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Trojans are playing basketball with purpose

Jordan Usher threw it. Elijah Stewart caught it. The ball sailed high into the Galen Center hush and was grabbed by a leaping Stewart just past midcourt, from where he streaked unimpeded to the basket for a dunk.

"We're trying to go all out, man," Stewart said. "We're trying to do things we've never done before."

They showed it again Wednesday night with a 69-64 victory over Stanford in a game in which they never trailed while continuing their furious climb toward March.

Since late December, they've gone 10-2, with one of those losses coming on a 55-footer at the buzzer.