The Penn State basketball season has unraveled, as the Nittany Lions have lost five straight games and nine of their last 10. They're tired and hurting, both physically and mentally, and need a spark to end (or at least curtail) this slide. Penn State hopes to make something happen in the second game of its California road trip.

Penn State wraps up a quick jaunt to the West Coast Tuesday night in Los Angeles for a Big Ten Conference matchup with the USC Trojans.

The Nittany Lions visit the Trojans as we continue our college basketball odds series with a Penn State-USC prediction and pick.

USC coach Eric Musselman and his team will face the Penn State Nittany Lions on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. PT. Preview, prediction, TV channel, and betting odds for the matchup at Galen Center.

The Nittany Lions have been bitten by the injury bug. Starting forward Puff Johnson is out for the year, starting center Yanic Konan Niederhauser is questionable with an ankle injury, and star point guard Ace Baldwin has been battling through a back injury.

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Penn State will look to snap its woeful five-game losing streak tonight against USC. The Nittany Lions fell 78-54 to UCLA on Saturday in the first leg of their California road swing. USC has had a wildly inconsistent Big Ten stretch,