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Lee County's Lindsey Crawford scored 18 points Monday and 12 Tuesday against Upson-Lee. After Lee County girls basketball coach Fran McPherson found out that only the Lady Trojans and Upson-Lee were left in an Upson-Lee tourney once other girls teams pulled out, she tried to find another event.

Former Fordham guard Jio Fontan will be transferring to USC and be enrolling in the school this January.

In what will clearly be considered the dividing point of the USC season, the arrival of unheralded Mike Gerrity before the Tennessee game has led to a 2-0 a oeA.G.a record for the Trojans after a gutsy win over Western Michigan which featured a double-digit, second-half comeback, led by the aforementioned senior point guard.A USC has shown to be a ...

Point guard Mike Gerrity, whose ballhandling and leadership have reinvigorated the Trojans, scored 15 of his team-high 17 points in the second half as USC defeated Western Michigan, 55-51, Tuesday in the first round of the eight-team Diamond Head Classic.

Mike Gerrity is a college basketball journeyman who is now on his third college in five years.

Mike Gerrity was the recipient of a giant hug from teammate Dwight Lewis at midcourt as the final buzzer sounded Saturday at Galen Center.

USC's basketball team received an early Christmas present, just in time for today's game against No.

Just six games into the 2009-2010 college basketball season, there are still plenty of questions surrounding Kevin O'Neill's rag-tag Trojan bunch.

After a frustrating road trip in which the Trojans suffered embarrassing defeats at the hands of both Texas and Georgia Tech, the concept of returning to Los Angeles to face a sub-.500 team from the Big Sky conference seemed more than appealing.

Dwight Lewis scored 16 points and USC raced to commanding leads in both halves of a 51-36 victory over Sacramento State on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing skid.

USC coach Kevin O'Neill knew his team would have some long nights this season. But he didn't expect performances like Saturday's, when the Trojans lost 79-53 at Georgia Tech to fall to 2-4. "We struggle with guard play to run anything," O'Neill said in a report by Los Angeles Daily News.

After several text message exchanges, neither junior forward Marcus Johnson of USC nor freshman guard Jordan Hamilton of Texas could abstain from trash talking.

Eshaunte Jones only basket of the second half count, a 3-pointer with 11.7 seconds left, lifted Nebraska to a 51-48 victory over USC at the Galen Center Sunday in the first game of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series.

Basketball: USC couldn't overcome its personnel or offensive deficiencies in a 51-48 loss to Nebraska.

Redshirt freshman Eshaunte Jones calmly hit his only basket of the second half, knocking down a 3-pointer with just 11.7 seconds left to lift Nebraska to a 51-48 victory over USC at the Galen Center on Sunday in the first game of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series.

USC did not exactly feast on the cupcakes that comprised the first three games of its schedule, which means things get considerably more difficult beginning today when the Trojans host Nebraska at 1:30 p.m. in the Galen Center.

Nikola Vucevic had 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds as Southern California coasted to a 74-43 victory against Coppin State Friday night USC shot 58.3 percent from the field and made 6 of 13 3-pointers to stay ahead of Coppin State, which made just 5 of 25 shots in the second half.

USC forward Alex Stepheson practiced for the first time Thursday and will play tonight when the Trojans host Coppin State at the Galen Center.

Game 5 Notes 2009-10 Record: 3-1 Head coach: Doc Sadler Record at Nebraska: 58-41 Record at Division I: 106-59 Career Record: 226-98 USC Trojans Game 4 2009-10 Record: 2-0* Head coach: Kevin O'Neill Record at USC: 2-0* Career Record: 173-180* *not including game on Nov.

After Cunningham goes down with an injury, the Trojans are outscored 31-13. LOS ANGELES As USC's players walked toward the Loyola Marymount bench for postgame handshakes, Kasey Cunningham hobbled the other way, down the tunnel, on crutches.