Friday, January 13
Los Angeles, Calif.
7:00 PM
USC
12-4,2-3Pac-12
63
vs
43
California
10-6,1-4Pac-12
1
2
3
4
F
California
6
8
19
10
43
Southern California
19
14
17
13
63
Team Stats
Cal
USC
FG%
.300
.386
3FG%
.250
.231
FT%
.500
.727
RB
34
42
TO
20
17
STL
6
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
G/F
/ Women's BasketballC
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
G/F
/ Women's BasketballPhoto by: Jenny Chuang
USC Women’s Basketball Controls Cal 63-43
January 13, 2023 | Women's Basketball
Trojans never trailed in a Pac-12 home win behind a combined 35 points from Destiny Littleton Rayah Marshall.
LOS ANGELES — The USC women's basketball team leapt into an early lead and stayed in control from wire to wire to collect a 63-43 Pac-12 victory over visiting California tonight at Galen Center. Another double-double from Rayah Marshall helped anchor things, although the Trojans had plenty of help down the line to shore up the win. USC improves to 12-4 overall and to 2-3 in Pac-12 play, while Cal goes to 10-6, 1-4.
Marshall was closing in on a double-double by halftime, but it was some tough defense that was stealing the show for USC in the first half. The Trojans forced 18 first-half turnovers out of the Golden Bears en route to a 33-14 lead by the break. USC was shooting 39.4 percent in those first 20 minutes while Cal shot 27.3 percent. The Bears improved in the third quarter and finished out the game at 30 percent overall, although the Trojans kept clicking and wrapped the game at 38.6 percent on the offensive end. USC also won out on the boards 42-34.
Destiny Littleton scored 14 points in the second half to finish as the game's top scorer with 18 points on the night, and Marshall tallied her ninth double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Cal was paced by Evelien Lute Schipholt's 14 points.
Cal found its scoring touch in the third, although USC was still in stride. Okako Adika and Destiny Littleton each buried threes for the Trojan cause in those first five minutes of the frame, helping USC to a 43-25 lead to that point. Littleton would knock down two free throws to work her way into double digits. That was part of an 8-0 USC surge to lead it 47-25 at 3:50. Cal interrupted the run with a three — one of two landed by the Bears in the final two minutes of the third — and USC would take a 50-33 lead into the fourth. Soon after Marshall had her double-double in place, Littleton converted a three-point play to get USC ahead 53-33, and the Trojans would wrap the game with that 20-point margin intact in their 63-43 victory.
USC now turns to take on No. 2 Stanford at 2 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 15) at Galen Center.
NOTABLE:
- With one block tonight, SO Rayah Marshall has recorded at least one block in 37 consecutive games played.
- With 17 pts and 11 rebounds, Marshall earns her ninth double-double this season and the 15th of her career.
- Marshall has now scored in double digits for seven straight games.
- With 18 points, GS Destiny Littleton scored in double digits for the 12th time this season.
- With eight points, SO Clarice Akunwafo set a new season high.
- Akunwafo also tied her career high of three blocks.
- With four rebounds, RS FR Taylor Bigby tied her career high.
- JR Koi Love tied a season-high with three steals.
- USC held its opponent to just 14 total points in the first half for the third time this season.
- Cal's six points scored in the first quarter and eight in the second quarter marked the 12th and 13th time this season that USC has allowed fewer than 10 points in a quarter.
- Allowing just six points in the first quarter, USC held California to a season low for points in a quarter.
- USC held its opponent to just 14 total points in the first half for the third time this season.
- USC held Cal to a season-low 43 points and a season-low 30 percent (18-of-60) from the field.
- USC won by double digits for the 10th time this season, its eighth win by 20 points or more.
- For the sixth time this season USC never trailed during the game.
Marshall was closing in on a double-double by halftime, but it was some tough defense that was stealing the show for USC in the first half. The Trojans forced 18 first-half turnovers out of the Golden Bears en route to a 33-14 lead by the break. USC was shooting 39.4 percent in those first 20 minutes while Cal shot 27.3 percent. The Bears improved in the third quarter and finished out the game at 30 percent overall, although the Trojans kept clicking and wrapped the game at 38.6 percent on the offensive end. USC also won out on the boards 42-34.
Destiny Littleton scored 14 points in the second half to finish as the game's top scorer with 18 points on the night, and Marshall tallied her ninth double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Cal was paced by Evelien Lute Schipholt's 14 points.
USC peeled out to a 13-0 start with Taylor Bigby accounting for eight of those points in the first four minutes of action. The Bears broke their silence with a bucket at 4:45, and the Trojans would stay largely in control down the stretch to leading it 19-6 at the end of the the first. Cal struck early to open the second, only to see the Trojans fire off a 12-0 rally to go up 31-8 with 3:35 on the clock. Cal would land the last baskets of the half, but the Trojan lead was well intact as USC took a 33-14 lead into the locker room at the break.
Cal found its scoring touch in the third, although USC was still in stride. Okako Adika and Destiny Littleton each buried threes for the Trojan cause in those first five minutes of the frame, helping USC to a 43-25 lead to that point. Littleton would knock down two free throws to work her way into double digits. That was part of an 8-0 USC surge to lead it 47-25 at 3:50. Cal interrupted the run with a three — one of two landed by the Bears in the final two minutes of the third — and USC would take a 50-33 lead into the fourth. Soon after Marshall had her double-double in place, Littleton converted a three-point play to get USC ahead 53-33, and the Trojans would wrap the game with that 20-point margin intact in their 63-43 victory.
NEXT:
USC now turns to take on No. 2 Stanford at 2 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 15) at Galen Center.
NOTABLE:
- With one block tonight, SO Rayah Marshall has recorded at least one block in 37 consecutive games played.
- With 17 pts and 11 rebounds, Marshall earns her ninth double-double this season and the 15th of her career.
- Marshall has now scored in double digits for seven straight games.
- With 18 points, GS Destiny Littleton scored in double digits for the 12th time this season.
- With eight points, SO Clarice Akunwafo set a new season high.
- Akunwafo also tied her career high of three blocks.
- With four rebounds, RS FR Taylor Bigby tied her career high.
- JR Koi Love tied a season-high with three steals.
- USC held its opponent to just 14 total points in the first half for the third time this season.
- Cal's six points scored in the first quarter and eight in the second quarter marked the 12th and 13th time this season that USC has allowed fewer than 10 points in a quarter.
- Allowing just six points in the first quarter, USC held California to a season low for points in a quarter.
- USC held its opponent to just 14 total points in the first half for the third time this season.
- USC held Cal to a season-low 43 points and a season-low 30 percent (18-of-60) from the field.
- USC won by double digits for the 10th time this season, its eighth win by 20 points or more.
- For the sixth time this season USC never trailed during the game.
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