Bennie Boatwright stepping up and leading USC at the right time

LOS ANGELES — By the time Bennie Boatwright stepped onto the court for his season debut in mid-November, the USC basketball team had already played its first two games and gone through nearly six weeks of preseason practices, including a pair of private scrimmages against Mountain West Conference schools.
All without him.
Recovering from offseason knee surgery, Boatwright had undertaken a months-long rehabilitation process before returning for the Trojans.
The arrival of Boatwright was ant