The lowdown:
The Trojans opened the game struggling to score but the introduction of freshman Kevin Porter Jr. sparked the offense with 11 straight points for the Trojans.
It was a battle of the freshmen, in fact, as the Commodores were led by their own pair of first year phenoms Simisola Shittu and Darius Garland, who put up 14 and 19 points respectively.
Going into the second half trailing 42-36, USC ripped off a 9-0 run featuring a variety of contributors including Nick Rakocevic, Shaqquan Aaron, Jordan Usher and Derryck Thornton. The Trojans took the lead for the first time at 47-45.