[Madera86]

I was at the game. It was a heartbreaking loss. We built our lead on defense, hot shooting and points off turnovers. In the second half, USC hit a lot of outside shots, they cut down on the turnovers, and their defense was much tighter. And their size inside was killing us at both ends of the floor. USC is the best rebounding team in the league. On paper, it will look like the team that was favored won a close one. It just hurts because we should have scored an upset. But I'm confident that this young team will learn from this. Although we do need more size and strength inside.

[Madera86]

I was at the game. It was a heartbreaking loss. We built our lead on defense, hot shooting and points off turnovers. In the second half, USC hit a lot of outside shots, they cut down on the turnovers, and their defense was much tighter. And their size inside was killing us at both ends of the floor. USC is the best rebounding team in the league. On paper, it will look like the team that was favored won a close one. It just hurts because we should have scored an upset. But I'm confident that this young team will learn from this. Although we do need more size and strength inside.