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San Diego hosts No. 24 USC after Baker-Mazara’s 21-point game

USC Trojans (8-1, 1-1 Big Ten) at San Diego Toreros (3-5)

San Diego; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 24 USC visits San Diego after Chad Baker-Mazara scored 21 points in USC’s 84-76 loss to the Washington Huskies.

The Toreros are 3-2 on their home court. San Diego has a 2-3 record in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Trojans have gone 1-0 away from home. USC is 8-1 against opponents with a winning record.

San Diego makes 44.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.5 percentage points higher than USC has allowed to its opponents (41.6%). USC scores 14.6 more points per game (89.0) than San Diego gives up (74.4).

TOP PERFORMERS: Juan Sebastian Gorosito is shooting 37.2% and averaging 10.9 points for the Toreros. Toneari Lane is averaging 10.6 points.

Baker-Mazara is averaging 20.9 points and 5.3 rebounds for the Trojans. Ezra Ausar is averaging 15.9 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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