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LA Times: Texas Christian hands Andy Enfield his worst loss in six years at USC
By J. BRADY MCCOLLOUGH
To someone who does not understand USC basketball’s place in the Los Angeles sports hierarchy, Andy Enfield’s description of Staples Center as a venue for his team this week might have come as a surprise.
“It’s a neutral court,” Enfield said.
The Trojans play their home games at Galen Center, less than a two-mile trek down Figueroa Street. And they do represent the University of Southern California, after all. But Enfield seemed resigned to a USC fan turnout so small that it would not provide the Trojans a home-court advantage against Texas Christian, which hopped a commercial plane Thursday and flew 1,400 miles for what it assumed would be something at least resembling a road game.
Of course, Enfield was right. Los Angeles’ pro basketball arena had nothing to offer the Trojans in the way of assistance Friday night. USC looked like it had other plans too, neglecting to show up on the near-empty big stage while TCU spent 40 minutes of court time putting on a clinic in unselfish basketball during a 96-61 annihilation of the Trojans.
“I did not see this coming,” Enfield said.
Read more at https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/la-sp-usc-texas-christian-20181207-story.html
By J. BRADY MCCOLLOUGH
To someone who does not understand USC basketball’s place in the Los Angeles sports hierarchy, Andy Enfield’s description of Staples Center as a venue for his team this week might have come as a surprise.
“It’s a neutral court,” Enfield said.
The Trojans play their home games at Galen Center, less than a two-mile trek down Figueroa Street. And they do represent the University of Southern California, after all. But Enfield seemed resigned to a USC fan turnout so small that it would not provide the Trojans a home-court advantage against Texas Christian, which hopped a commercial plane Thursday and flew 1,400 miles for what it assumed would be something at least resembling a road game.
Of course, Enfield was right. Los Angeles’ pro basketball arena had nothing to offer the Trojans in the way of assistance Friday night. USC looked like it had other plans too, neglecting to show up on the near-empty big stage while TCU spent 40 minutes of court time putting on a clinic in unselfish basketball during a 96-61 annihilation of the Trojans.
“I did not see this coming,” Enfield said.
Read more at https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/la-sp-usc-texas-christian-20181207-story.html
