Senior Keith Wilkinson, who started both games in Oregon in place of injured freshman Leonard Washington, played all 45 minutes of the overtime game at OSU, contributing eight points, eight rebounds and six assists.
PLAYER ROTATION
Usual Starters -- F DeMar DeRozan, F Keith Wilkinson, C Taj Gibson, G Dwight Lewis, G Daniel Hackett. Key Subs -- G Marcus Johnson; G Donte Smith.
GAME REVIEW
USC 66, Oral Roberts 56
USC 83, Oregon 62
Oregon State 62, USC 58, OT
GAME PREVIEW
vs. UCLA, Sunday, Jan. 11
vs. Arizona State, Thursday, Jan. 15
vs. Arizona, Saturday, Jan. 17
IN FOCUS
Stunned by a loss at Oregon State, the Trojans have a full week to prepare for rival UCLA, which visits the Galen Center. Given how poorly they responded to OSU's zone defense, the Trojans may be happy to see UCLA's tough man-to-man approach. Taj Gibson needs to be a bigger factor this season than he did a year ago, when he averaged just 10 points in three games vs. UCLA.
ROSTER REPORT
-- Taj Gibson scored his 1,000th career point in the win at Oregon and broke Sam Clancy's school record of 196 blocked shots. He scored 15 more points at Oregon State and now has 1,023.
-- Freshman DeMar DeRozan had 14 points and 12 rebounds in the win at Oregon, his first double-double of the season.
-- Dwight Lewis, who leads the Trojans in scoring at 16.1 points per game, had his second-lowest scoring game of the season with just six points at Oregon State.
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