No. 12 Maryland visits USC following Dunn’s 27-point outing

Maryland Terrapins (16-2, 4-2 Big Ten) at USC Trojans (10-6, 2-3 Big Ten)

Los Angeles; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: USC hosts No. 12 Maryland after Kara Dunn scored 27 points in USC’s 63-62 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

The Trojans are 7-2 on their home court. USC is 1-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Terrapins are 4-2 in Big Ten play. Maryland is sixth in the Big Ten with 18.2 assists per game led by Saylor Poffenbarger averaging 3.4.

USC makes 40.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.1 percentage points higher than Maryland has allowed to its opponents (35.1%). Maryland has shot at a 48.1% clip from the field this season, 11.0 percentage points higher than the 37.1% shooting opponents of USC have averaged.

The Trojans and Terrapins meet Thursday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kennedy Smith is averaging 10.2 points, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals for the Trojans. Jazzy Davidson is averaging 16.7 points over the last 10 games.

Poffenbarger is averaging 10.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and two steals for the Terrapins. Oluchi Okananwa is averaging 19.9 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Trojans: 6-4, averaging 66.6 points, 31.9 rebounds, 16.1 assists, 8.9 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 39.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.0 points per game.

Terrapins: 8-2, averaging 88.9 points, 40.8 rebounds, 19.4 assists, 10.1 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 56.1 points.

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