Dwight Lewis News

Southern Cal rallies past Western Michigan 55-51 Eds: APNewsNow. Southern Cal 55, Western Michigan 51.

The Trojans mena TMs basketball team made some national news on Saturday, defeating 8th ranked Tennessee 77 a ' 55.

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

The ninth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers are set to take on the USC Trojans in a non-conference clash from the Galen Center in Los Angeles.

We traded questions with the fine folks at Conquest Chronicles for Saturday's game between the Vols and Trojans - Joey Kaufman was kind enough to answer for us, and you can find our responses at their site .

The USC Trojans will face the No. 9 Tennessee Volunteers on Dec. 19 in the Galen Center at 1:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live Fox Sports Net with Barry Tompkins and Marques Johnson calling the action and Michael Eaves providing sideline reports.

Marc Trasolini scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Santa Clara came from behind to defeat visiting Dominican 69-65 on Friday night.

While it may be clich to say, each athletic competition provides teams with the opportunity to either improve upon their previous performance or instead continue to develop poor tendencies.

Dwight Lewis led USC with 16 points vs. Sacramento State on Tuesday and moved into a tie for 24th place on USC's all-time scoring list.

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.

Lewis, USC turn back Sacramento State 51-36 Eds: APNewsNow. Southern California 51, Sacramento State 36.

Texas vs. USC is part of the annual Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series that matches teams from the two leagues.

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.

Leonard Washington is not with the USC basketball team on its first trip of the season -- and for the young and inexperienced Trojans, who were soundly defeated, 69-50, Thursday by No.

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.