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No. 10/No. 11 USC Hosts North Dakota State At Galen Monday
November 11, 2017 | Men's Basketball, Features
TONIGHT'S GAME -- The No. 10/No. 11 USC Trojans (1-0) will host the North Dakota State Bison (0-1) at the Galen Center on Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network with Jim Watson and Drew Shiller calling the action. USC has won its last 19 home nonconference games.
THE 2017-18 USC TROJANS -- The USC men's basketball program enters the 2017-18 season with high expectations coming off consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, a school-record 26 wins and returning virtually its entire roster. USC's top eight scorers from last year's team are back and are joined by Duke transfer guard Derryck Thornton and three highly-touted freshman in guard Charles O'Bannon Jr., wing Jordan Usher and forward Victor Uyaelunmo. The Trojans picked up their record-setting 26th win with their 66-65 victory over No. 11 SMU in the NCAA Tournament. USC won two games in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2007 season and its 47 total wins over the past two seasons are also the most by the Trojans in consecutive seasons. USC also set school records with most points scored (2,816), three-point baskets made (283), blocked shots (190) and assists (550).
USC ROLLS TO WIN IN OPENER AGAINST CSUF -- USC rolled to an 84-42 home win in the season opener vs. CS Fullerton on Nov. 10. USC scored the first six points of the game and never looked back. USC's 42-point margin of victory was its most in an opener since winning 101-54 vs. San Diego State on Nov. 17, 1998. It was also USC's most points in an opener since scoring 87 to begin the 2012 season. USC held CSUF to 42 points and 23.3 percent shooting in the game. It was the fewest points allowed in an opener by USC since holding Loyola to 41 to begin the 1949 season. The shooting percentage was the lowest by a Trojan opponent since UC Riverside shot 19.0 percent on Dec. 15, 2012. Chimezie Metu led USC with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his eighth career double-double.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN -- There are a total of 15 players on the 2017-18 USC men's basketball roster. The Trojan team by class are: Seniors (3): Kurt Karis (G), Jordan McLaughlin (G), Elijah Stewart (G); Juniors (4): Shaqquan Aaron (G), Bennie Boatwright (F), Devin Fleming (G), Chimezie Metu (F); Sophomores (5): Harrison Henderson (F), Jonah Mathews (G), De'Anthony Melton (G), Nick Rakocevic (F), Derryck Thornton (G); Freshmen (3): Charles O'Bannon Jr. (G), Jordan Usher (G/F), Victor Uyaelunmo (F).
BREAKING DOWN THE BISON -- North Dakota State (0-1) opened the season with an 85-66 loss at UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 11. The Bison went 19-11 and finished second in the Summit League during the 2016-17 season. The Bison return three starters and seven lettermen from that team. Senior guard Paul Miller led NDSU with 16.7 points per game last season. He led the Bison with 18 points in the opener. USC defeated NDSU 61-57 on Dec. 20, 2008 in the only other meeting between the two schools.
TRIP TO VANDERBILT ON DECK -- USC will play its first road game of the year when it travles to play at Vanderbilt (1-0+) in Nashville, Tenn. on Dec. 19. Vanderbilt opened with a 73-54 home win over Austin Peay on Nov. 10. The Commodores will play at Belmont on Nov. 13 and host UNC-Asheville on Nov. 17 before facing USC. Vanderbilt returns eight lettermen and three of its top four scorers from last season's team which advanced to the NCAA Tourney for the second consecutive year. Vanderbilt has won 78.1 percent of its games all-time at its historic Memorial Gymnasium and is 207-24 (89.6 percent) all time in the building versus nonconference foes.
STEWART CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER POINTS -- USC senior guard Elijah Stewart scored six points in the opener and enters Monday's game with 987 career points. Stewart made one three-pointer vs. CSUF to give him 176 career three-point makes, tied for fifth with Harold Miner on USC's all-time list.
USC's ROSTER FEATURES RARE PAIR OF 4-YEAR SENIORS - In senior guards Jordan McLaughlin and Elijah Stewart, USC has its first pair of four-year scholarship seniors since the 2004-05 season when it had five. The seniors on the 2004-05 roster were guards Derrick and Errick Craven, forward Nick Curtis, center Rory O'Neil and forward Gregg Guenther, who was at USC on a football scholarship.
TROJANS HIGHEST PRESEASON RANKING SINCE 1974 -- The USC men's basketball team was ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press (AP) preseason poll on Nov. 1. It marks the highest preseason ranking for the Trojan men's basketball team since the 1974-75 season. It is also the highest ranking at any point for the Trojans since finishing the 1991-92 season at No. 8. The Trojans also were ranked No. 11 in the USA/TODAY Coaches preseason poll and are listed as No. 6 in the ESPN Power Index. USC was ranked five weeks in the 2016-17 AP poll, with a highest ranking of No. 22 on Dec. 26.
