Mayo returns from suspension, leads win
USC commit O.J. Mayo returned to the court Monday after a three-game suspension, coincidentally facing the same Capital High team against which the incident that led to his suspension took place. This one was less controversial, with Mayo scoring 23 points as Huntington (W.Va.) High won 79-64. See USA Today article here.
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.