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UTSA men to play an exhibition at Southern Cal on Oct. 15

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By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay

Coach Austin Claunch and the UTSA Roadrunners will play an exhibition game at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on Oct. 15, the schools announced Sunday.

For both Claunch and USC’s Eric Musselman, the exhibition will mark a new beginning in their coaching careers, as they will represent their respective schools in front of fans for the first time. The game will be streamed live via the Big Ten Network on B1G+.

Tipoff at the Galen Center is scheduled for 9 p.m. central time.

Austin Claunch. The UTSA men's basketball team on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander

UTSA coach Austin Claunch will lead his team into Los Angeles on Oct. 15 for an exhibition against the University of Southern California Trojans. – File photo by Joe Alexander

Claunch is in his first season at UTSA after spending a year as an assistant at the University of Alabama and, previously, for five seasons as head coach at Nicholls State. Musselman has worked as a head coach at the highest level of college basketball for nine years, including four at Nevada and the last five at Arkansas.

Musselman’s teams made three NCAA tournaments at Nevada and three more Arkansas. Coaching at Arkansas in the Southeastern Conference, his Razorbacks reached the NCAA round of eight in both 2021 and 2022 and the round of 16 in 2023.

After years in the Pac 12 conference, Southern Cal is entering its first season of basketball in the Big Ten. As such, the game will be streamed live via the Big Ten Network.

For Roadrunners’ fans hoping to attend the game in Los Angeles, ticketing information will be posted on the UTSA men’s basketball schedule page as it becomes available.

UTSA last played at USC in December of 1983. In the Roadrunners’ third year of basketball, they lost 84-68 in what has been their one and only meeting with the Trojans.

Just like old times: Undefeated Texas Tech rallies to rout USC

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As one of the darlings in the NCAA Tournament last year, the Texas Tech Red Raiders fired up their fan base with an epic run to the Elite Eight.

Given the success, you’d think that Texas Tech at least would have cracked the Top 25 in the Associated Press poll in the first few weeks of the new season.

It hasn’t happened — yet.

But, it might not be long before it does, considering the way the Red Raiders stormed from a 13-point deficit to down the Southern California Trojans 78-63 on Monday night in Kansas City.

Playing at the Sprint Center in the Hall of Fame Classic, the Red Raiders turned up the intensity in the second half, suffocating USC on defense and unleashing the likes of Matt Mooney, Davide Moretti and Tariq Owens on offense to pull away.

One highlight came with 6:20 remaining when Tech guard Jarrett Culver tossed a ball high above the rim, where Owens grabbed it with one hand and tomahawked a vicious dunk. For emphasis, Owens added two more slams late in the game.

In the first half, nobody saw the onslaught coming. It seemed, in fact, as if the Trojans would have a fairly easy night.

Fueled by Bennie Boatwright and Elijah Weaver, USC poured it on, sprinting out on a 10-0 run to take a 30-17 lead with 3:33 remaining. Boatwright and Weaver both hit long threes in the streak.

Individuals

Texas Tech — Tariq Owens 18 points, Jarrett Culver, 18 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Matt Mooney, 17 points, Davide Moretti, 17 points.

USC — Kevin Porter, Jr., 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, Bennie Boatwright, 14 points, Jonah Mathews, 12 points, three 3-pointers.

Records

Texas Tech: 4-0
Southern Cal: 2-2

Quotable

“What you try to control is what you can — which is attitude and effort … Tonight was a lot of fun. I think we’re going to get in a groove.” — Texas Tech guard Matt Mooney, in an interview with an ESPN broadcast crew.