“The difference is night and day”, said junior guard Julian Jacobs after scoring 14 points in the team’s 90-82 win over New Mexico Nov. 21.
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“The thing we did most was, we turned the ball over 23 times”. It’s the Trojans best start since winning their first eight games in the 2000-01 season. Monmouth missed out on playing in the AdvoCare Invitational title game when it fell 73-70 to Dayton on November 27. However, the Shockers answered with back-to-back threes for a 55-52 lead at the nine-minute mark. Baker scored six points. Why USC Will Win The Trojans will have to pick their shots wisely.
Wichita State basketball player Anton Grady was taken from Friday’s game on a stretcher after collapsing on the court.
The Hawkeyes trailed the Fighting Irish 46-31 early in the second half Friday, but a 16-0 run helped them jump ahead 47-46 with 10:06 to go. Alabama improves to 3-2 on the season with the victory while the Shockers drop to 2-3. The Gauchos will play at Arizona State on November 29 before hosting the Trojans. Jacobs is a guard averaging 8 rebounds per game – incredible. USC leads the all-time series 11-1, but UCSB won the last meeting 69-53 in Santa Barbara on December 3, 2002.
Baker had a 3-pointer during a 7-2 run that put Wichita State up 48-43 with 12 minutes to play.
Chris Kendrix scored 12 points for Missouri State while Dequon Miller and Jarred Dixon added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Denzel Valentine had a triple-double of 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Spartans (5-0) routed the Eagles (3-1) in an opening-round game at the DirectTV Wooden Legacy in Fullerton, Calif.
The Crimson Tide made 8 of 9 free throws over the final 3 minutes of the half.
“Seeing your brother on the court like that, it’s more than a game at that point”, teammate Ron Baker said.
Hale led all scorers with 20 points. 20, 2001 when they tallied 522.
TALL AND TALENTED FRESHMAN TANDEM – USC’s freshman class is comprised of forwards Bennie Boatwright and Chimezie Metu.
Southern California players applauded for Grady as the stretcher passed by.
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“Probably three or four times I can recall getting back-to-back points … feeling like we were about to make a run and they came down about every single time and hit a shot or got fouled or got an offensive rebound”, Baker said. That sloppiness led to turnovers and kept the Shockers in the game. USC has shot over 40 percent in each game this season.
