Dwight Lewis News

Damion James finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, as second-ranked Texas took a 69-50 win over Southern California in a Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series matchup at Frank Erwin Center.

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A highly rated freshman class has helped Texas to a lofty early ranking, but one of the biggest reasons for the second-ranked Longhorns' fast start is the emergence of a senior.

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.

With an offense featuring 35 plays, USC Coach Kevin O'Neill is finding it mostly useless while fielding a lineup with one returning starter.

A sign hangs at every stall in the USC locker room, emphasizing the need to "always nurture the soul of our team." That's been a hard task for a Trojans team playing without several missing parts.

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.

Can a picture say a thousand words? What a disappointment after the UCR game. The fact of the matter is that yes, USC's lack of depth hurt them and the outside shooting just was not there like on Tuesday night, but SC still should have won this game.

Playing out of rhythm and with a limited bench, the USC men's basketball team saw a 12-point second-half lead slip away against Loyola Marymount on Saturday and lost 67-59 in its second game of the season.

Loyola Marymount overcame a 12-point deficit in the second half to rally past USC, 67-59, on Saturday night.

Lewis, fighting off leg cramps in the second half, posted a game-high 22 points but it was the play of his teammates, guard Marcus Simmons in particular, that allowed a Trojans squad playing with just seven scholarship players to start off O'Neill on a winning note.

Dwight Lewis fakes to the inside, steps back and drains a baseline three-point shot, then hustles to the opposite end of the court and steals a telegraphed pass from a freshman to a sophomore.

If senior guard Dwight Lewis is to be the team leader and go-to scorer for the USC men's basketball team, coach Kevin O'Neill and the Trojans will be expecting performances like this all year.

After a one-sided loss at New Mexico, UC Riverside men's basketball coach Jim Wooldridge wasn't as upset about the final score as he was about what caused it.

Dwight Lewis led four players in double figures with 22 points and Southern California made Kevin O'Neill a winner in his return to the college coaching ranks with a 77-67 victory over UC Riverside on Tuesday night.

Basketball preview: The foundation of first-year coach Kevin O'Neill's rebuilding project at USC is the team's leading scorer.

Since Head Coach Bruce Pearl came to Rocky Top in 2005, the Tennessee Volunteers have consistently challenged themselves in nonconference play.

A handful of schools began the exhibition season Sunday with blowout victories. Of course, the scores really don't matter unless you're the USC Trojans and you need a second half comeback to beat Division II Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Kevin Oa Neill admits his team is a mystery to him at this point. As the first-year USC mena s basketball coach said at Pac-10 media day in L.A., a oeIa m still learning about our players.a Thata s understandable for someone who wasna t hired until June 20 following the abrupt resignation of Tim Floyd.