USC Men’s Basketball Release Game No. 29 • USC (15-13, 8-7) vs. UCLA Bruins (15-13, 8-7) • Feb. 28, 2019 • Pauley Pavilion, Westwood, 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 2018-19 USC Schedule USC TO TRAVEL CROSSTOWN TO FACE UCLA Date Opponent Result/Time • Trojans & Bruins Tied For Fifth In The Pac-12 • 11/6 Robert Morris W, 83-62 TONIGHT’S GAME - The USC Trojans (15-13, 8-7) will play at the UCLA Bruins (15-13, 11/11 Vanderbilt L, 78-82 8-7) at Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, Calif. on Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. USC is 2-6 in road games this 11/14 Stetson W, 95-59 season, but has won two of its last three road games, with the loss being a game it led by four 11/19 ^vs. Texas Tech L, 63-78 points and was shooting free throws with 59 seconds remaining. 11/20 ^vs. Missouri State W, 99-80 11/25 CSU Bakersfi eld W, 90-75 BREAKING DOWN UCLA - UCLA is coming off a 90-83 comeback win over Oregon on 11/28 Long Beach State W, 75-65 Feb. 23, a game it trailed by 19 points in the second half. The Bruins have won three of their last 12/1 Nevada L, 61-73 four games. Sophomore Kris Wilkes leads UCLA in scoring with a 17.2 average. USC defeated 12/7 vs. TCU L, 61-96 UCLA 80-67 at the Galen Center on Jan. 19. UCLA leads in the all-time series 142-109 (1 USC 12/15 vs. Oklahoma L, 70-81 win in 2008 vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record: 142-110). 12/18 at Santa Clara L, 92-102 (2OT) USC FALLS TO OREGON STATE ON SENIOR DAY - Oregon State fi nished the game 12/21 Southern Utah W, 91-49 on a 12-6 run over the fi nal 3:35 to defeat USC 67-62 at the Galen Center on Feb.23. USC 12/30 UC Davis W, 73-55 fell to 4-6 in its last 10 Senior Days. USC had rallied from a 10-point second-half defi cit to take 1/3 California W, 82-73 a 56-55 lead on a Jonah Mathews three-pointer with 3:54 remaining, but Kylor Kelley’s dunk 1/6 Stanford W, 77-66 with 3:35 left gave OSU the lead for good. OSU’s Tres Tinkle made four free throws and Ethan 1/10 at Oregon State L, 74-79 (OT) Thompson two over the next three minutes to to put the game away at 63-56 with 38 seconds left. 1/13 at Oregon L, 60-81 USC trailed 31-27 at halftime and fell behind by 10 points early in the second half. Still trailing 1/19 UCLA W, 80-67 by seven points at 51-44 with 8:23 remaining, USC began its comback as it went on a 12-4 run, 1/24 Arizona W, 80-57 fueled with seven points by Mathews, including the three-pointer which briefl y put the Trojans 1/26 Arizona State W, 69-67 ahead. Mathews fi nished with a team-high 15 points and seniors Bennie Boatwright scored 13 1/30 at Washington L, 62-75 points and Shaqquan Aaron 12. Kevin Porter Jr. had his fi rst double-double with 11 points and 2/2 at Washington State W, 93-84 10 rebounds. Nick Rakocevic was in foul trouble all game before fouling out after playing 9:39 2/6 Utah L, 70-77 and being held to four points and one rebound. 2/9 Colorado L, 65-69 USC was outscored 15-0 from 2/13 at Stanford L, 76-79 SEARCHING FOR “THE FREE” IN FREE THROWS - the free throw line in its 67-62 loss to Oregon State on Feb. 23. It was the fi rst time in school 2/16 at California W, 89-66 history that the Trojans did not score a point from the free throw line (0-for-6). The previous low 2/21 Oregon W, 66-49 for free throws made in a game was one done four times, last in the 2012 season. The previ- 2/23 Oregon State L, 62-67 ous school record for lowest free throw percentage in a game was 14.3 (1-for-7) set in 1979. 