Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving Eve, everyone! What are we thankful for today? The fastest 50 freestyler in the Class of ‘23 is officially a Trojan.

What all can you find in today's edition of The Three Torches?

🤽‍♂️ Max Miller: MPSF Men’s Water Polo Tournament MVP
🏀 USC vs. Seton Hall: Everything you need to know
⚔️ And much, much more!

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🔼 To The Max. Fresh off winning its second straight MPSF Tournament championship and securing an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament, USC men's water polo has three Trojans on the MPSF All-Tournament Team, led by MVP Max Miller—who punched up a career-high seven goals in the MPSF title match to help secure his MVP status, and he has fellow Trojans Massimo Di Martire and Carson Kranz alongside him on the 2023 MPSF All-Tournament Team.

🔼 Work Off That Turkey. No. 23 USC men’s basketball will face Seton Hall in a first-round game of the inaugural Rady Children's Invitation at LionTree Arena in San Diego Calif. on Thursday with tipoff at 2:30 p.m. The game will air on FS1 with Aaron Goldsmith and Casey Jacobsen calling the action.

🏀 Here’s the scouting report on Seton Hall, and everything you need to know to watch, listen to, and follow the game on Thanksgiving Day.

🔼 Keeping Track. The latest "Getting To Know" features freshman distance runner Angelina Vasquez from Barstow, Calif. who competes for USC in cross country and track and field. Read all about her preference for staying in-state in college, interest in becoming a sports psychologist, and more!

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Fresh start. JuJu Watkins has been absolutely lighting up the scoreboard to begin her freshman season, earning her second straight week of Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors and coming close to dethroning a USC legend from one of her (many) records.

Our question today—JuJu Watkins scored 35 points against LeMoyne last week. That’s the second-highest single-game total by a freshman since… who?

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

⚔️ ONE TWO BIG THINGS

Pop quiz. How many non-Trojans won Pac-12 Freshman of the Week this past week? Time’s up—the answer is zero.

🏀 Isaiah Collier was named Pac-12 Men's Freshman of the Week after helping the Trojans split a pair of games during the week by averaging 23.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists. He made 42.9 percent of this three-point attempts (3-for-7) and 76.2 percent of his free throws (16-for-21) for the week.

🏀 JuJu Watkins continues to pile up honors as her collegiate career commences, as she's grabbed back-to-back Pac-12 Freshman of the Week accolades in her first two weeks of action with the now-No. 8 Women of Troy. In last week's meeting with Le Moyne, she put up 35 points, making six 3-pointers to go along with nine rebounds and six assists—all new highs for her as a Trojan. And her 35-point outing pushed her three-game total as a Trojan to 85 points—more than Cheryl Miller (67) and Lisa Leslie (64) did in their first three games at USC.

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Wednesday 11/22

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Penn State @ 6:00pm in Nassau, BS | Watch | Live Stats

Thursday 11/23

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Seton Hall @ 2:30pm in La Jolla, CA | Tickets | Watch | Listen | Live Stats

⚔️ Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Cheryl Miller!

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer scored 39 against Northwestern on Nov. 30, 1982.

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, everyone!