USC basketball: Arizona State leads Trojans 23-21 at halftime

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USC and Arizona State are just burning up the nets out here in the desert, to the tune of a 23-21 halftime lead for the Sun Devils.

For background, the halftime score when these teams met in January this year was 23-16, with USC leading, so thank goodness this one is right on par. Change is scary, you know.

USC has struggled with the Sun Devils’ match-up zone defense, and the Sun Devils’ have struggled with the Trojans’ man-to-man defense. USC is shooting eight of 22 from the floor (36.4%) while Arizona State is shooting seven of 23. Each team has five turnovers, each team has three steals.

Mike Gerrity leads the Trojans with seven points on two-of-two shooting (including a three-point jumper). Rihards Kuksiks is the top scorer for ASU with eight points on three-of-seven shooting.

-- Baxter Holmes in Tempe, Ariz.