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🏀 Men beat No. 7 Michigan
🏐 Men win 2
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Anotha’ One. The men’s basketball team secured its second ranked win of the season over No. 7 Michigan State. The Trojans won 70-64, breaking Michigan State’s 13-game win streak. Desmond Claude led the team with 19 points.

🏀 Read more about the victory.

🔼 Still Undefeated. The men’s volleyball team stays undefeated with its seventh and eighth straight win over No. 13 Ohio State and No. 17 Penn State. The Trojans won 3-1 against each team. This is the first time since 1991 the team has gone 8-0. Dillon Klein led the Trojans in the Ohio State game with 22 kills. Noah Roberts scored 18.5 points with 14 kills, two aces and five blocks against Penn State.  

🔼 Polo Power. The women’s water polo team opened the Triton Invitational with a 30-8 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. This is the program’s highest-scoring game since 2022. Tilly Kearns led the team with a career-high seven goals. Next, the women beat No. 21 UC Davis 17-9 and No. 5 Hawai’i 17-9. Jada Ward had a career-high 13 saves in the semifinals. USC finished the tournament with a 14-11 win over No. 1 UCLA in the championship match.

🔼 First. The women’s golf team is tied for first after the first day of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge. The Trojans hit 282 (-2). Xin (Cindy) Kou led the team with a score of 68 (-3), tying for third place individually.

⛳️ See the other golfer’s scores.

🔼 Won One. The men’s tennis team had a doubleheader on Sunday. The Trojans fell to Cal 3-4 but beat UNLV 4-1. The men won two doubles matches and three singles matches to clinch the win.

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Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is the swim and dive team. The women beat No. 22 UCLA 215-85. The Trojans won all 16 events. This is the first time in program history the team has swept the Bruins. USC is now 1-0 in conference meets.

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LA Legend.

Which famous basketball player was at the USC men’s basketball victory over Michigan State?

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

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, February 3

⛳️ Men’s Golf at Arizona N.I.T
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Therese Hession Regional Challenge

Tuesday, February 4

⛳️ Men’s Golf at Arizona N.I.T
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Therese Hession Regional Challenge
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Northwestern @ 6pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch

Wednesday, February 5

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Wisconsin @ 4:30pm PT | Listen | Watch

Friday, February 7

👟 Track & Field at New Mexico Collegiate Classic
🏊 Swim and Dive vs. UNLV
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Purdue @ 4pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch
🤽‍♂️ Women’s Water Polo vs. Biola @ 5pm PT

Saturday, February 8

👟 Track & Field at New Mexico Collegiate Classic
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Ohio State @ 6pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Dominican @ 12pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🤽 Women’s Water Polo vs. UC Irvine @ 1pm PT
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Stanford @ 1pm PT

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Magic Johnson!

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!