Bronny James’ first begin as a collegiate with USC was memorable, however not in a great way.
James, who was taking part in in simply his ninth sport as a Division I participant, went 0-for-7 from the sector and was held scoreless because the short-handed USC Trojans fell 68-58 to the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday evening in Boulder, Colo.
USC coach Andy Enfield gave the much-ballyhooed freshman the beginning nod out of necessity as a result of starters Joshua Morgan, Boogie Ellis and Isaiah Collier had been sidelined with accidents.
Regardless of James’ struggles, USC raced to a 37-24 halftime lead, however he couldn’t get untracked within the second half as J’Vonne Hadley led a balanced Colorado assault with 15 factors and the Buffaloes (12-5, 3-3 Pac-12 convention) held USC to 21 factors within the second half to safe the win.
James, who additionally went 0-for-3 from 3-point vary, had two rebounds and an help in a season-high 25 minutes.
James performed his first sport for USC on Dec. 10, 4 months after struggling cardiac arrest, which was brought on by a congenital coronary heart defect.
Oziyah Sellers had a career-high 18 factors for the Trojans (8-9, 2-4) and Kobe Johnson, DJ Rodman and Vincent Iwuchukwu all scored 10.
Throughout a current Lakers’ four-game shedding streak, a annoyed Lebron James instructed reporters when requested if his son would quickly be prepared to start out for the Trojans and answered he thought it was time.
After which he loudly stated Bronny was ok to play with Los Angeles. “He may play for us proper now. Simple. EASY,” he stated.
— with AP