Next up for USC: Tuesday vs. Sacramento State

VS. SACRAMENTO STATE

When: 7:30.

Where: Galen Center.

On the air: Radio: 710.

Records: USC 2-4, Sacramento State 4-5.

Record vs. opponent: USC leads series, 4-0; won last meeting, 79-40, on Nov. 16, 1997.

Update: USC is on a three-game losing streak after dropping its first two road games this season against ranked teams (No. 2 Texas, No. 23 Georgia Tech) by a combined 45 points. Sacramento State already has surpassed its win total of last season (2-27) and knocked off Oregon State, 65-63, in Corvallis. The Hornets are led by guards Sultan Toles-Bey and John Dickson, who average a combined 23.2 points a game.

-- Baxter Holmes