USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 6 • USC Trojans (4-1) vs. Stanford Cardinal (2-2) • Dec. 13, 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 OPENS PAC-12 PLAY HOSTING STANFORD Date Opponent Result/Time • Have Won Last 8 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 (4-1) will host the Stanford Cardinal (2-2) at the Galen 12/1 ^vs. BYU W, 79-53 Center on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. The game will air on the Fox Sports 1 with Jim Kozimor and Dave 12/3 ^vs. UConn/Vanderbilt L, 58-61 Miller calling the action. USC’s women’s basketball team will host UCLA at noon on Dec. 13. 12/8 UC Irvine W, 91-56 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 USC TO OPEN PAC-12 PLAY HOSTING STANFORD -- Stanford (2-2) is coming off a 78-46 win at North Carolina A&T on Dec. 6. Oscar da Silva (17.3) and Daejon Davis (14.5) are averaging double fi gures in scoring. USC defeated Stanford 82-78 in overtime on Jan. 18,2020 in the only meeting between the schools last season. USC has won the last four games against ^ Legends Classic (Uncasville, Conn.) the Cardinal at the Galen Center. USC is 126*-127 all-time against Stanford, with a win in 2008 -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- vacated due to NCAA penalty (original record 127-127). 2021 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) LAST SEASON’S CLASSIC - USC trailed by 21 points in the second half and came back 3/11 First Round to defeat No. 25 Stanford 82-78 in overtime on Jan. 18, 2020. USC overcame a 5-point defi cit 3/12 Quarterfi nals in the fi nal 15 seconds of regulation, tying it on an Elijah Weaver three-pointer. Weaver then 3/13 Semifi nals scored 8 of USC’s 13 points in overtime. 3/14 Finals TROJANS SHOOT DOWN UC IRVINE -- USC made a season-high 12 three-pointers 2021 NCAA Tournament and shot 50 percent from beyond the arc to defeat UC Irvine 91-56. Evan Mobley led the way with 22 points and 11 rebounds and Noah Baumann added 18 points, leading the team with four 3/16-17 First Four three-pointers made. USC shot 51.6 percent overall and held UC Irvine to 33.8 percent shooting. 3/18-21 First and Second Rounds 3/25-28 Regional Semifi nals & Finals SAN FRANCISCO ON DECK -- USC’s next game will be vs. San Francisco (5-2) who is 4/3, 4/5 Final Four, Championship (Indianapolis, Ind.) coming off a 107-62 win at Long Beach State and has a win over then No. 4 Virginia (61-60). They will play at California (Dec. 13) before facing USC on Dec. 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Galen USC Quick Facts Center. Jamaree Bouyea (17.6), Khalil Shabazz (14.9) and Dzmitry Ryuny (11.9) are all averag- Location: Los Angeles, Calif. ing double fi gures in scoring. USF has averaged 12.3 makes from three-point range per game. Enrolment: 48,500 (20,500 undergraduates) USC is 15-5 all-time against USF, winning the last matchup 74-69 on Dec. 1, 2008. Trojans Nickname: TEAM TROJANS -- In the fi rst fi ve games played, USC has eight players averaging 6.2 points Colors: Cardinal and Gold or more. Also, eight player are averaging at least one assist per game Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (8th year at USC) Associate HC: Jason Hart (8th year at USC) MOBLEY NAMED PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - USC freshman forward Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (7th year Evan Mobley has been the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6. In at USC, 5th as assistant), Eric Mobley (3rd year USC’s two games at the Legends Classic in Connecticut, Mobley averaged 17.0 points and 9.0 at USC) rebounds. Against BYU on Dec. 1, he notched his fi rst career double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. In the game against UConn on Dec. 3, he led USC in points (17), rebounds (7), assists (3) and blocks (4). HOT SHOTS -- USC is shooting 49.8 percent from the fi eld this season. USC has shot over 50 percent in all four of its wins (a combined 53.0 percent) and shot 35.8 percent in its loss to UConn. BROADCAST NEWS Dec. 13 - FS1 with Jim Kozimor (pxp) & Dave HOT SHOTS PART DEUX -- Six of the 10 players to take at least one shot this season are Miller (analyst) shooting 50.0 percent or higher from the fl oor. - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) Dec. 16 - Pac-12 Network with TBD (pxp) & TBD MAGIC MARKER -- USC defeated UC Irvine 91-56 on Dec. 8 and is now 73-4 in its last (analyst) 77 games when holding the opposition to under 70 points scored dating back to Feb. 28, 2015. - 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. 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.