Updates: Basketball

In what was supposed to be a tune up for the Pac-10 season which begins on Thursday night at California, USC’s basketball team (9-3) ran into some trouble in the first half against Riverside (3-8) on Saturday night before ultimately prevailing 70 - 57.  The Trojans trailed the Highlanders 26-12 early in the first half, but they […]

The Trojans (8-3) had their second straight easy home victory on Saturday evening, defeating the Cal Poly Mustangs (5-6) at the Galen Center, 78-55. It was the eighth consecutive game that the Trojans held their opponents to 62 points or fewer, matching a streak last attained in 1950. The Mustangs shot just 35% on the […]

The 25th-ranked Trojans (7-3) host the Big West Conference’s Cal Poly Mustangs (5-5) at the Galen Center at 5:00p tonight.
The matchup
In the only previous meeting between the two schools, USC lost in 2003 at the Sports Arena, 93-78. The well-rested Mustangs have not played since defeating CS Bakersfield one week ago. They lost to the […]

Sophomore forward Kyle Austin will become the fourth Trojan player to transfer out of coach Tim Floyd’s program when he leaves USC at the semester break, he announced on Tuesday. Austin is seeking to go to a Big West school (such as Long Beach or Santa Barbara) where he feels he will be able to […]

Playing for the first time in almost two weeks, the Trojans improved to 7-3 on the season on Monday night with an easy 83-54 victory over the Delaware State Hornets (3-6) at a half-empty Galen Center. USC held the Hornets to 38.2% shooting from the field while hitting over 68% of their own shots (including […]

The Trojans (6-3) move into the “easy” portion of their nonconference schedule when they host the Delaware State Hornets (3-5) at the Galen Center at 7:30p tonight.
The matchup
The Hornets, who average just 56 points per game, have lost five of their last six games, including a 77-38 defeat at Arizona State in their last contest […]

The Los Angeles Times reported in today’s editions that sophomore forward Kyle Austin has spoken with coach Tim Floyd about potentially transferring out of USC at the semester break. Austin has rarely seen the floor in his short Trojan career, and presumably would move to a school that would offer him more playing time. Regardless […]

USC announced today that redshirt freshman Kasey Cunningham will miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with an ACL and lateral meniscus tear. The forward, who suffered the injury this week in practice, will undergo surgery to repair the damage within the next few weeks, and rehabilitation is expected to last up to […]

The LA Times is reporting that redshirt freshman forward Kasey Cunningham, who has played key minutes during SC’s biggest games this fall, twisted and may have seriously injured his surgically repaired left knee during practice on Wednesday. Cunningham sat out all of last season while rehabbing from a torn ACL in the same knee suffered during his […]

A rare December exhibition game did not go well for the Trojans on Saturday, as Fresno Pacific–coached by ex-Trojan interim head coach Jim Saia–defeated USC by a score of 65-44 at the Galen Center. Before you jump to conclusions, you should keep in mind that USC rested all of its top five leading scorers for […]