center on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. It will be the fi rst of 20 scheduled conference games for both teams this season. Stanford (2-2) is coming off a 78-46 win at North Carolina 3/16-17 First Four A&T on Dec. 6. Oscar da Silva (17.3) and Daejon Davis (14.5) are averaging double fi gures in 3/18-21 First and Second Rounds scoring. USC defeated Stanford 82-78 in overtime on Jan. 18,2020 in the only meeting between 3/25-28 Regional Semifi nals & Finals the schools last season. USC has won the last four games against the Cardinal at the Galen 4/3, 4/5 Final Four, Championship (Indianapolis, Ind.) Center. USC is 126*-127 all-time against Stanford, with a win in 2008 vacated due to NCAA penalty (original record 127-127). USC Quick Facts Location: Los Angeles, Calif. TEAM TROJANS -- In the fi rst four games played, USC has seven players averaging 6.0 Enrolment: 48,500 (20,500 undergraduates) points or more. Trojans Nickname: MOBLEY NAMED PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - USC freshman forward Colors: Cardinal and Gold Evan Mobley has been the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6. In Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (8th year at USC) USC’s two games at the Legends Classic in Connecticut, Mobley averaged 17.0 points and 9.0 Associate HC: Jason Hart (8th year at USC) rebounds. Against BYU on Dec. 1, he notched his fi rst career double-double with 17 points and Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (7th year 11 rebounds. In the game against UConn on Dec. 3, he led USC in points (17), rebounds (7), at USC, 5th as assistant), Eric Mobley (3rd year assists (3) and blocks (4). at USC) HOT SHOTS -- USC made 53.5 percent of its shots in the fi rst three games, shooting 50.0 percent or better in each game. In the loss against UConn on Dec. 3, USC made 35.9 percent of its shots. HOT SHOTS PART DEUX -- Five of the 10 players to see action for USC this season are BROADCAST NEWS shooting 50.0 percent or higher from the fl oor. Dec. 8 - Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson (pxp) & Bill Walton (analyst) THE HEIGHT OF SUCCESS -- USC hopes that height translates into success as eight - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) players on the roster are 6-7 or taller. Dec. 13 - FS1 with TBD (pxp) & TBD (analyst) RARE LOSS -- USC’s 61-58 loss to UConn on Dec. 3 was just the fourth time in its last 76 - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) games when holding the opposition to under 70 points scored dating back to Feb. 28, 2015. 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. OUTLETS USC has won 109 games over the last fi ve seasons which is the third-most wins in the Pac-12 and the 21st- 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). He guided the Trojans TROJANS ON THE WEB into the postseason in three consecutive seasons (2016-18), the fi rst time for USC since 2007-09, all while Current and historical USC men’s his athletes have set the program’s top team GPAs for the Spring, Fall and Summer sessions. Enfi eld has baskeball information, as well as news, brought in seven consecutive Top 30 recruiting classes, with the 2021 class ranking No. 12. Over the last three seasons, USC has had four players selected in the NBA Draft, tied for the fi fth-most by any program statistics, and features can be found at in the country. He now has an 135-103 record in his eight seasons as the USC head coach and is 176- the USC website: www.usctrojans.com. 131 in nine seasons as a head coach.