Bronny James’ first begin as a collegiate with USC was memorable, however not in a great way.
James, who was taking part in in simply his ninth sport as a Division I participant, went 0-for-7 from the sphere and was held scoreless because the short-handed USC Trojans fell 68-58 to the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday evening in Boulder, Colo.
USC coach Andy Enfield gave the much-ballyhooed freshman the beginning nod out of necessity as a result of starters Joshua Morgan, Boogie Ellis and Isaiah Collier have been sidelined with accidents.
Regardless of James’ struggles, USC raced to a 37-24 halftime lead, however he couldn’t get untracked within the second half as J’Vonne Hadley led a balanced Colorado assault with 15 factors and the Buffaloes (12-5, 3-3 Pac-12 convention) held USC to 21 factors within the second half to safe the win.
James, who additionally went 0-for-3 from 3-point vary, had two rebounds and an help in a season-high 25 minutes.
![Bronny James loses control of the ball as Eddie Lampkin defends during USC's 68-58 loss to Colorado.](https://i0.wp.com/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Bronny-James.jpg?resize=878%2C590&ssl=1)
James performed his first sport for USC on Dec. 10, 4 months after struggling cardiac arrest, which was brought on by a congenital coronary heart defect.
Oziyah Sellers had a career-high 18 factors for the Trojans (8-9, 2-4) and Kobe Johnson, DJ Rodman and Vincent Iwuchukwu all scored 10.
Throughout a latest Lakers’ four-game shedding streak, a pissed off Lebron James advised reporters when requested if his son would quickly be prepared to begin for the Trojans and answered he thought it was time.
![Bronny James looks to make a move on KJ Simpson during USC's loss.](https://i0.wp.com/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Bronny-James-2.jpg?resize=911%2C590&ssl=1)
After which he loudly stated Bronny was adequate to play with Los Angeles. “He may play for us proper now. Simple. EASY,” he stated.
— with AP