Yamen Sanders

Forward Yamen Sanders has transferred from Central Michigan to USC. The 6-foot-8, 210-pound Sanders averaged six points and three rebounds as a sophomore. He has two years of eligibility remaining but must sit out the coming season.

Yamen Sanders drops a large goldfish into the fish tank and watches his eight exotic fish devour it. The fish were a Christmas gift, and Sanders enjoys caring for them at home in Los Angeles. He also relishes watching them feed. Sanders, the starting center on USC's basketball team, displays the same type of aggression on the court. A 6-foot-9, 230-pound senior, Sanders is averaging a team-high 8.5 rebounds. He also is scoring 8.4 points per game.

USC guard Harold Miner pulled Trojan center Yamen Sanders aside after Sanders missed two free throws early in the first half of Wednesday night's game against UCLA and whispered some words of encouragement. "I was just letting Yamen know that he can play," Miner said. Sanders showed just how well he can play, scoring a career-high 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to lead the Trojans to an 86-82 victory over the No. 2-ranked Bruins before 12,842 at Pauley Pavilion.

USC guard Harold Miner pulled Trojan center Yamen Sanders aside after Sanders missed two free throws early in the first half of Wednesday night's game against UCLA and whispered some words of encouragement. "I was just letting Yamen know that he can play," Miner said. Sanders showed just how well he can play, scoring a career-high 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to lead the Trojans to an 86-82 victory over the No. 2-ranked Bruins before 12,842 at Pauley Pavilion.

Yamen Sanders drops a large goldfish into the fish tank and watches his eight exotic fish devour it. The fish were a Christmas gift, and Sanders enjoys caring for them at home in Los Angeles. He also relishes watching them feed. Sanders, the starting center on USC's basketball team, displays the same type of aggression on the court. A 6-foot-9, 230-pound senior, Sanders is averaging a team-high 8.5 rebounds. He also is scoring 8.4 points per game.

Forward Yamen Sanders has transferred from Central Michigan to USC, Trojans basketball Coach George Raveling announced today. Sanders, 6-foot-8 and 210 pounds, averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds as a sophomore. He has two years of eligibility remaining, but he must sit out the coming season. "Yamen is a big-time rebounder and an extremely inside player," Raveling said. "He gives us depth and a promising future at a very important position."

USC turned to a three-guard offense and turned itself around Saturday against the University of Miami. The Trojans rebounded from an embarrassing loss at Maryland with a 92-71 victory over the Hurricanes before 2,784 at the Sports Arena. Sophomore guard Harold Miner scored 31 points and had six rebounds to lead the Trojans, who--with the help of senior guards Robert Pack and Duane Cooper--had no problems handling Miami's full-court pressure.

The quest has been for an identity for the USC basketball team. Harold Miner already had his. Against Cal State Sacramento on Saturday and St. Louis on Monday, Trojan Coach George Raveling held Miner out for extended periods to see what would happen. Wednesday, in a 77-60 victory over Gonzaga before 3,251 at Spokane Coliseum, the strategy bore fruit. Miner was held to six points--one in the second half--and made only two of 13 shots.

Freshman James Forrest made a lunging three-point shot at the buzzer Saturday as Georgia Tech stunned USC, 79-78, to advance to the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals. Rodney Chatman's jumper with three seconds left had given USC a 78-76 lead. Tech inbounded the ball to Jon Barry and he lost his dribble at midcourt, but the ball went off USC with eight-tenths of a second left.

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Forward Yamen Sanders has transferred from Central Michigan to USC. The 6-foot-8, 210-pound Sanders averaged six points and three rebounds as a sophomore. He has two years of eligibility remaining but must sit out the coming season.

USC basketball Coach George Raveling sure knows how to pick opponents. Raveling scheduled Chicago State, which lost 22 of 28 games last season, to play the Trojans in their season opener. "I just looked in USA Today for Division I teams," Raveling quipped. "I always start from the reverse end." Predictably, the Trojans routed Chicago State, 110-69, Saturday before an announced crowd of 4,896.

After developing a reputation as a prolific scorer, USC guard Harold Miner wants to become an equally proficient rebounder. Challenged by Coach George Raveling to rebound more aggressively, Miner responded by grabbing a career-high 14 rebounds and scoring 24 points as the Trojans defeated Oregon, 84-71, Saturday night before 3,829 at the Sports Arena.