Freshman Isaiah Collier shone, but the Trojans’ exhibition in Europe proved they’ll need their big men to step up this winter.
Normally, Isaiah Collier hits defenders and they crumble.
But at the start of the fourth quarter of USC men’s basketball’s exhibition against Croatia’s KK SC Derby Sunday, a tight affair in the final game of the Trojans’ Europe exhibition tour, freshman Collier attacked from the corner, bonked into another opposing jersey – and went flying to the hardwood himself.
That crowd, though, got a firsthand taste of the explosiveness Collier can bring to USC coach Andy Enfield’s fast-paced offense. Including his potential, here are three major takeaways after watching USC’s Europe play-cation games on TV:and Iwuchukwu’s absence unknown – Enfield’s lineups held steady through two games against Greece: Collier, senior Boogie Ellis, junior wing Kobe Johnson, grad transfer DJ Rodman, and returning big Josh Morgan.
The shift didn’t have a substantial impact, as Sellers, Page and Wright were all quiet Sunday, but did reveal a notable strategy that could rear its head come fall: staggering Ellis and Collier’s minutes as lead ball-handlers in separate units. The two didn’t share the court against SC Derby until the fourth quarter, when they led a Trojans push together off the strength of Collier’s playmaking and Ellis’ shotmaking.
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