The Oklahoma State basketball team will take on Southern California at the Paycom Center in downtown Oklahoma City as a part of the Compete 4 Cause Classic doubleheader on Dec. 21.

Tulsa will open the event against the North Texas Mean Green. North Texas is coming off an NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the Conference USA Tournament Championship.

This will be OSU’s first appearance at the Paycom Center since 2013, but the Cowboys are 13-4 all-time at the home of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder.

Led by head coach Andy Enfield and All-American Evan Mobley, USC is coming off a 25-8 campaign that included a trip to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament. Mobley was taken with the No. 3 pick in the NBA Draft, but the cupboard is hardly bare for the Trojans.

This will be the 11th meeting between OSU and the USC, and the series is split evenly at 5-5. The Cowboys own a 4-2 edge in games played in the state of Oklahoma, while the Trojans have taken the last three games in the series. The last game between the two schools took place in the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

OSU is coming off a 2020-21 season that included a trip to the Big 12 Championship title game and the program’s first NCAA Tournament win since 2009.