USC seems to be wearing down, and that sort of tiredness is reflective on defense, where the Trojans have allowed 89 pg in their last two on the Big Ten trail at Purdue and Maryland. Eric Musselman's troops also enter Sunday on a 14-3 over run stretching to early December, including eight straight overs away from the Galen Center. Note soph G Wesley Yates III is scoring at a 21 pg clip across his last four. Rutgers won't mind going up and down the court, either, scoring 81 or more during regulation time in three of five, with start frosh G Dylan Harper (19.l2 pg) having apparently caught a second wind, reflected in his 34 points in Wednesday's OT win at Washington. Play USC-Rutgers Over

The Trojans are over in 14 of their last 17 games, and these are two of the worst defensive teams in the Big 10. USC road games have gone over by 4, 16.5, 14, 7, .5, 1.5, 4.5 in conference. Those games closed at 147 on average, so this is a bit higher, but Rutgers can score when their elite freshman are on. Lately they have been on with the flu bug finally behind them. Scarlett Knights have not had an over this season when the total is 154 or more. When it's below 154, they are 13-4 to the over. They are 8-4 over after a loss. Harper has scored 95 over last 4 games in which he's played at least 30 minutes.