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By Steve Henson and Paul Gutierrez

Jan. 5, 2003 12 AM PT

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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.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a breaking news and enterprise reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an 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 2023 and in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club. He has been honored several times by APSE — most recently in 2023 and 2021 — and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

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