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USC will try to maintain its unbeaten record and its spot in the national rankings when the 24th-ranked Trojans play host to Troy as part of the Las Vegas Classic on Saturday at the Galen Center in Los Angeles.USC (9-0) is off to its best start since going 16-0 to begin the 1970-71 season. The Trojans are still undefeated despite the absence of Bennie Boatwright, who is out with a sprained medial collateral ligament.Troy (6-4) won three in a row and four of its last five following a three-game losing streak in November. The teams only setback during that stretch was an 80-74 loss to South Florida.USC moved into the national rankings this week after beating Pepperdine 93-67 on Sunday. The team made 12 3-pointers in that contest and set a school record with 14 blocked shots.Elijah Stewart made a career-high seven 3-pointers and tied his career high with four blocked shots in the win over Pepperdine. Jordan McLaughlin scored 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting, Nick Rakocevic had a career-high 13 points and Chimezie Metu recorded his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds.Elijah has been outstanding all year, USC coach Andy Enfield said. He has added a lot to his game. He is becoming a more complete basketball player. We challenged him to do that and so far, he is doing a nice job.Enfield praised his players for persevering despite the absences of Boatwright and Charles Buggs, who was held out with a strained hamstring. USC announced on Dec. 1 that Boatwright would miss six weeks with a sprained MCL.Boatwright was injured late in USCs 76-55 victory over San Diego on Nov. 30. He was averaging 10.8 points and four rebounds per game. Boatwright was one of 20 players named to the preseason watch list for the 2017 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award.We played well offensively and defensively, Enfield said. Its nice to start 9-0. We had two guys out, so we had to play different lineups and combinations, but we played well and hard.Troy is coming off a resounding 114-52 victory over Point University. It was the teams highest-scoring game since opening the season with a 135-76 victory over Toccoa Falls.Jordon Varnado scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting against Point University. DeVon Walker had a career-high 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Shawn Hopkins recorded his second career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.Troy coach Phil Cunningham said his teams performance against Point was similar to its effort in the season opener against Toccoa Falls. Six days later, Troy suffered a 74-51 loss to UAB that marked the start of a three-game losing streak, but the team seems to have recovered, averaging 95 points in the last three contests.If you go back and look at the Toccoa Falls game, we played so loose offensively, Cunningham said following the win over Point. We were so loose and took the first shot available. I told (assistant coach) Marcus Grant that game was going to hurt us and it did when we played a good defensive team on the road in UAB. I told the guys tonight that I wanted to see two things: lets make sure were the hardest playing team and that we share the ball. I thought we did both of those tonight.Custom 76ers Jerseys . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. Cheap Custom 76ers Jersey . The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. http://www.custom76ersjersey.com/custom-moses-malone-jersey-large-71i.html .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. Cheap 76ers Jerseys . "We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. Having two big pieces back is going to be a key for us moving forward for years to come," said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. Wholesale Custom 76ers Shirts . And follow TSN.ca right through Deadline Day for all the updates. From Pierre LeBrun While Anaheim GM Bob Murray said earlier this season he was not going to trade Jonas Hiller despite the fact hes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, some sources have told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun that Murray might be willing to move another goalie.PROVO, Utah -- Eric Mika had 19 points, on 8-of-12 shooting, and 11 rebounds, Nick Emery scored 14 and BYU cruised to an 81-65 win over Coastal Carolina on Saturday night.L.J. Rose, a graduate transfer from Houston, added season highs of nine points, six rebounds and nine assists.Rose scored five points during a 14-4 run that gave BYU (3-0) a 31-17 lead with 4 minutes left in the half. 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