Good morning, Trojan Family! Listen in with USC women’s basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb and how the Trojans make an impact on the court.

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

🏀 Men’s basketball preview
🗳️ Mobley, the All-Star
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Back At It. Trojan men’s basketball will begin 2025 with another Big Ten matchup, this time, against the Michigan Wolverines. USC enters the contest on a four-game win streak which includes a conference win against Washington. Four Trojans come into 2025 averaging double-digits with Desmond Claude leading the way with 14.5 points per game.

🔼 All-Star Status. Former USC men’s basketball standout Evan Mobley has helped lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to the best record in the NBA thus far. For his efforts, help land Mobley in the NBA All-Star game next month; he’s averaging a career-best 18.4 points per game on 43% shooting from 3-point land.

🗳️ Vote Evan Mobley for NBA All-Star

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to USC women’s basketball’s JuJu Watkins. The sophomore baller earned AP and USBWA National Player of the Week honors last week — her third such selections this season, following her 17th career 30-point game in USC’s win over No. 23 Michigan.

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Ready For More. The new year brings new competition as many USC Athletics programs close to returning to action for the first time in 2025.

Our question today: how many USC Athletics programs return to action for the first time in 2025 next week?

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 CLOSING OUT 2024

Friday, January 3
No scheduled events

Saturday, January 4
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Michigan @ 5 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | FOX | Listen

Sunday, January 5
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Rutgers @ 5 p.m. in Piscataway, NJ | BTN | Listen

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Three!

Women’s tennis, men’s volleyball and swim & dive return to action next week.

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!