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USC BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: PRUITT TO RETURN NEXT SEASON.


Byline: Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School.
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USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code.  guard Gabe Pruitt Gabriel Michael Pruitt (born on April 19, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American basketball player with the Boston Celtics. Biography
College career
On April 27 Pruitt announced that he registered for the 2007 NBA Draft.
 said that even before his potentially season-ending knee injury, he decided to return for his junior season.

``I was already thinking about coming back before I got hurt,'' Pruitt said. ``I could use more development under Coach (Tim) Floyd and use his advice for another season.''

Pruitt accompanied the Trojans on their trip to Washington but he is expected to be out four-to-five weeks with a fractured Fractured is the Industrial Music band created by Canadian Nick Gorman in 2003. Located in Toronto Canada, his self produced release CD-R demo entitled Contami-Nation caught the attention of European label Dependent Records, who signed them.  knee.

``It's a pretty key loss but I'm confident in my teammates,'' Pruitt said.

Floyd said he would probably start freshman guard Sead Odzic in place of Pruitt tonight against Washington.

``There's more responsibility on me for sure,'' Odzic said. ``Gabe's a big player to lose. It's difficult saying you're going to play for Gabe Pruitt.''

Odzic registered career-highs of nine points and three field goals from 3-point range against Arizona State last weekend.

``My confidence is up,'' Odzic said. ``In the locker room, we've said that we have to come together now without Gabe. We all understand the situation.''

Floyd said he will use his bench liberally without Pruitt.

``Guys who haven't played will have to play now,'' Floyd said.

It doesn't figure to be easy tonight because USC lost to Washington by nine points last month at the Sports Arena.

--Recruit visits: Artesia wing player James Harden James Richard Edwards Harden (12 December 1916 – 22 October 2000) was a Northern Irish politician. He was Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Armagh from a by-election in 1948 until he resigned his seat on 12 February 1954 by the procedural device of accepting the  visited USC on Tuesday with Pioneers coach Scott Pera. Harden hard·en  
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1. To make hard or harder.

2. To enable to withstand physical or mental hardship.

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, who is a junior, is a player the Trojans are closely watching. Last week, Floyd attended an Artesia game.

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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Feb 9, 2006
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