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By Steve Henson and Paul Gutierrez

Jan. 5, 2003 12 AM PT

USC vs. UCLA

Wednesday at Pauley Pavilion, 7:30, Fox Sports Net -- The last time these rivals met, they were ranked and UCLA won, 67-65, on a three-point basket by Billy Knight at the buzzer. USC won the first meeting last season, 81-77. Now the Bruins and Trojans are rebuilding. The Trojans have not won at Pauley Pavilion since 1993, when they beat the Bruins, 72-62.

Steve Henson and Paul Gutierrez

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

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