Dayton looks to make things a little less stressful after rallying from 12 points down late to extend its winning streak to eight games last time out. The No. 17 Flyers go for their ninth straight victory and attempt to increase their lead atop the Atlantic 10 standings Friday at dangerous Rhode Island, where they have lost six in a row.

USC, which won three Pac-12 games a year ago, will try for its eighth conference win in 11 outings when its visits Arizona State on Friday. The 23rd-ranked Trojans, who completed a regular season sweep of crosstown rival UCLA last week, are one of the top turnaround stories in college basketball this year and will be trying to win for only the second time in their last nine trips to Tempe.

Ryan Anderson has taken his game to another level in recent weeks and the 6-foot-9 senior forward for No. 14 Arizona tries to continue his impressive surge Friday when the Wildcats host UCLA in a Pac-12 game. Anderson, in his first season with Arizona after transferring from Boston College, has reached double figures in points and rebounds in the last four games, most recently a 22-point, 15-rebound performance in a 77-72 victory Saturday at Washington.