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(NCAAB) USC vs. Texas A&M,
11/18/2016 2:00 PM, Score: 65 - 63
Point Spread: 7.50 | -105.00 USC (Away)
Result: Win
Point Spread: 7.50 | -105.00 USC (Away)
Result: Win
The set-up: A pair of 2-0 teams square off tonight at at Reed Arena in College Station, as the USC Trojans take on the Texas A&M Aggies. A&M is off a 28-9 season in which the team made it to the Sweet 16, while the Trojans finished 21-13 last season, after losing a first-round game in the NCAAs.
USC: Last year's 21-win team was quite a step up from a program which had won just six, 14, 11 and 12 games in the previous four seasons. Last season marked head coach Andy Enfield's third year at USC and many will remember him as the man who led Florida Gulf Coast on a Sweet 16 run a few years back. Junior Elijah Stewart (20.5 points) and sophomore Shaqquan Aaron (16.5 points) lead the Trojans offensively and make up quite a starting backcourt. Freshman guard De'Anthony Melton adds 9.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists off the bench for USC, .while 6-11 sophomore Chimezie Metu averages 14.5 points and a team-high 9.0 rebounds.
Texas A&M: The Aggies lost four starters from last year, including leading scorers House (15.6) and Jones (15.3 & 7.2), as well as PG Caruso (8.1 & 5.0 APG). 6-10, 270-pound sophomore center Tyler Davis is averaging 16.5 points on 61.1 percent shooting and 7.0 RPG but is the team's lone double digit scorer. Sophomore forward DJ Hogg (6-9, 220 pounds) adds 9.5 points and 6.5 rebounds while sophomore guard Admon Gilder chips in 8.5 points and 5.0 assists. The Aggies have gotten to 2-0 by allowing just 48.5 PPG (3rd-best in the nation).
The pick: The record book tells us that Texas A&M has won 19 consecutive non-conference home games but the Trojans have shown some early grit, trailing Montana by 11 and Omaha by nine before winning their first two games. Take the points and make USC an 8* play.
USC: Last year's 21-win team was quite a step up from a program which had won just six, 14, 11 and 12 games in the previous four seasons. Last season marked head coach Andy Enfield's third year at USC and many will remember him as the man who led Florida Gulf Coast on a Sweet 16 run a few years back. Junior Elijah Stewart (20.5 points) and sophomore Shaqquan Aaron (16.5 points) lead the Trojans offensively and make up quite a starting backcourt. Freshman guard De'Anthony Melton adds 9.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists off the bench for USC, .while 6-11 sophomore Chimezie Metu averages 14.5 points and a team-high 9.0 rebounds.
Texas A&M: The Aggies lost four starters from last year, including leading scorers House (15.6) and Jones (15.3 & 7.2), as well as PG Caruso (8.1 & 5.0 APG). 6-10, 270-pound sophomore center Tyler Davis is averaging 16.5 points on 61.1 percent shooting and 7.0 RPG but is the team's lone double digit scorer. Sophomore forward DJ Hogg (6-9, 220 pounds) adds 9.5 points and 6.5 rebounds while sophomore guard Admon Gilder chips in 8.5 points and 5.0 assists. The Aggies have gotten to 2-0 by allowing just 48.5 PPG (3rd-best in the nation).
The pick: The record book tells us that Texas A&M has won 19 consecutive non-conference home games but the Trojans have shown some early grit, trailing Montana by 11 and Omaha by nine before winning their first two games. Take the points and make USC an 8* play.
