USC Basketball: Numbers Against Stanford Tell Story of Trojans Season

The Trojans have lost 12 of their last 15 games.

The USC Trojans men's basketball team seems to be in a freefall at the moment. They have dropped 12 of their last 15 games overall, and nothing seems to be going their way right now. 

After another loss, this time at the hands of the Stanford Cardinal, the Trojans have some things to figure out. They sit with a record of 9-15 and have gone 3-10 in conference play.

Against Stanford, USC lost by a score of 99-68. It was a blowout loss for the Trojans and a reminder of how bad they have been of late. Some of the numbers in this game tell the story of the unfortunate season USC has been having.

"Season-long fatal flaws compounded all at once across a 25-0 first half run for Stanford, USC’s bench visibly shell-shocked as the Cardinals dropped triple after triple."

Per Luca Evans of The Orange County Register

USC couldn't stop anyone on the court against Stanford, allowing the Cardinal to set a record for three-point shots in a game with 19. Stanford was clicking on all cylinders, while the Trojans offense could hardly muster up anything to keep up.

Head coach Andy Enfield spoke after the game, namely about the defensive mistakes that USC made.

“We made some defensive mistakes, but every time we made one, they made us pay,” head coach Andy Enfield said postgame. “That’s on us as a coaching staff and players. We’re all in this together.”

Per Andy Enfield via The Orange Country Register

The Trojans entered this season with high hopes of competing in the Pac-12, but that has quickly faded away. They still have some time to turn this around to make a run at the NCAA Tournament, but the clock is ticking on a potentially wasted year.