Desmond Claude scores 25, Saint Thomas has 24, Wesley Yates III adds 21, and the Trojans shoot 64.9% from the field in a 99-89 victory at the Galen Center.

USC assistant coach Quincy Pondexter couldn’t be sure at first whether his home in Pasadena survived the Eaton fire. Conroy’s family had also evacuated, as did the girlfriend of USC’s director of basketball ops,