The Good Fight

The Department of Homecourt Security has released footage of Saturday's incident at the Galen Center.

USC's Mark Haas put together a video recap for USCTrojans.com (click here to watch for free) that shows some emotions flaring but nothing serious going down in the closing seconds of USC's victory over UCLA in women's basketball.

As reported earlier, there was a "fight" between the teams, but let's be careful not to exaggerate it.

To set the scene, USC dominated almost the entire game, but the Bruins came within a shot down the stretch. A hard foul led to the benches clearing, some shoving, and multiple ejections.

Perhaps "the good fight" is one that doesn't really happen.

Certainly the good news for the Women of Troy is a winning record in the Pac-10 (4-3), including key victories over national powerhouse Stanford and crosstown rival UCLA (their 6th straight against the Bruins). The latter came against a crowd of 8,545, the fourth largest in the program's history.

The Trojans' success continues to be impressive after the loss of their top freshman and sophomore to injuries. Imagine the men's team playing without O.J. Mayo and Taj Gibson. (Of course, the women's team gets more contribution from their upperclassmen.)