The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins reached 1,000 career points in the second-fewest games in NCAA Division I history, scoring 20 points on Friday as No. Kaya Ingram led Santa Clara with 13 points and Olivia Pollerd added 12. Key stat The Torjans scored 31 points …
USC guard JuJu Watkins reacts after scoring against Kansas during the NCAA tournament in March. “We haven’t shied away from the word expectations all summer,” said USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb, entering her fourth season in charge of the Trojans. Coming off a 29-6 record and their first Elite Eight appearance since 1994, the Trojans enter the season with a rare …
LOS ANGELES — For the fifth time in seven games, JuJu Watkins scored 30 points and the season isn’t quite a month old. “I was in the right spots and I’m encouraged to take those shots when I’m open.” Kayla Williams and Taylor Bigby followed with back-to-back 3-pointers, and the Trojans led 48-28 at the break. Watkins had eight points …
NASSAU, Bahamas — JuJu Watkins scored 31 points, including the last seven points of the game plus a half-court buzzer beater, and No. 8 Southern California pulled out a 71-70 win over Penn State at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship in the Bahamas on Wednesday night. The Trojans led by eight early in the fourth quarter when Penn State …
LAS VEGAS — Freshman JuJu Watkins scored 32 points in her college debut, lifting No. “Whenever we get the chance to compete against a top 10 team, any team really, we’re ready, we prep the right way, we do what we need to do, and we get out on the court and we show the world what we can do.” …
