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LOS ANGELES– As Bronny James stood at the totally free toss line with 2 seconds left and a six-point lead against California, California fans at the Galen Center chanted, “Bronny!”

Enjoyed be back home for the first time in 24 days, the Trojans beat the Golden Bears 82-74 on Wednesday to win for just the second time in seven games.For James,

it was his very first Pac-12 conference win and very first home victory because he returned to the court on Dec. 10 after missing out on more than 4 months after suffering heart attack in late July. James, a freshman guard and the oldest child of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, later on went through a procedure to treat a congenital heart defect.Editor’s Picks

James made his first 4 shots from the field, including tossing down an alley-oop dunk off a pass from fellow freshman standout Isaiah Collier in the very first half.He finished with 10 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench. While James is still playing under a minutes limitation, he has the ability to bet longer stretches and has actually looked more comfy. He was coming off his finest game after scoring a career-best 15 points in an 86-70 loss at Oregon State on Saturday.

“He’s beginning to be more positive as a player,” said junior guard Kobe Johnson, who had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists. “And he’s beginning to play his game.

“When he initially got back, he was on a [tighter] minutes constraint and he [was] kind of antsy about what to do. But now he’s beginning to enter into his groove and starting to end up being the player that everyone knows he is.”

Bronny James, who is still playing under a minutes restriction, had 10 points, 3 assists and two rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench Wednesday against Cal. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The Trojans (7-7, 1-2) got big well-rounded games from their finest players. Johnson had a much-needed bounce-back game. Senior guard Boogie Ellis had 15 points, 8 rebounds and seven helps. And Collier had 13 points and 7 helps without any turnovers to head coach Andy Enfield’s delight.After USC lost two straight at Oregon and Oregon State last week, Enfield made it clear to his group that he will sit anyone who isn’t taking care of the ball, cutting on offense or safeguarding.” I’m sick of enjoying turnovers and no

ball movement, no player motion, “Enfield stated.” And if you’re going to stand, you’re going to come out of the game, so it’s pretty easy.”

James played 18 minutes against California (4-10, 0-3) after logging a season-high 20 minutes versus Oregon State.Enfield stated James’

minutes restriction is chosen by the medical staff and” that’ll be type of a week-by-week type thing.” “He’s a freshman, [and] this was his sixth game,” Enfield said of James.” He’s developing as a player and it’s great to see and nice to watch. He’s a typical freshman however he had a little drawback over a lot of freshmen where he was out for five months and had to return in midseason. It’s really tough to do.

“His effort tonight was excellent on the defensive end and [he had] four deflections. … So we require that bench production. Our bench players have to be productive and he was great tonight.”