USC beats Cal, 73-62, to pull within a game of first in Pac-10

It wasn't a perfect game, but it was a good win. Here's what Tim Floyd had to say about USC's performance against Cal:

After slipping behind in the second half, USC finally put away the Bears, 73-62, in the Galen Center on Saturday night. The margin was comfortable enough that Mamadou Diarra, Percy Miller and Jordan Cameron all got in for a minute.

Cameron is a wide receiver on the USC football team after transferring from BYU. He became the first player to make both rosters since Gregg Guenther did it for three years from 2001-2003, before concentrating on basketball in 2004. Cameron is the uncle of young Cole Cameron, whose mom, Brynn, is on the USC women's basketball team. Both were in attendance on Saturday. Cole's dad is former Trojan quarterback Matt Leinart, who's with Arizona in the Super Bowl. If there was ever a kid destined to be a USC athlete ...

-- Adam Rose