Men’s Basketball | January 17, 2023
The USC Trojans (13-5, 5-2) will play the Arizona Wildcats (15-3, 4-3) at the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. on Jan. 19 at 6:00 p.m. PT. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton calling the action. USC has started 5-2 through its first seven Pac-12 games for the sixth consecutive season. USC has started 6-2 in Pac-12 play in five of the last six seasons.
USC’S STELLAR STRETCH — USC won a school-record 73 games over the last three seasons (22 in 2020, 25 in 2021 and 26 in 2022). The previous school record for wins in three consecutive seasons was 71 (2016-18). The three consecutive seasons of 20+ wins also equals the school record for most consecutive 20-win seasons set from 2016-18.
WINNING WAYS — USC’s 73 total wins the previous three seasons tied for the third most among all Power 6 basketball programs, trailing only the last two NCAA champions Kansas (83) and Baylor (81). Also, USC’s 160 wins the previous seven seasons ranked 13th among all Power 6 conference teams.
ENFIELD LEADING THE WAY — USC head coach Andy Enfield is in his 10th season at USC and has compiled an 196-123 record. His wins total ranks fourth on USC’s all-time wins list, trailing only Sam Barry (260), Forrest Twogood (251) and Bob Boyd (216). Including his two seasons as the head coach at FGCU (2012-13), Enfield has compiled a 237-151 record.
FACING No. 11 ARIZONA — The No. 11 Arizona Wildcats (15-3, 4-3) are coming off an 87-68 loss at Oregon on Jan. 14, but are 9-2 in their last 11 games, same at the Trojans in that stretch. Arizona is 9-1 at home this season and is 145-17 at home the last 10 seasons. Junior forward Azuolas Tubelis leads Arizona with a 20.4 scoring average and is second on the team with a 9.0 rebounds per game average. Arizona has outrebounded its opponents by over 8 rebounds per game. USC lost both games to Arizona last season and has lost its last three games to the Wildcats. USC last win over Arizona was an 87-73 victory at the McKale Center on Jan. 7, 2021, which snapped USC’s 10-game losing streak at Arizona. USC trails 45-71* in the all-time series (*1 USC win and 1 Arizona win later vacated due to NCAA penalty, original record 46-72).
ARIZONA STATE ON DECK — USC’s next game will be at Arizona State…
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