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Louisiana at USC

Sunday, November 22, 2026, 8:00 PM ET at Galen Center. Louisiana our rank 332 · 1-2; USC AP 21, our rank 38 · 3-0.

Who will win Louisiana vs USC?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives USC a >99% chance to beat Louisiana, with a projected score of USC 88, Louisiana 57.

To winUSC >99%Louisiana <1%
Projected score57–88Louisiana, then USC
Margin31.1USC · no line posted
Total144.1no line posted
First half25–42USC ahead 93%
Evenby 10by 20by 30by 40by 50USC by 60Model: USC by 31.1Evenby 20by 40USC by 60Model: USC by 31.1

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
USC
ArenasG · 31 min20.54.92.320+ 52%
RiceG · 33 min19.94.36.420+ 49%
LewisG · 23 min11.73.22.510+ 60%
RatliffF · 19 min9.55.21.310+ 45%
Louisiana
KellerG · 32 min14.13.11.715+ 44%
PoundsF · 21 min8.84.40.510+ 40%
LavergneG · 28 min6.92.21.65+ 63%
CooperG · 28 min6.12.02.35+ 57%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Rodney Rice: Louisiana 1%USC 99%

The white mark is the call with him: USC >99%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsUSC without himChangeProjected score
USC
Rodney Rice3.999%−158–86
KJ Lewis3.399%−158–86
Alijah Arenas3.199%−158–86
Jacob Cofie2.899%−158–86

Change is in USC's win chance, in points. Scores read Louisiana, then USC. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Louisiana 1-2LLW

    1. Nov 9W 56-39vs Southern New Orleans
    2. Nov 6L 60-67vs Texas A&M-CCDidn't cover −3.5 · Under 129.5
    3. Nov 2L 61-75vs Akron
    Last 3
    1–2, scoring 59.0 and allowing 60.3
    Against the spread, this season
    0–1
    Totals, this season
    0 over, 1 under

    USC 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 11W 77-65at CaliforniaCovered −8.5 · Under 159.5
    2. Nov 8W 93-86vs Wichita StCovered −6.5 · Over 155.5
    3. Nov 2W 95-63vs Milwaukee
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 88.3 and allowing 71.3
    Against the spread, this season
    2–0
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    LouisianaUSC
    Points scored per 100 possessions93.4 350th115.5 48th
    Points allowed per 100109.7 217th98.1 40th
    Possessions a game68.9 337th72.6 33rd
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)45.9% 360th51.4% 112th
    Opponents' shooting52.4% 306th48.1% 39th
    Turnovers, share of possessions17.2% 88th17.8% 146th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses27.7% 354th33.6% 77th
    Free throws per shot0.28 90th0.32 8th

    The widest gap: USC's defense (40th) against Louisiana's offense (350th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Louisiana 25, USC 42
    First-half margin
    USC by 17.1
    First-half points, both teams
    67.6
    Projected second half
    Louisiana 31, USC 45
    Second-half points, both teams
    76.5
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Louisiana, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 3 · 27.7 scored, 32.3 allowed
    USC, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 42.7 scored, 34.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Louisiana

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Jamyron KellerG3214.13.11.72.5
    15+ pts 44% · 3+ reb 56% · 2+ ast 48%
    Mekhi CooperG286.12.02.30.8
    5+ pts 57% · 2+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 52%
    De'vion LavergneG286.92.21.61.4
    5+ pts 63% · 2+ reb 59% · 2+ ast 46%
    Isaiah WilksG224.92.00.90.7
    5+ pts 45% · 2+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 49%
    Dani PoundsF218.84.40.50.5
    48% to play · 10+ pts 40% · 5+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 36%
    Jeremiah EvansF203.72.90.40.0
    5+ pts 32% · 3+ reb 51%
    Mikhail DulkayF184.03.00.60.3
    5+ pts 36% · 3+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 24%
    Josiah HarrisF183.02.70.90.6
    50% to play · 5+ pts 25% · 3+ reb 47% · 1+ threes 44%

    Missed the last game: Josiah Harris (20 min a game), Trent Middleton Jr. (18 min a game) and Dani Pounds (25 min a game).

    USC

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Rodney RiceG3319.94.36.42.0
    20+ pts 49% · 7+ ast 45% · 2+ threes 53%
    Alijah ArenasG3120.54.92.31.1
    20+ pts 52% · 5+ reb 51% · 2+ ast 62%
    Jacob CofieF258.07.02.50.6
    10+ pts 33% · 7+ reb 52% · 3+ ast 43%
    KJ LewisG2311.73.22.50.9
    10+ pts 60% · 3+ ast 44% · 1+ threes 57%
    Adonis RatliffF199.55.21.30.9
    10+ pts 45% · 5+ reb 56% · 1+ threes 57%
    Jadis JonesG187.55.41.70.1
    5+ pts 68% · 6+ reb 43% · 2+ ast 49%
    Darius RatliffC176.84.01.00.3
    5+ pts 63% · 4+ reb 52% · 1+ threes 28%
    Joshua HughesF114.42.20.70.6
    5+ pts 39% · 2+ reb 60% · 1+ threes 42%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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    The matchup

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