LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Martinell scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half on Wednesday night to help Northwestern beat USC 74-68 and snap a five game losing streak. Five-star freshman Alijah Arenas — a McDonald's All-American and the son of three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas — made his debut for USC and finished with eight points on 3-of-15 shooting,

The Trojans beat a rising team in the Big Ten and both Illinois and Nebraska look elite. We review the weekend in Big Ten men's hoops:

Kara Dunn scored 29 and key Trojan Kennedy Smith returned from injury, helping USC earn a 83-57 win over Purdue Sunday afternoon at the Galen Center.

The first 11 minutes weren't pretty. Neither were the final 20. But Purdue basketball left USC's Galen Center still unbeaten in the Big Ten.

As the USC Trojans look to recover from their three-game losing streak, they now enter a season-defining Big Ten guantlet as they are set to face four ranked opponents in their next five games.

The USC men's and women's basketball teams have similar weaknesses and no real obvious solutions to solve them.

Olivia Olson had 23 points and seven rebounds and No. 7 Michigan rallied back after giving away a 16-point, second-half lead to down struggling USC, 73-67, on Sunday.

See the final score as Vanderbilt women's basketball was overmatched in a blowout loss at South Carolina.