Two games, five overtimes.

Two days after beating San Diego State in double OT, the Troy Trojans played the USC Trojans in Los Angeles and went to triple OT — and would have won that, too, had USC guard Jordan Marsh not made a desperation, twisting, contested 3 at the buzzer after Troy turned it inside five seconds to go.

A 108-107 win on Tuesday.

A 107-106 loss on Thursday.

“I don’t know if that’s ever happened,” Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher said of five overtimes in back-to-back games. “USC, to their credit, made an incredible shot at the buzzer to beat them. Troy’s got a good team. I think we all know that.

“Are we disappointed we didn’t win? Yeah, we’re disappointed. But that’s basketball. That was a good team that beat us.”

Doing to USC what they did to SDSU helped soften the blow

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