USC Men’s Basketball Release • Game No. 11 • USC Trojans (8-2, 3-1) vs. UC Riverside Highlanders (4-2, 1-1) • Jan. 12, 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 UC RIVERSIDE TUESDAY Date Opponent Result/Time • Trojans To Play 3 Home Games This Week • 11/25 Cal Baptist W, 95-87 (OT) 11/28 Montana W, 76-64 TONIGHT’S GAME -- The USC Trojans (8-2, 3-1) will host the UC Riverside Highlanders 12/1 ^vs. BYU W, 79-53 (4-2, 1-1) at the Galen Center on Jan. 12 at 6:00 p.m. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network 12/3 ^vs. UConn/Vanderbilt L, 58-61 with J.B Long and Bill Walton calling the action. USC has matched a season high with a three- 12/8 UC Irvine W, 91-56 game winning streak and has won fi ve of its last six games. 12/13 Stanford Ppd. 12/16 San Francisco Canceled ROAD TRIP REVIEW -- USC defeated Arizona 87-73 in Tucson, Ariz. on Jan. 7 snapping a 12/20 at Oregon State Ppd. 10-game road losing streak at Arizona, then snapped a seven-game road losing streak at Arizona State with a 73-64 win on Jan. 9. The sweep in the desert of Arizona and ASU was USC’s fi rst 12/23 Texas Southern Canceled since the 1985 season. It also marked USC’s fi rst 2-0 start in Pac-12 road games since the 12/29 Santa Clara W, 86-63 2007 season. USC had a .486 shooting percentage and held the Arizona school to a combined 12/31 Colorado L, 62-72 .372 shooting percentage. USC also outrebounded the desert schools 82-62 in the two games. 1/2 Utah W, 64-46 1/7 at Arizona W, 87-73 FACING UC RIVERSIDE -- UC Riverside (4-2, 1-1) is coming off a home split vs. Hawai’i, 1/9 at Arizona State W, 73-64 falling 88-83 on Jan. 8, then winning 70-68 on Jan. 9. USC is 5-0* all-time against UC Riverside, 1/12 UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. winning the last meeting 70-26 on Dec. 15, 2012. Forward Arinze Chidom leads the Highlanders 1/14 Washington 6:30 p.m. in scoring with an 14.8 average. 1/16 Washington State 6:30 p.m. * 1 win in 2008 vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 6-0 1/21 at Stanford TBD 1/23 at California TBD USC SNAPS 7-GAME LOSING STREAK AT ASU -- Evan Mobley had 19 points, a 1/28 Oregon State TBD career-best 13 rebounds and 6 blocked shots, as USC beat Arizona State 73-64 in Tempe, Ariz. 1/30 Oregon TBD on Jan. 9. Tahj Eaddy scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and grabbed nine rebounds. 2/6 UCLA TBD Isaiah Mobley added 13 points and 10 rebounds, marking the second time this season the Mo- 2/11 at Washington TBD bley brothers recorded a double-double in the same game. USC seemingly had a comfortable 2/13 at Washington State TBD 18-point lead at 36-18 with 2:08 remaining in the fi rst half, but ASU closed the half on a 14-0 run, 2/17 Arizona State TBD 11 coming from Holland Woods. ASU scored the fi rst three points of the second half to make it a 17-0 run before Drew Peterson hit a free throw to make it 37-35 for USC. Woods had a steal 2/20 Arizona TBD and layup to give ASU a 58-56 lead with 7:03 to play. The Trojans answered with a 17-6 run to 2/25 at Colorado TBD close out the game. USC held ASU to 33.9 percent shooting and outrebounded them 50-30. 2/27 at Utah TBD USC also struggled shooting, making 39.3 percent of its shots and 13.6 percent from three-point 3/6 at UCLA TBD range (3-for-22). USC had 12 blocks, its most since getting 14 vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 11, 2016. ^ Legends Classic (Uncasville, Conn.) MAGIC MARKER -- With the 73-64 win over ASU on Jan. 9, USC is now 76-4 in its last 80 -- Home Games in Bold , All times local to site -- games when holding the opposition to under 70 points scored dating back to Feb. 28, 2015. 2021 Pac-12 Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) 3/11 First Round DOING IT WITH DEFENSE -- USC has held its opponents to 35.7 percent shooting this 3/12 Quarterfi nals season, second-best in the country. USC’s opponents have shot over 40 percent from the fi eld 3/13 Semifi nals three times in the fi rst 10 games. 3/14 Finals -- USC has had 62 blocks in its fi rst 10 games for an 2021 NCAA Tournament USC HOSTING BLOCK PARTY average of 6.2 blocks per game. That average ranks second in the country in that category. 3/16-17 First Four Freshman Evan Mobley is averaging 3.0 blocks per game, tied for seventh in the country and 3/18-21 First and Second Rounds fi rst among freshmen. 3/25-28 Regional Semifi nals & Finals 4/3, 4/5 Final Four, Championship (Indianapolis, Ind.) EFFICIENT OFFENSE -- USC is second among Pac-12 with an 77.1 scoring average and is fi rst with a +13.4 scoring margin. USC also leads all Pac-12 teams with a 48.3 shooting USC Quick Facts percentage this season. It is early in the season, but the last time USC had a higher team fi eld Location: Los Angeles, Calif. goal percentage was the 1985 season when it fi nished shooting .487 from the fl oor. The USC Enrolment: 48,500 (20,500 undergraduates) record since team statistics were kept in 1948 is 50.2 percent set in the 1974 season. Nickname: Trojans -- Eight Trojans have already had at least one game of 10 points scored Colors: Cardinal and Gold IT’S A TEAM GAME or more this season. Eight Trojans are averaging at least 5.7 points per game. Head Coach: Andy Enfi eld (8th year at USC) Associate HC: Jason Hart (8th year at USC) PLAYING PAINT BALL -- USC has outrebounded its opponents 414-339 through the fi rst Assistant Coaches:, Chris Capko (7th year 10 games and has outscored the opposition 350-242 on points scored in the paint. at USC, 5th as assistant), Eric Mobley (3rd year at USC) LIKE NIGHT AND DAY -- In its eight wins, USC is shooting 51.0 percent from the fl oor (236- for-463) and in its two losses is shooting 37.2 percent (42-for-113). USC has also outrebounded or had the same amount of boards as the opposition in all eight of the wins (89 total rebounds) and was outrebounded in both of its losses (14 total rebounds). BROADCAST NEWS MOBLEY NAMED PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK -- Evan Mobley was named Jan. 12 - Pac-12 Network with J.B. Long (pxp) the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for Jan. 4-10 as he averaged 19.0 points, 12.0 rebounds & Bill Walton (analyst) and 3.5 blocks in a road sweep of the Arizona schools. It was his second selection this season. - KABC 790 AM with Jordan Moore (pxp) MOBLEY NAMED TO MIDSEASON WOODEN AWARD WATCH LIST -- USC freshman forward Evan Mobley was named to the 25-man Wooden Award Midseason Watch List for the top men’s collegiate basketball player. Mobley is one of four freshmen on the list. 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). 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 140-104 record in his eight seasons as the USC head coach and is 181- the USC website: www.usctrojans.com. 132 in nine seasons as a head coach. The 2019-20 Trojans went 22-9, fi nished tied for 3rd in the Pac-12 and were getting better as the season was cancelled due to COVID-19.