USC faces Montana State following Claude’s 20-point outing

Montana State Bobcats (5-5) at USC Trojans (6-4, 1-1 Big Ten)

Los Angeles; Sunday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Trojans -9.5; over/under is 140.5

BOTTOM LINE: USC plays Montana State after Desmond Claude scored 20 points in USC’s 85-61 win against the Washington Huskies.

The Trojans have gone 5-2 at home. USC averages 73.2 points while outscoring opponents by 2.6 points per game.

The Bobcats have gone 1-4 away from home. Montana State has a 2-5 record against opponents above .500.

USC makes 47.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.2 percentage points higher than Montana State has allowed to its opponents (41.3%). Montana State has shot at a 46.5% rate from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points above the 44.7% shooting opponents of USC have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Claude is shooting 50.5% and averaging 13.6 points for the Trojans.

Brandon Walker is averaging 14.3 points for the Bobcats.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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