Good Morning, Trojan Family! The former Trojans competing in the NFL were getting active during Week 15 of the season.

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

🏀 A pair of Trojan basketball wins
⚽️ Gladu was named to a CSC Academic All-America team
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Double Digit Dubs. The No. 5 USC women's basketball team held visiting Elon to just 30 points — a program record-low scoring total by any USC opponent — as the Trojans recorded their 10th win of the season. USC's 88-30 victory featured 10 Trojans on the scoresheet in helping to improve USC to 10-1 overall.

🎥 Hear from Kayleigh Heckell following USC’s big win

🔼 Dominant Win. USC men’s basketball returned to the Galen Center and made a statement with a convincing 89-63 win over Montana State. Four Trojans finished the night in the double-digits, led by Desmond Claude who had a game-high 19 points and added six rebounds, three assists and a steal. Saint Thomas finished with 17 points and seven rebounds while Chibuzo Agbo had 12 points and two blocks.

🏆️ See who was awarded postgame accolades by Coach Musselman

🔼 All Around Player. The College Sports Communicators released their selections for Academic All-America teams and USC's Laurence Gladu became the third Trojan to earn the recognition. Gladu was named to the second team, joining past Trojans Penelope Hocking (second team, 2020) and Alex Anthony (first team, 2017). The goalkeeper had a stellar season in goal for USC, earning the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year award as well as All-Big Ten first-team recognition.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to USC women’s basketball’s JuJu Watkins. With 26 points last night, which included an 11-12 effort from the free throw line, the sophomore guard moved up to No. 20 all-time in career scoring at USC with 1,192 points.

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Best of the Best. One of the most prestigious awards in college football, the Heisman Trophy, was awarded over the weekend. The Trojan Family is quite familiar with the award, but do you know how many Heisman winners USC has in its program history?

Got a guess? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

*All times Pacific

Monday, December 16
No scheduled events

Tuesday, December 17
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Wednesday, December 18
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. CSUN @ 7 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | BTN |

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Eight!

USC has had eight Heisman Trophy winners since the first winner received his award in 1937. OJ Simpson (1968), Charles White (1979), Marcus Allen (1981), Carson Palmer (2002), Matt Leinart (2004) Reggie Bush (2005) and Caleb Williams (2022) have each won the Heisman Trophy while competing for Troy.

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!