And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
Washington State Cougars
81 – 71
FINAL Conference
USC Trojans
Pac-12 Conference · Beasley Coliseum · January 1, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread WSU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money WSU -125 / USC +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total WSU win
Actual WSU +10 152 Won
Massey WSU -5.1 (+4.9) — —
Massey Totals — 137.5 (+14.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 18% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 20% ✗
Baseline Plus ML WSU -2.0 (+8.0) 135.1 (+16.9) 61% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WSU -3.9 (+6.1) 133.4 (+18.6) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WSU -1.0 (+9.0) 136.3 (+15.7) 54% ✓
Baseline ML WSU -2.0 (+8.0) 137.0 (+15.0) 63% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 15, 2025 USC 68 – 61 WSU
Mar 1, 2024 WSU 75 – 72 USC
Jan 11, 2024 WSU 72 – 64 USC
Feb 3, 2023 USC 80 – 70 WSU
Feb 21, 2022 USC 62 – 60 WSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WSU USC
Overall 17-17 22-11
Conference 11-9 14-6
Home 10-4 15-2
Away 4-8 5-5
Neutral 3-5 2-4
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 68.4 72.5
Avg Pts Against 65.7 67.4
Massey 7.2 (#71) 6.6 (#79)
Bradley-Terry -0.19 (#194) 2.10 (#37)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.26 (#151) 2.54 (#46)
RPI 0.502 (#172) 0.589 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors WSU USC
FG% 43.6% 46.2%
3PT% 35.3% 33.5%
REB / G 35.4 35.9
OREB / G 11.2 9.6
AST / TO 0.81 1.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 51.6%
TOV% 21.1% 20.4%
ORB% 33.9% 28.9%
FT Rate 21.2% 25.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 43.4%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 19.2%
DRB% 76.3% 67.2%
Opp FT Rate 21.1% 21.3%

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