THE 2017-18 USC TROJANS -- The USC men's basketball program enters the 2017-18 season with high expectations coming off consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, a school-record 26 wins and returning virtually its entire roster. USC's top eight scorers from last year's team are back and are joined by Duke transfer guard Derryck Thornton and three highly-touted freshman in guard Charles O'Bannon Jr., wing Jordan Usher and forward Victor Uyaelunmo. The Trojans picked up their record-setting 26th win with their 66-65 victory over No. 11 SMU in the NCAA Tournament. USC won two games in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2007 season and its 47 total wins over the past two seasons are also the most by the Trojans in consecutive seasons. USC also set school records with most points scored (2,816), three-point baskets made (283), blocked shots (190) and assists (550).
USC ROLLS TO WIN IN OPENER AGAINST CSUF -- USC rolled to an 84-42 home win in the season opener vs. CS Fullerton on Nov. 10. USC scored the first six points of the game and never looked back. USC's 42-point margin of victory was its most in an opener since winning 101-54 vs. San Diego State on Nov. 17, 1998. It was also USC's most points in an opener since scoring 87 to begin the 2012 season. USC held CSUF to 42 points and 23.3 percent shooting in the game. It was the fewest points allowed in an opener by USC since holding Loyola to 41 to begin the 1949 season. The shooting percentage was the lowest by a Trojan opponent since UC Riverside shot 19.0 percent on Dec. 15, 2012. Chimezie Metu led USC with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his eighth career double-double.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN -- There are a total of 15 players on the 2017-18 USC men's basketball roster. The Trojan team by class are: Seniors (3): Kurt Karis (G), Jordan McLaughlin (G), Elijah Stewart (G); Juniors (4): Shaqquan Aaron (G), Bennie Boatwright (F), Devin Fleming (G), Chimezie Metu (F); Sophomores (5): Harrison Henderson (F), Jonah Mathews (G), De'Anthony Melton (G), Nick Rakocevic (F), Derryck Thornton (G); Freshmen (3): Charles O'Bannon Jr. (G), Jordan Usher (G/F), Victor Uyaelunmo (F).
BREAKING DOWN THE BISON -- North Dakota State (0-1) opened the season with an 85-66 loss at UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 11. The Bison went 19-11 and finished second in the Summit League during the 2016-17 season. The Bison return three starters and seven lettermen from that team. Senior guard Paul Miller led NDSU with 16.7 points per game last season. He led the Bison with 18 points in the opener. USC defeated NDSU 61-57 on Dec. 20, 2008 in the only other meeting between the two schools.
TRIP TO VANDERBILT ON DECK -- USC will play its first road game of the year when it travles to play at Vanderbilt (1-0+) in Nashville, Tenn. on Dec. 19. Vanderbilt opened with a 73-54 home win over Austin Peay on Nov. 10. The Commodores will play at Belmont on Nov. 13 and host UNC-Asheville on Nov. 17 before facing USC. Vanderbilt returns eight lettermen and three of its top four scorers from last season's team which advanced to the NCAA Tourney for the second consecutive year. Vanderbilt has won 78.1 percent of its games all-time at its historic Memorial Gymnasium and is 207-24 (89.6 percent) all time in the building versus nonconference foes.
STEWART CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER POINTS -- USC senior guard Elijah Stewart scored six points in the opener and enters Monday's game with 987 career points. Stewart made one three-pointer vs. CSUF to give him 176 career three-point makes, tied for fifth with Harold Miner on USC's all-time list.
USC's ROSTER FEATURES RARE PAIR OF 4-YEAR SENIORS - In senior guards Jordan McLaughlin and Elijah Stewart, USC has its first pair of four-year scholarship seniors since the 2004-05 season when it had five. The seniors on the 2004-05 roster were guards Derrick and Errick Craven, forward Nick Curtis, center Rory O'Neil and forward Gregg Guenther, who was at USC on a football scholarship.
TROJANS HIGHEST PRESEASON RANKING SINCE 1974 -- The USC men's basketball team was ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press (AP) preseason poll on Nov. 1. It marks the highest preseason ranking for the Trojan men's basketball team since the 1974-75 season. It is also the highest ranking at any point for the Trojans since finishing the 1991-92 season at No. 8. The Trojans also were ranked No. 11 in the USA/TODAY Coaches preseason poll and are listed as No. 6 in the ESPN Power Index. USC was ranked five weeks in the 2016-17 AP poll, with a highest ranking of No. 22 on Dec. 26.
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