Tuesday, December 3
Los Angeles, Calif.
6:30 p.m.
USC
7-1,0-0Big Ten
94
vs
52
California Baptist
0-9,0-0WAC
1
2
3
4
F
California Baptist
11
9
16
16
52
Southern California
29
21
28
16
94
Team Stats
CBU
USC
FG%
.322
.525
3FG%
.250
.458
FT%
.571
.704
RB
31
42
TO
17
9
STL
2
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
40
FGM
12
3FGM
9
FTM
7
Pts
18
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
G
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's Basketball
C/F
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
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/ Women's BasketballPhoto by: John McGillen
JuJu Watkins Nails Program-Record Nine 3-Pointers in No. 6 USC’s 94-52 Win Over CBU
December 03, 2024 | Women's Basketball
The sophomore finished with 40 points for the Trojans, joined by Kiki Iriafen, Rayah Marshall and Talia von Oelhoffen in double digits tonight.
LOS ANGELES — USC sophomore JuJu Watkins set a new program record for 3-pointers made in a game during her 40-point outburst to help pace the No. 6 USC women's basketball team to a 94-52 win over visiting California Baptist tonight at Galen Center. Watkins landed nine 3-pointers in the Trojan victory, bettering the previous record of seven while USC improved to 7-1 overall.
USC had three players in double digits by halftime as the Trojans hit at a 51.5 percent clip from the floor while burying six first-half 3-pointers. CBU shot 27.3 percent from the floor in the first half and was trailing the Trojans 23-19 on the boards as USC gripped a 50-20 lead at halftime. USC's scoring pace increased in the second half, as did Watkins' 3-point tally. The Trojans wrapped the game on 52.5-percent shooting, going 11-of-24 from 3-point range thanks to Watkins' career-high 9-of-11 effort. USC won out on the boards 42-31, and CBU finished up shooting 32.2 percent overall.
Watkins's 40-point night marked just the second 40-plus outing by a Trojan at Galen Center, with Watkins holding that record with 42 points scored in a game last season. She was joined in double digits tonight by Talia von Oelhoffen's 14 points and double-doubles from Kiki Iriafen (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Rayah Marshall (10 points, 10 rebounds). The Lancers were led in scoring by Grace Schmidt's 12 points and 10 from Claudia Fiel.
The Trojans had a steady 7-0 start to the game, aided by a quick 3-pointer off the tip from Talia von Oelhoffen and post action from Kiki Iriafen. Cal Baptist got on the board at 7:27, but the Lancer layup was sandwiched by another 7-0 USC surge. In the final minute, von Oelhoffen drained another three, and USC would wrap the first frame with a 29-11 advantage. USC's defense forced three straight shot clock violations out of the Lancers to open the second just before Talia von Oelhoffen got to double digits to carry the Trojans ahead 31-11. Kayleigh Heckel delivered her first points of the night next with a three-point play, and USC was off to the races. JuJu Watkins buried a three straight 3-pointers for the Trojan cause, helping to craft a 46-16 USC lead with 3:40 left in the first half.
The teams largely stayed in stride during the third quarter, although Watkins remained hot-handed from beyond the arc. She'd drain three more, getting to 30 points on the night while USC gripped a 78-36 lead on the way into the fourth frame. Watkins kept chugging, blowing past the previous USC single-game record for threes made with bombs No. 8 and 9 while carrying USC ahead 88-39 with 6:30 on the clock. The Lancers would manufacture a nine-point rally later in the quarter, with Aaliyah Gayles breaking up that run with a successful trip to the free-throw line, and the game would wrap up as a 94-52 USC victory.
NEXT:
Next, USC hits the road for its first-ever Big Ten Conference contest, albeit against a familiar foe. USC visits Oregon for a 1 p.m. test in Eugene on Saturday (Dec. 7).
NOTABLE:
- With a season-high 40 points today, SO JuJu Watkins recorded her 16th career game with 30 or more points scored. She now ranks at No. 23 all-time at USC for career points (1,124).
- Watkins made a career-high nine 3-pointers, setting a new USC record for threes made in a game. Her 81.8% 3-point percentage (9-11) tonight was also a career high.
- Watkins' 40 points is the second most scored by a D1 women's player this season.
- Watkins was just two points away from her Galen Center scoring record of 42 points (set Feb. 23, 2024 vs. Colorado) — she is the only USC player to score 40-plus at Galen Center.
- Watkins is the third Big Ten women's basketball player in the last 25 years to score 40 points and nine 3-pointers made in a game.
- Watkins has now scored 20 or more points in 34 of her 42 career games.
- With 10 rebounds tonight, SR Rayah Marshall took over as USC's No. 8 all-time rebounder, now with 935 career rebounds.
