PACIFIC 10 CONFERENCE

* USC (16-9, 11-5) at WASHINGTON STATE (13-15,

5-11) Time--7. Radio--KYPA

(1230, 1220), KGIL (1260, 540).

With most experts predicting the Trojans will not make the NCAA tournament, they are hoping a sweep of the Washington schools and a second-place finish in the Pacific 10 Conference will earn them a bid. “If we finish second I don’t know how they could ignore us,” Coach Henry Bibby said. USC, tied with Arizona for second, trounced what has been an underachieving Cougar team, 106-73, on Jan. 4, but Washington State is always a threat with Isaac Fontaine, second in the conference in scoring at 21.5 points. In the first meeting, Fontaine scored only 15 while Stais Boseman led USC, which shot 62%, with 23.