Overview
- UC Santa Cruz filled the date after USC and Brown canceled their game following the Dec. 13 campus shooting that killed two and wounded nine.
- Graduate transfer guard Kam Woods made his first appearance for USC, contributing six rebounds, five assists and three steals in limited minutes.
- Gabe Dynes scored 16 to lead four Trojans in double figures, with Chad Baker-Mazara and Ezra Ausar adding 15 each and Jacob Cofie scoring 14 in Eric Musselman’s 250th career win.
- USC remains short-handed with Rodney Rice out for the season, while freshman Alijah Arenas has returned to practice and is expected back by mid-January.
- Musselman pursued the replacement game to gain competition and game film and used the matchup to evaluate rotations before visits to No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 2, No. 9 Michigan State on Jan. 5 and Minnesota on Jan. 9.