Good morning, Trojan Family! USC men’s basketball has plenty to celebrate following its third straight win.

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

🏀 A highly anticipated matchup
🥍 Lacrosse announces its 2025 schedule
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 East Coast Contest. The Women of Troy are headed to the Atlantic Coast to take on UConn in a highly anticipated, top-10 matchup. USC women’s basketball will enter the matchup at 10-1 on the season and are coming off a 58-point win at home in which the Trojans held Elon to just 30 points, a program record-low scoring total by any USC opponent.

🏀 See the full USC vs. UConn preview

🔼 Full Slate. USC lacrosse officially unveiled its 2025 regular season schedule as the Trojans compete in their inaugural year with the Big Ten Conference. The team opens its season at the Coliseum, hosting former conference foe Stanford in the first game of the new year. The Trojans 2025 slate will begin on Saturday, Feb. 8, as their non-conference schedule will carry them until the first Big Ten game on Sunday, Mar. 16.

📆 See the full USC Lacrosse 2025 schedule

🔼 Blessed and Honored. USC football’s new offensive line coach, Zach Hanson, shares his thoughts on his new role and how the roster is shaping up for the 2025 season in the latest edition of Quick Hits with Keely Eure.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to USC soccer’s coaching staff. The USC soccer coaches were named the North Region Staff of the Year after leading the Women of Troy to a Big Ten title in the program's first year in the conference. The conference title was the program's first-ever outright conference championship and the first undefeated conference season in program history.

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The First of Many. USC punter Eddie Czaplicki was recently named the latest Trojan First Team All-American, bringing the program’s total up to 177 First Team All-Americans.

Our question today: who was USC football’s first All-American?

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

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📅 CLOSING OUT 2024

Saturday, December 21
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. UConn @ 5 p.m. in Hartford, CT | FOX | Listen

Sunday, December 22
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Southern @ 1 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | BTN | Listen

Friday, December 27
🏈 Football vs. Texas A&M @ 7:30 p.m. in Las Vegas, NV | Tickets | ESPN | Bowl Central

Sunday, December 29
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Michigan @ 7 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | FOX | Listen

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Brice Taylor!

Taylor received First Team All-American honors in 1925 as the first of over 40 Trojan offensive linemen to have been selected as an All-American.

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!