The lowdown: After raining threes in their victory over UCSB, the Trojans took a different track against San Diego, jumping out to the early lead on the strength of their play in the paint.
The biggest talking point of the first few minutes, however, was the knee injury to Bennie Boatright, who looked to extend USC’s 4-0 when he was fouled under the basket. Down on the floor for several minutes, Boatwright had to be helped off by teammates and sat on the sideline with ice on his knee for the rest of the first half.