Good Morning Trojans. Shoutout to Makai Lemon for reaching the 1,000 rushing yard career milestone in USC’s win over Iowa!

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🏈 Football beats Iowa
🏀 Triple-double
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Ranked Win! The No. 17 football team beat No. 21 Iowa 26-21. Bryan Jackson and Makai Lemon made it to the end zone. Jayden Maiava passed for 254 yards. The Trojans were down 21-7 late in the second quarter and mounted five consecutive scoring drives, capped by Jackson's go-ahead TD run with 13:36 to play to win the game.

🔼 Big Win. The men’s basketball team beat Illinois State 87-57 on Friday. Rodney Rice recorded a triple-double with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Chad Baker-Mazara was right behind with 18 points. This marks USC’s third-straight game where they have won by 20 or more points.

🔼 Split Weekend. The women’s volleyball team beat Rutgers 3-0 on Friday. The Trojans never trailed in the match. London Wijay led the team with 11 kills. The women finished the weekend against No. 1 Nebraska on Sunday. The Trojans fell 3-0. Wijay recorded a double-double with 13 digs and 10 kills.

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🔼 Listen Up! Hear what freshman Jahkeem Stewart said about his first career interception!

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is the three new men’s volleyball signees! Greyson Covay, Blake Fahlbusch and Noah Meabon will be on the 2026 roster. Learn more about each player here!

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Season Finale.

The cross country team wrapped up its season at the NCAA West Regional Championships in ## place.

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Tuesday, November 18

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Portland @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets

Wednesday, November 19

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏊 Swim Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational
🏐 Women’s Volleyball at Oregon @ 7:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Thursday, November 20

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏊 Swim Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational/Trojan Diving Invitational
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Troy @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets 

Friday, November 21

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏊 Swim Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational/Trojan Diving Invitational
🤽 Men’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament
🏐 Men’s Volleyball UCLA Fall Tournament
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Notre Dame @ 3pm PT | Live Stats

Saturday, November 22

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🏊 Swim Trojan Diving Invitational
🤽 Men’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament
👟 Cross Country NCAA Championships
🏐 Men’s Volleyball UCLA Fall Tournament
🏈 Football at Oregon @ 12:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Illinois @ 4pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, November 23

🎾 Women’s Tennis NCAA Individual Championships
🤽 Men’s Water Polo MPSF Tournament 

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