USC Basketball Vs UCLA: Betting Odds, How To Watch, Predictions and More

USC has won six of its last nine games against UCLA.

On Saturday at the Galen Center, your USC Trojans are going for their sixth-consecutive win over crosstown rival UCLA.

After playing seven of their 10 games on the road, the 8-11 Trojans hope to turn their season around with five of their next seven games at home. USC's eight wins have matched their 2012-13 record for the fewest wins through its first 19 games.

The Trojans are also on a four-game skid for the first time since 2019.

Going for 6 straight over UCLA at Galen. #BeatTheBruins pic.twitter.com/4kgM6kV4KW

— USC Men's Basketball (@USC_Hoops) January 27, 2024

Betting Odds

According to the Action Network, the Trojans are a -2.5-point favorite. The total points over/under is 134.5.

How to Watch

The game will air on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. PST with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton calling the action.

BEAT. THE. BRUINS. pic.twitter.com/E4RvLN869f

— USC Men's Basketball (@USC_Hoops) January 27, 2024

Predictions

Both teams have struggled to find consistency this season and enter the contest with identical 8-11 records. 

This will be a close game but the Trojans should have a home-court advantage.

Trojans, 74-68.

More

Boogie Ellis (18.7 ppg) and Isaiah Collier (15.4 ppg) have missed the last three games for USC. Injuries have decimated this 2023-24 team. USC has now had players miss 40 games of action due to injury or illness. To date players missing games are Gardner (18), James (8), Ellis (4), Collier (3), Morgan (2), Iwuchukwu (2), Johnson (2), Rodman (1). USC has at least one projected starter missing in seven of its 19 games.