Good Morning Trojans. The new football players just arrived on campus!

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

🏀 5 years of talent
🏀 Midseason watch list
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Top Talent. USC was named the college basketball team with the most top 10 recruits in the state of California since 2021!

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🔼 Upcoming Meets. The swim and dive team has two meets starting today! The team will split time at the Dual meet vs. UNLV & UC San Diego at home, as well as the Bruin Diving Invitational at UCLA. Learn more about the team and meets here.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is women’s basketball player Jazzy Davidson! Davidson was named to the 2025-26 John R. Wooden Award Top 25 Midseason Watch List. She is one of 25 players on the list. Davidson has scored in double figures in 12 consecutive games and recorded at least one block in every game this season.

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More Wins.

Which basketball team currently has more wins so far this season, men or women?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down for the answer!

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, January 9

🏊 Swim at Bruin Diving Invitational/UNLV/UC San Diego
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Minnesota @ 5:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Dominican @ 7pm PT

Saturday, January 10

🏊 Swim at Bruin Diving Invitational
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. St. Thomas Aquinas @ 5pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, January 11

🏊 Swim at Bruin Diving Invitational
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. San Diego State/UC San Diego @ 10am/4pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Minnesota @ 12pm PT | Live Stats

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Men have 12, women have 10!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!