Good Morning Trojans. The women’s volleyball team plays in round one of their 41st NCAA Tournament! The Trojans secured the No. 4 seed and will host Princeton tomorrow at 7pm PT inside Galen Center.

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

🏀 Men & Women win
🏈 Stat check
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Duck for Dinner. The men’s basketball team beat Oregon 82-77. Five Trojans scored in double figures. Chad Baker-Mazara led the team with 25 points. Jacob Cofie was right behind with 17 points. USC shot 50.9% from the field. USC remains undefeated this season at 8-0.

🔼 Big Win. The women’s basketball team beat Saint Mary’s 79-33 on Tuesday night. The Trojans shot 46.4% from the field. Three of the women shot in double figures. Londynn Jones led the team with 17 points. USC is now 6-2 and on a three-game win streak.

🔼 Ranked! The men’s basketball team is ranked No. 24 in the AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll. This is the first time the team has been ranked in the Top 25 since the 2023 season. The Trojans are also ranked No. 20 in the NET.

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🔼 Let’s Talk Stats. The football team recorded memorable stats in its win over UCLA on Saturday. Jayden Maiava is No. 2 in the nation with a 91.2 QBR. USC tallied its seventh multi-sack game. They had at least four sacks in four games this season. And shoutout to the student section, all 10,504 of you! That was the top 5 attendance on record in USC football student section history.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is women’s basketball player Jazzy Davidson! Davidson was named the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week. This is her second time earning a conference honor this season. She recorded her first career double-double against Tennessee Tech.

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, December 4

🏐 Volleyball NCAA Tournament First Round BYU vs. Cal Poly @ 5pm PT | Tickets
🏐 Volleyball NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Princeton @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Friday, December 5

🤽 Men’s Water Polo NCAA Tournament vs. Concordia-Irvine @ TBD | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Volleyball NCAA Tournament Second Round vs. TBD @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Saturday, December 6

🤽 Men’s Water Polo NCAA Tournament
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Washington @ 3pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, December 7

🤽 Men’s Water Polo NCAA Tournament
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Washington @ 5pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets

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⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, everyone!