At the end of a long, emotional week, USC ’s men’s basketball staff emerged one by one from the Galen Center tunnel just before tip-off Tuesday, relieved as ever to be back home. Days earlier, as wildfires ravaged their city,

LOS ANGELES (AP) Desmond Claude scored 25 points and Saint Thomas had a near-perfect shooting night scoring 24 points and USC beat Iowa 99-89 on Tuesday night. Claude made 10 of 12 from the foul ...

Desmond Claude scores 25, Saint Thomas has 24, Wesley Yates III adds 21, and the Trojans shoot 64.9% from the field in a 99-89 victory at the Galen Center.

Owen Freeman, Brock Harding and Fran McCaffery pointed the finger at defensive failings after dropping back-to-back games against USC and UCLA last week. Iowa faces Minnesota's worst-in-the-conference offense next.

When the USC Trojans men's basketball team lost three consecutive games in the beginning of the season, the immediate future of the program seemed blurry. The t

Wisconsin and USC are set to tip-off at 3 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. CT on the Big Ten Network. The Badgers are in search of their seventh consecutive victory and fifth-straight in conference play. They may need their top form in order to achieve that result.

USC plays the No. 24 Wisconsin Badgers after Desmond Claude scored 25 points in USC's 99-89 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes

Los Angeles; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: USC hosts No. Wisconsin after Desmond Claude scored 25 points in USC's 99-89 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes.

BOTTOM LINE: Iowa faces UCLA after Owen Freeman scored 23 points in Iowa’s 99-89 loss to the USC Trojans. The Bruins are 8-1 on their home court. UCLA is 3-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

It will be the fifth meeting between these two programs, with the series tied 2-2, but the Trojans are 2-0 at home against the Badgers. Tip-off is set for 12:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.