Updates: Results

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 […]

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 […]

USC picked up its first ever national championship in women’s soccer on Sunday when the second-seeded Women of Troy edged third-seeded Florida State, 2-0, in College Station, Texas. It was a tournament record-setting fifth shutout for the Trojans, and their 15th shutout overall this season under first-year head coach Ali Khosroshahin. USC finished the season […]

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 […]

When the Trojans fell to Kansas last Sunday, in part by failing to keep up with the Jayhawks in the second half, they left an open question: Could USC ever hang with the nation’s best teams over a full 40 minutes? That question was answered in the affirmative on Tuesday night during the Jimmy V. […]

For the second consecutive year, USC’s water polo team fell just short of a national title, losing another close match to the California Golden Bears. The Bears’ 13th national championship in water polo came during an 8-6 victory which saw the Trojans threatening to tie the game repeatedly in the closing minutes but ultimately coming […]

The Trojans were the better team on the court for the first ten minutes, but the Jayhawks proved superior over the full 40, as fourth-ranked Kansas (7-0) withstood a late USC push and won, 59-55, at a sold-out Galen Center. USC (6-2) led by as many as ten points in the first half, and carried […]

As promised, here is a roundup of coverage of Saturday’s USC victory over the Bruins. A few extra notes to add to our previous report: Allen Bradford and Vincent Joseph were suspended for Saturday’s game because of academic issues. It was the second time this season that Joesph was suspended. Also, Fred Davis became USC’s […]

USC’s offense didn’t always look pretty, and they managed to turn the ball over a few times, but the Trojans otherwise outplayed their crosstown rivals on Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum, 24-7, to bring their winning streak over the Bruins to one game and secure their place in the Rose Bowl on January 1st. The […]