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So it was no surprise in the final minutes Saturday, with USC up just three, to see the freshman poke away a steal to seal it.

With under two minutes remaining and USC’s lead at three, it was Smith who poked away a Kansas State possession at midcourt and took off in transition.

As a spiritually inclined, politically committed itinerant, John is Hester’s polar opposite, poking at her beliefs with the earnestness of a college student drunk on Howard Zinn.

"As far as I know, it is not against the law to poke fun at our leaders and the circus that is our political system," he said.

On a shirtsleeve, Ruiz wore a purple-and-white ribbon — an homage to the disappeared — while a white rose poked out from the top of a bag.