2/28 at UCLA 6:00 p.m. USC is shooting 64.9 percent from the free throw line this season, 11th in the conference and 3/7 at Utah 8:00 p.m. 329 out of 351 schools. 3/8 at Colorado 3:00 p.m. ^ NABC Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City,Mo.) UTAH ON DECK - USC’s next game will be at Utah (15-12, 9-6) on March 7 at 7 p.m. PT. Utah will play at Colorado on March 2 before hosting USC. The Utes defeated USC 77-70 at the -- Home Games in Bold -- Galen Center on Feb. 6. Utah is led in scoring by senior guard Sedrick Barefi eld who averages -- All times local to site -- 16.7 points per game. Utah leads the all-time series 23-19. 2019 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) RAKOCEVIC HAS BEEN DOUBLE TROUBLE - USC forward Nick Rakocevic posted 3/13 First Round his conference-leading 13th double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds at California on Feb. 3/14 Quarterfi nals 16. He also in one of two Pac-12 players with fi ve games with 20 or more points and 10 or more 3/15 Semifi nals rebounds. He has scored at least 15 points in 16 games and has at least 8 rebounds in 20 games. 3/16 Finals Rakocevic is averaging 15.1 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. He currently ranks among the 2019 NCAA Tournament Pac-12’s top 10 in fi ve categories: rebounds (3rd), blocked shots (6th), fi eld goal percentage (9th), offensive rebounds (2nd) and defensive rebounds (4th), as well as ranking 11th in scoring. 3/19-20 First Four 3/21-24 First and Second Rounds RECORD-SETTING STRETCH - USC has won 86 games during the last four seasons 3/28-31 Regional Semifi nals & Finals (2016-19), the most wins in a four-year stretch in school history. 4/6, 4/8 Final Four, Championship BENNIE AND THE NETS - Bennie Boatwright has made 19 three-point baskets in the last three games (19-for-29, 65.5 percent) and is 27-for-46 from three-point range (58.7 percent) the USC Quick Facts last six games. He set the USC record for three-pointers in a game and tied the Pac-12 record Location: Los Angeles, Calif. with 10 (10 of 13) at California on Feb. 16. He became the fourth Pac-12 to make 10 in a game. Enrollment: 45,500 (19,000 undergraduates) Trojans Nickname: UCLA Bruins - 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 4 Jaylen Hands 6-3 180 So. San Diego, Calif. 13.5 3.5 Assistant Coaches: Jason Hart (6th year G 5 Chris Smith 6-9 210 So. Chicago, Ill. 6.1 3.9 at USC), Chris Capko (5th year at USC, 3rd as G 13 Kris Wilkes 6-8 215 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 17.2 4.7 assistant), Eric Mobley (1st year at USC) G 34 David Singleton 6-4 200 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. 4.8 1.1 C 1 Moses Brown 7-1 245 Fr. Queens, N.Y. 10.5 8.5 BROADCAST NEWS USC Trojans - Last Game Starters Feb. 28 - ESPN with Dave Pasch (pxp) and Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown PPG RPG Bill Walton (analyst) - ESPNLA 710 with Jordan Moore (pxp) G 0 Shaqquan Aaron 6-7 195 Sr.* Los Angeles, Calif. 8.6 4.4 March 7 - FS1 with Kevin Burkhardt (pxp) and G 2 Jonah Mathews 6-3 200 Jr. Santa Monica, Calif. 12.5 3.1 Casey Jacobsen (analyst) G 5 Derryck Thornton 6-3 195 Jr.* Los Angeles, Calif. 8.0 3.1 - ESPNLA 710 with Jordan Moore (pxp) F 25 Bennie Boatwright 6-10 235 Sr. Mission Hills, Calif. 18.3 6.3 F 31 Nick Rakocevic 6-11 225 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 15.1 9.4 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 its baskeball information, as well as news, fi rst outright second-place fi nish since 1992.