California men's basketball leaves the Bay Area for the first time since Nov. 22 when the Golden Bears head south to Los Angeles to begin a weekend league slate against USC. The Bears tip off against the Trojans on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. from the Galen Center and live on the Pac-12 Networks.

The Bears, who are 2-1 in Pac-12 action after a weekend sweep of the Washington schools, are looking for their first win over USC since Jan. 8, 2017 when Cal topped the then-No. 25 Trojans at the Galen Center by one point, 74-73.

Cal enters the weekend with reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week Matt Bradley averaging 18.7 points in conference play. Bradley is bolstered by Grant Anticevich (13.7 ppg) and Paris Austin (10.7), with the Bears averaging 62.0 points as a team.

USC has just three losses on the season, with their lone league loss coming against common opponent Washington in a 72-40 rout in Seattle on Jan. 5. The Trojans are 6-1 at home this year.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: 
JB Long and Richard Jefferson will call Thursday's action live on Pac-12 Networks. In addition to the television broadcast, follow along via the Pac-12 Now app or at www.pac-12.com/live. Rich Cellini and Todd McKim will deliver play-by-play and analysis for the California Golden Bears Sports Network on KGO 810 AM and via TuneIn. Live stats, broadcast info and links and more for each of Cal's games this season can be accessed via the Cal men's basketball schedule page on CalBears.com. Fans can follow the Bears on social media via @CalMBball on Twitter and Instagram, and at Facebook.com/CalMBball.
 

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BY THE NUMBERS

6-2 -- With 12 assists vs. Wazzu and 14 against UW, Cal is averaging 13.0 assists in its last two appearances. The Bears are 6-2 when dishing out 10 or more assists.

20 -- Cal held Washington to just 20 first-half points. Those 20 points were both the fewest by the Huskies in a half all season, and the fewest by any Cal opponent this year.

2017 -- Matt Bradley won this week's Pac-12 Player of the Week nod, becoming the first Golden Bear since Ivan Rabb on Jan. 9, 2017 to earn a weekly league honor.

13&6 -- Since returning from winter break on Dec. 29, Grant Anticevich has turned in four consecutive double-figure outings and is averaging 13.3 points and 6.0 rebounds in that span.
 

MORE NUMBERS TO KNOW

• Matt Bradley has reached double figures in all but one game this season (vs. Duke). He ranks 82nd nationally with his 17.7 points per game and 88th with 283 total points.

• Bradley ranks among the top 100 players in the nation for his free throw shooting, including: free throws made (46th, 74), free throw percentage (57th, 86.0) and free throw attempts (97th, 86). Bradley leads the Pac-12 in free throw percentage.

• Grant Anticevich has scored in double figures in every game of Pac-12 play thus far, and is averaging 13.3 points in his last four appearances.

• Paris Austin has turned in back-to-back double-figure outings for the first time since the first two games of the season. He's averaging 10 points in Pac-12 play.

• The Bears swept the Washington schools at home for the second consecutive season. Last year, Cal earned its first two Pac-12 wins beginning on Feb. 28 when the Bears upset then-No. 25 Washington.

• Cal has recorded double-digit assist totals eight times this season. The Bears are 6-2 when dishing out at least 10 assists.

• The Bears are 2-0 in overtime games this season, beating UNLV 79-75 on Nov. 12 and Washington 61-58 on Saturday.

• Four Golden Bears have combined for a total of nine 20-point games this season: Matt Bradley (6 games), Grant Anticevich (1), Andre Kelly (1) and Kareem South (1). Bradley and Kelly's 26 points are team-highs this season.
 

SCOUTING THE TROJANS

• Series Record: Cal leads, 136-127
• Last Meeting: The Trojans downed the Bears, 89-66, on Feb. 16, 2019 in Haas Pavilion.
•  USC's 2019-20 Record: 13-3, 2-1 Pac-12
• USC's Last Game: USC topped crosstown rival UCLA, 74-63, on Jan. 11 thanks to four Trojans scoring in double figures. Nick Rakocevic led the way with 17 points, followed by Jonah Mathews (16), Ethan Anderson (14) and Daniel Utomi (13).
• Onyeka Okongwu paces the Trojans with 16.9 points this season.
• Mathews is averaging 12.0 points, and Rakocevic is averaging 11.8.
• Okongwu (8.7 rpg) and Rakocevic (9.0) rpg are combining for nearly 20 rebounds per game to help USC USC lead the Pac-12 and rank 5th nationally in the category. USC is averaging 40.2 rebounds as a team.
• Okongwu is 17th nationally in total blocks with 44 this season.
• Anderson leads USC in assists, averaging 4.9 per game.
• USC is top 25 nationally in blocks per game (22nd, 5.3) and total blocks (23rd, 85).
• SC's lone conference loss came at Washington in a 72-40 blowout on Jan. 5. Their only other losses have been to Marquette (101-79) and Temple (70-61).

SERIES NOTES
Record at USC: 58-88
Last 10 meetings: 4-6
Most points, Cal: 99, 1966-67
Most points, USC: 102, 1971-72
Largest margin, Cal: 37, 1921-22
Largest margin, USC: 33, 1937-38, 1971-72
Longest Cal win streak: 7, 1987-88 to 1990-91
Longest USC win streak: 7, 1968- 69 to 1971-72
Current Streak: 4, USC

RECORDS AGAINST USC
Points: 37, Rickie Hawthorne, Feb. 28, 1976
Rebounds: 20, Leon Powe, March 9, 2006
20, Ansley Truitt, March 4, 1972
FG: 14, Bob Presley, March 1, 1968
3P: 6, Billy Dreher, Feb. 17, 1991
6, Ryan Drew, March 10, 1988
6, Jerome Randle, Feb. 4, 2010
FT: 12, three times, last by Leon
Powe, March 9, 2006
 

BRADLEY WINS PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Matt Bradley led the way in Cal's weekend sweep over the Washington programs to be voted the program's first conference player of the week since Ivan Rabb on Jan. 9, 2017. The San Bernardino, Calif. product set a new career-high by pouring in 26 points on 10-14 shooting and logged his second career double-double with 10 rebounds against Washington State, and with 28 seconds remaining, Bradley connected on a 3-point jumper to push the Golden Bear lead to 72-66 and seal the victory. He added another gamewinner against the Huskies. With the game locked up, 58-58, in overtime, Bradley shot a 3-pointer with 7 seconds left on the clock, propelling the Bears to a 61-58 triumph. For the weekend, he averaged 21.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists.
 

LAST TIME OUT

The Result: Cal completed its home sweep of the Washington schools by defeating Washington, 61-58 in overtime, Saturday in Haas Pavilion.
• Matt Bradley hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 7 seconds remaining in overtime.
• 3 Bears scored in double figures – Bradley (17), Grant Anticevich (13) and Paris Austin (10).
• With 14 assists, Cal tallied double digit assist totals for the second consecutive game.
• Cal held Washington to just 20 first-half points – the Huskies' fewest in a half, and the fewest points by any Cal opponent in a half this season.
 

NEXT UP

Cal closes out its Los Angeles road trip against the Bruins on Sunday. The Bears tip off against UCLA at 5 p.m., airing live on ESPNU.