Reid Travis led Stanford in scoring and rebounding. Photo by Al Sermeno/isiphotos.com.

On the Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Jerry:

1 USC just got by the Stanford Cardinal (11-10) 69-64. The Cardinal–although they’ve lost their last two games–have played really improved basketball

2 Jonah Matthews led the USC Trojans on Wednesday night with 18 points. Chiemenzie Metu scored 12 points and got 10 rebounds.

3 The win puts USC into a tie for first in the Pac-12 with the Arizona Wildcats. Both are at 6-1 in Pac-12 conference play.

4 Stanford had a chance to tie the game in the final four seconds when Daejon Davis missed a three-pointer.

5 The Cardinal face UCLA this Saturday in LA. Jerry takes a look at Stanford’s chances to close out this current road trip.

Jerry Feitelberg does Cardinal Podcasts each Thursday and Matt Harrington on Saturdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com