Good Morning Trojans. Men’s basketball opens its season tonight! Here’s everything you need to know about the 6:30pm PT game against Cal Poly.

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

🏈 A comeback victory
🏐 Upset alert!
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Comeback. The football team beat Nebraska 21-17 on Saturday. The Trojans came back in the last half to secure the win. The Trojans had 337 total yards. Jayden Maiava had nine completions for 135 yards. King Miller led with 129 rushing yards and a touchdown. Maiava and Miller made it to the end zone.

🏈 Read more about the win.

🔼 Won the Fight. The No. 22 volleyball team took No. 20 Minnesota to five sets and won 3-2. London Wijay put up a career-high 25 kills to go with 12 digs for a double-double. This was her fourth double-double of the season and 13th of her career. Abigail Mullen also had a double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs.

🏐 Here’s more about the win.

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🔼 2 Dubs. The No. 1 men’s water polo team beat No. 4 Cal 12-9 on Saturday. Robert López Duart and Mihailo Vukazic led the team with four goals each. USC had 29 shots, and 12 were on goal. The Trojans then beat No. 3 Stanford 14-9 on Sunday. The men had 37 shots. Luke Nelson led with three goals.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is Sydney Knodel. She led the cross country team in the Big Ten Championship. Knodel finished 124th with a time of 22:20.4.

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How many different sports represent the board?

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, November 3

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Cal Poly @ 6:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Tuesday, November 4

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. New Mexico State @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets

Thursday, November 6

🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🎾 Men’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🏐 Volleyball vs. Northwestern @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Friday, November 7

🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🎾 Men’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🏐 Beach Volleyball AVCA Paris Tournament
🏊 Swim at Arizona @ 1pm PT
🏈 Football vs. Northwestern @ 6pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets

Saturday, November 8

🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🎾 Men’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🏐 Beach Volleyball AVCA Paris Tournament
🏊 Swim at #3 Arizona State @ 11am PT
🤽 Men’s Water Polo vs. UC Santa Barbara @ 1pm PT | Live Stats | Watch

Sunday, November 9

🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🎾 Men’s Tennis ITA Conference Master’s Championships/ITA Sectional Championships
🏐 Beach Volleyball AVCA Paris Tournament
🏀 Women’s Basketball at NC State @ 12pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets
🏐 Women’s Volleyball at Washington @ 2pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Manhattan @ 3pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 6!

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!