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The predicament facing USC became clear with 9 minutes 32 seconds left in the second half Thursday night when into the fray trotted sophomore Ryan Wetherell.

As in walk-on guard Ryan Wetherell.

A hip injury in the opening minutes had rendered sophomore guard Daniel Hackett unavailable, and freshman guard Marcus Simmons, one of only two perimeter substitutes, wasn't an option because he aggravated an ankle injury earlier in the week and may be out for the season.

Short-handed USC hung tough against Arizona before fading over the final four minutes of an 80-69 loss at the Galen Center in front of record capacity crowd of 10,258.

Trojans are banged up in loss - Los Angeles Times