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Cofie and USC host UTSA

UTSA Roadrunners (4-6) at USC Trojans (10-1, 1-1 Big Ten)

Los Angeles; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: USC hosts UTSA after Jacob Cofie scored 21 points in USC’s 68-61 win over the Washington State Cougars.

The Trojans have gone 4-1 at home. USC is 8-1 against opponents over .500.

The Roadrunners are 1-3 on the road. UTSA has a 0-5 record against opponents over .500.

USC makes 48.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.8 percentage points higher than UTSA has allowed to its opponents (39.4%). UTSA averages 71.7 points per game, 5.2 fewer points than the 76.9 USC allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chad Baker-Mazara is scoring 21.6 points per game with 5.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the Trojans. Ezra Ausar is averaging 16.4 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting 61.2% over the past 10 games.

Jamir Simpson is averaging 18.9 points and 5.3 rebounds for the Roadrunners. Dorian Hayes is averaging 8.3 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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