Eastern Washington plays USC on 5-game road skid
Eastern Washington Eagles (1-5) at USC Trojans (4-2)
Los Angeles; Wednesday, 11 p.m. EST
rojans -17.5; over/under is 153.5
BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington hits the road against USC looking to break its five-game road skid.
The Trojans are 2-1 on their home court. USC is fourth in the Pac-12 in team defense, giving up 67.2 points while holding opponents to 39.3% shooting.
The Eagles are 0-5 on the road. Eastern Washington is fifth in the Big Sky scoring 31.3 points per game in the paint led by Cedric Coward averaging 6.4.
USC’s average of 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.5 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Eastern Washington gives up. Eastern Washington averages 8.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.8 more made shots on average than the 7.0 per game USC allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Boogie Ellis is scoring 20.2 points per game and averaging 4.4 rebounds for the Trojans. Isaiah Collier is averaging 18.2 points and 3.2 rebounds while shooting 52.9% for USC.
Coward is shooting 50.8% and averaging 13.0 points for the Eagles. Casey Jones is averaging 11.3 points for Eastern Washington.
