Trojans hold the Spartans 17.3 points below their scoring average in a 70-64 win to snap their 13-game winning streak and hand them their first Big Ten loss
USC’s Wesley Yates III, left, gestures after scoring as Michigan State’s Jaden Akins runs behind during the first half Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at the Galen Center. LOS ANGELES — The chants rained down as Wesley Yates III stepped to the free-throw line with six minutes to play, rattling from the crypts of the Galen Center to its upper decks, a sobering reminder that USC was somehow playing this Saturday afternoon in a hostile environment on its own home floor.
Thomas turned back toward the student section and squatted in a roar. Yates flexed, skipping his way back down the floor on defense. And chants of “Go green! Go white!” were washed away by the roars of cardinal-and-gold faithful, collectively witnessing the shining moment of Musselman’s early tenure at USC, a momentous upset of the No. 7 team in the nation.
Agee grinned, ecstatic, running back down the floor and slapping hands with assistant Quincy Pondexter. He’d played tough, in the first start of his USC career, tasked by Musselman to battle in heavy minutes against an athletic Michigan State frontcourt. So, too, did Yates, who finished with 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting. So, too, did point guard Desmond Claude, who somehow led USC with 19 after crumpling to the hardwood early in the first half.
In the second half, though, the Trojans’ offensive engine roared back to life. A few minutes in, he sized up a Michigan State defender as the shot clock waned and fired off a step-back triple. The next possession, he stampeded down the lane and flung a looping layup wildly off glass, giving USC a six-point lead.
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