Purdue continues to impress as it moves up in the polls, but that doesn't mean this one is going to be easy tonight at Mackey Arena vs. USC. The Trojans could cause some headaches with their quickness and ability to attack downhill from the perimeter with Eric Musselman's collection of slashers who have recently won at Illinois and Nebraska on the Big Ten trail, and are on a 9-4 spread run. Muss will hope that top scorer Desmond Claude is available after missing the last-second loss at Northwestern due to a leg bruise, though SC has four other double-digit point producers. Also, Penn transfer G Clark Slajchert is off of a season-high 24 points at Evanston. Play USC.