Cromwell praised
Floyd liked the way RouSean Cromwell played off the bench against Cal, though his numbers were modest with two points, one rebound, two steals and a block in 15 minutes.
``His activity was great,'' Floyd said. ``He played like a guy who sitting on the bench had bothered him. ... I thought our defense was better when he was out there.''
Matthew Kredell broke into the Daily News in 1998, working part time
at the paper while going to USC. The basketball team’s Elite Eight
run in 2000-01 was USC’s athletic highlight in his time at the
school, when the football team was stuck in the Paul Hackett-era.
After graduating in 2001, he started writing for the Daily News full
time. He’s in his second year covering USC, which coincides with the
rise of the program. He’ll take credit for the success, though Tim
Floyd may have more to do with it. A third-generation Los Angelean,
he grew up reading the Daily News while at El Camino Real High School
in Woodland Hills.