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USC tries to rebound from 26-loss season

The Columbian
Published: October 31, 2012, 5:00pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hit hard by injuries and a school-record 26 losses last season, the Southern California Trojans are eager to put the ugliness behind them and make a big turnaround led by point guard Jio Fontan.

The projected star of the program has mostly been off the court the last two seasons after transferring from Fordham. Fontan played just half a season in his USC debut, then missed all of last season after he tore his ACL during a summer exhibition tour in Brazil.

He wasn’t the only player to go down.

By season’s end, the Trojans had just six scholarship players available. They finished 6-26 — 1-17 in the Pac-12.

Now Fontan is healthy and looking forward to finally playing an entire season alongside a mix of transfers and newcomers under coach Kevin O’Neill.

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