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James did not participate in pregame warm-ups and he didn't join his team-mates on the bench until late in the first half of their 106-78 rout. He joked and smiled with the other reserves and he stood at the rear of the huddles during timeouts.
The Trojans (5-2) play No. 11 Gonzaga in Las Vegas on Saturday. Their next home game is December 10 against Long Beach State before they begin a stretch of four straight road games.
USC fell out of the AP Top 25 poll this week after a two-point loss to Oklahoma last week.
"We didn't anticipate half our team being hurt for the first two to three weeks of the season," Enfield said, citing injuries to Boogie Ellis and Kobe Johnson. "Bronny's been out and we have no guards left, we have very limited guards."