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The Three Torches 2/4: Alijah Arenas Career-High Night

The Three Torches 2/4: Alijah Arenas Career-High Night

The men's basketball team beat Indiana on Tuesday.

February 04, 2026

Good Morning Trojans. We have a former Trojan competing in the Olympics! Scroll down to see who it is.

What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!

🏀 MBB beat Indiana
🏀 2 WBB weekly honors
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

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🔼 Huge Win. The men’s basketball team beat Indiana 81-75 on Tuesday. Alijah Arenas scored a career-high 29 points. Kam Woods followed with 18 points. The Trojans shot 46.3% from the field. USC is now 17-6 overall.

🔼 Double Honors. The women’s basketball team had two players earn Big Ten weekly honors. Kara Dunn was named the Big Ten Player of the Week. Jazzy Davidson was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Dunn had her seventh-straight 20-point outing when USC beat No. 8 Iowa. Davidson is leading USC in points (16.2), rebounds (6.4), assists (4.2), blocks (2.3), steals (1.9) and minutes played (33:51).

🔼 Top 6. The No. 2 women’s golf team wrapped up the Therese Hession Regional Challenge tied for sixth place. The Trojans had a team score of 869 (+17). Bailey Shoemaker led the team with a 12th-place finish. She scored 215 (+2).

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🔼 All-American! Incoming women’s basketball player Saniyah Hall was named a 2026 McDonald’s All-American. This is one of the highest honors in high school basketball. She is the No. 1-ranked recruit in the nation. Hall surpassed 2,000 career high school points earlier this season.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is Carsten Vissering. Vissering was a former USC men’s swimming and diving athlete. He captured the NCAA title in 2018 as part of the 200 medley relay. Now, he has transitioned to bobsledding. He quickly rose through the ranks and earned a spot on the U.S. national team. Vissering is qualified for the 2026 U.S. Olympic team.

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Wednesday, February 4

🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. CSUN @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Thursday, February 5

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Northwestern @ 6pm PT | Live Stats

Friday, February 6

👟 Track & Field New Mexico Collegiate Classic
🏊 Swim vs. UNLV @ 1pm PT | Live Stats

Saturday, February 7

👟 Track & Field New Mexico Collegiate Classic
🤽 Women’s Water Polo at Long Beach State @ 12pm PT
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. UC Santa Barbara @ 5pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, February 8

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