USC DE Nick Figueroa returns vs. Oregon State

LOS ANGELES — USC antiaircraft extremity Nick Figueroa returned aft missing past week’s triumph implicit Washington State with an AC sprain that kept retired of the 2nd halves of the archetypal 2 games of the season. In the archetypal quarter, helium was utilized lone successful definite situations, similar third-and-short

Offensive tackle Jalen McKenzie besides dressed for the crippled aft leaving Tuesday’s signifier owed to dehydration. But McKenzie, who played the full 2nd fractional of past weekend’s crippled against Washington State astatine close tackle, did not commencement against Oregon State arsenic redshirt freshman Jonah Monheim resumed his starting duties.

Monheim made the astir of the opportunity, delivering a sealing artifact for a surface walk to Gary Bryant Jr. connected first-and-goal from the Oregon State 7. Monheim’s artifact gave Bryant the country to scope the extremity portion and necktie the crippled astatine 7-7 with 8:14 near successful the archetypal quarter.

Wide receiver Kyle Ford did not formal for the crippled aft making his archetypal vocation touchdown drawback against Washington State. Defensive tackle Kobe Pepe and information Chris Thompson Jr. were besides among the Trojans who did not formal for the game. Injured backmost Jaxson Dart (knee) was connected the sideline with ample brace connected his close knee.

EARLY OBSERVATIONS

In the archetypal quarter, USC’s tally crippled pivoted from a two-headed onslaught to 1 dominated by Texas transportation Keaontay Ingram. Ingram got each six carries successful the archetypal quarter, taking them for 40 yards, including a 12-yard run. Senior Vavae Malepeai’s lone first-quarter interaction came connected a 10-yard pass.

USC receivers did Kedon Slovis nary favors successful the archetypal quarter, arsenic each 4 of his incompletions (including an interception connected the archetypal drive) were the effect of drops by his targets, including 3 by Memphis transportation Tahj Washington.

USC did get the payment of 5 archetypal downs via Oregon State punishment successful the archetypal quarter.

Cornerback Isaac Taylor-Stuart recorded his archetypal interception of the season, making a sideline drawback successful the extremity portion to halt an Oregon State thrust that had reached the USC 8.