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Trojans play to enjoy this day offToday

With no game, or even a practice, on the schedule Saturday, relaxation appears to be tops on players' to-do list.

For the first time in nearly two months, USC players have a free Saturday.

USC basketball team bounces back in victoryToday

Taj Gibson leads the way for Trojans, who had lost to Seton Hall the previous night.

Taj Gibson scored 17 points to lead No. 19 USC to a 73-46 win over Chattanooga in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Friday night.

UCLA, USC women have more at stake than usualToday

Bruins and Trojans won't be playing for just the usual civic bragging rights Saturday night. A place in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals goes to the winner.

There will be much more than bragging rights on the line Saturday night when top-seeded UCLA (20-0-2) faces No. 4-seeded USC (16-4-2) in an NCAA tournament round-of-16 women's soccer game at UCLA's Drake Stadium.

War and the Roses for Oregon StateToday

Jack Yoshihara might not make it to the big game, but it won't be because he isn't allowed to be there, as was the case in 1942.

Jack Yoshihara, a Japanese American and a sophomore reserve on Oregon State's football team, was practicing in mid-December 1941, just as he had throughout the season.

Seton Hall rallies past No. 19 USCYesterday

Taj Gibson leads the Trojans with 19 points and 18 rebounds.

Jeremy Hazell scored 17 points and Eugene Harvey made a free throw with five seconds remaining to help Seton Hall upend No. 19 USC, 63-61, in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament Thursday night.