USC vs Colorado Picks and Odds

• Colorado is a 2.5-point favorite at home over USC on Thursday night in a Pac-12 game at the Coors Events Center in Boulder
• USC is in first place in the conference and has won seven of its last eight games
• A prediction for USC-Colorado along with the lines, odds and spread can be found below

Colorado will try to keep its slim Pac-10 title hopes alive and sweep the season series when it hosts Southern California at 9 p.m. ET Thursday in a Pac-12 game at the Coors Events Center in Boulder.

Colorado is 17-7 overall and 12-6 in the Pac-12, where it trails first-place USC by 2.5 games with three to play. The Buffaloes, who are 8-1 at home, ended a two-game losing streak Saturday with a 61-57 victory at Oregon State, a game in which they did not cover the 6.5-point spread.

#19 USC (19-4, 13-3) has won seven of its lasts eight games both straight up and against the spread. The Trojans beat visiting Oregon 72-58 on Monday as 3.5-point favorites but are underdogs in their visit to Colorado.

USC vs Colorado Odds

Odds taken Feb. 24 from FanDuel

Wright IV Ends 20-Point Drought

Senior guard McKinley Wright IV scored 21 points to lead Colorado on Saturday. It was the fifth time this season that the Buffaloes’ all-time assists leader had 20 or more points but first since Jan. 7.

𝘉𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱 🎥

Season sweep over the Beavs 🧹 pic.twitter.com/NK3NiO7lqO

— Colorado Men's Basketball (@CUBuffsMBB) February 21, 2021

Wright leads the team is scoring at 14.5 points a game. He is also averaging 5.4 assists and 4.3 rebounds. KenPom.com rates him as the third-best player in the Pac-12 after USC freshman forward Evan Mobley and Stanford’s Oscar da Silva.

Colorado led just 44-43 in Corvallis before going on an 11-2 run to stretch its advantage to 55-45 with 4:19 left. The Buffaloes then held on down the stretch to keep their conference title hopes flickering.

Junior forward Evan Battey and senior forward Jeriah Horne added 10 points each. Horne reached double figures in just 18 minutes off the bench.

Jeriah sending us to halftime with a triple 🎯🎯

📺 https://t.co/PedjvZcAyU pic.twitter.com/Lnar9vUbnH

— Colorado Men's Basketball (@CUBuffsMBB) February 21, 2021

Horne is averaging 11.0 points and 5.6 rebounds. Battey has averages of 10.3 points and 5.2 rebounds.

USC More Than Mobleys

USC won handily against Oregon even though Mobley scored just 11 points, his third-lowest output of the season.

Ranked as the nation’s ninth-best player by KenPom, Mobley is averaging 17.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.1 blocked shots. He is also shooting 59.9%.

Evan Mobley showed off his unicorn potential in a win over ASU: 22 PTS, 9 REBS, 7 AST and 3 BLK. Incredible ball handler for a 7-footer. Creating shots for himself from the perimeter. Handling post doubles impressively. Soft touch from 3 and mid range. Very few holes in his game. pic.twitter.com/QN8mhB8RVs

— Mike Schmitz (@Mike_Schmitz) February 18, 2021

Sophomore forward Isaiah Mobley, Evan’s brother, did not play because of a strained right calf and is questionable for Thursday. He is scoring 9.6 points and grabbing 7.7 rebounds a game.

Senior guard Tahj Eaddy led USC with 24 points, his second-highest total of the season. Eaddy made 6 of 11 shots from beyond the arc as USC connected on 10 of 21 (47.6).

The graduate transfer from Santa Clara has reached double-digit points in seven straight games and his season scoring average is 13.8.

Junior guard Drew Peterson had 15 points and 11 rebounds. It was the Rice transfer’s third double-double of the season.

Sophomore guard Ethan Anderson returned to the starting lineup for the first time since injuring his back Dec. 1. Anderson missed eight games before returning to action Jan. 14 and had been used in a reserve role for 11 games.

Anderson is averaging 5.9 points and 3.4 assists.

#USC Ethan Anderson gives the Trojans a 7 point lead! 42-35 ⁦@USCScoop⁩ ⁦@USCScoopTV⁩ #FightOn pic.twitter.com/QV65rCrLU3

— Marc Kulkin (@MarcKulkin) January 28, 2021

USC took control early, building a 17-1 lead and extending it to 43-22 at halftime on the strength of 65.4% shooting. The Trojans drained 17 of 26 field goal attempts.

All Colorado Lately

Colorado has won five straight games against USC, including pulling a 72-62 road upset on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles as 3.5-point underdog.

Wright led all scorers with 19 points. Eaddy had 16 points and five assists in a losing effort.

USC has played much better since the disappointing ending to 2020 and will exact revenge against Colorado in the rematch.

Pick: USC +2.5 (-110)