- With 10 points and 10 rebounds, Marshall now ranks tied at No. 7 all-time at USC in career double-doubles (37). This was Marshall's second double-double this season.
- Watkins (40 points) and GS Kiki Iriafen (18 points) have both scored in double figures in all eight games this season.
- With 18 points and 10 rebounds, Iriafen recorded her second straight double-double, now with three this season.
- GS Talia von Oelhoffen set season highs in points (14) and blocks (2) tonight.
- SO Malia Samuels set a season high in assists with four.
- USC's 42-point win over CBU was the sixth time in seven victories this season that the Trojans have won by at least 30 points.
- The Trojans recorded a season-high 12 blocks against the Lancers.
- The Trojans are now 7-0 when outrebounding an opponent.
USC had three players in double digits by halftime as the Trojans hit at a 51.5 percent clip from the floor while burying six first-half 3-pointers. CBU shot 27.3 percent from the floor in the first half and was trailing the Trojans 23-19 on the boards as USC gripped a 50-20 lead at halftime. USC's scoring pace increased in the second half, as did Watkins' 3-point tally. The Trojans wrapped the game on 52.5-percent shooting, going 11-of-24 from 3-point range thanks to Watkins' career-high 9-of-11 effort. USC won out on the boards 42-31, and CBU finished up shooting 32.2 percent overall.
Watkins's 40-point night marked just the second 40-plus outing by a Trojan at Galen Center, with Watkins holding that record with 42 points scored in a game last season. She was joined in double digits tonight by Talia von Oelhoffen's 14 points and double-doubles from Kiki Iriafen (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Rayah Marshall (10 points, 10 rebounds). The Lancers were led in scoring by Grace Schmidt's 12 points and 10 from Claudia Fiel.
The Trojans had a steady 7-0 start to the game, aided by a quick 3-pointer off the tip from Talia von Oelhoffen and post action from Kiki Iriafen. Cal Baptist got on the board at 7:27, but the Lancer layup was sandwiched by another 7-0 USC surge. In the final minute, von Oelhoffen drained another three, and USC would wrap the first frame with a 29-11 advantage. USC's defense forced three straight shot clock violations out of the Lancers to open the second just before Talia von Oelhoffen got to double digits to carry the Trojans ahead 31-11. Kayleigh Heckel delivered her first points of the night next with a three-point play, and USC was off to the races. JuJu Watkins buried a three straight 3-pointers for the Trojan cause, helping to craft a 46-16 USC lead with 3:40 left in the first half.
The teams largely stayed in stride during the third quarter, although Watkins remained hot-handed from beyond the arc. She'd drain three more, getting to 30 points on the night while USC gripped a 78-36 lead on the way into the fourth frame. Watkins kept chugging, blowing past the previous USC single-game record for threes made with bombs No. 8 and 9 while carrying USC ahead 88-39 with 6:30 on the clock. The Lancers would manufacture a nine-point rally later in the quarter, with Aaliyah Gayles breaking up that run with a successful trip to the free-throw line, and the game would wrap up as a 94-52 USC victory.
NEXT:
Next, USC hits the road for its first-ever Big Ten Conference contest, albeit against a familiar foe. USC visits Oregon for a 1 p.m. test in Eugene on Saturday (Dec. 7).
NOTABLE:
- With a season-high 40 points today, SO JuJu Watkins recorded her 16th career game with 30 or more points scored. She now ranks at No. 23 all-time at USC for career points (1,124).
- Watkins made a career-high nine 3-pointers, setting a new USC record for threes made in a game. Her 81.8% 3-point percentage (9-11) tonight was also a career high.
- Watkins' 40 points is the second most scored by a D1 women's player this season.
- Watkins was just two points away from her Galen Center scoring record of 42 points (set Feb. 23, 2024 vs. Colorado) — she is the only USC player to score 40-plus at Galen Center.
- Watkins is the third Big Ten women's basketball player in the last 25 years to score 40 points and nine 3-pointers made in a game.
- Watkins has now scored 20 or more points in 34 of her 42 career games.
- With 10 rebounds tonight, SR Rayah Marshall took over as USC's No. 8 all-time rebounder, now with 935 career rebounds.
- With 10 points and 10 rebounds, Marshall now ranks tied at No. 7 all-time at USC in career double-doubles (37). This was Marshall's second double-double this season.
- Watkins (40 points) and GS Kiki Iriafen (18 points) have both scored in double figures in all eight games this season.
- With 18 points and 10 rebounds, Iriafen recorded her second straight double-double, now with three this season.
- GS Talia von Oelhoffen set season highs in points (14) and blocks (2) tonight.
- SO Malia Samuels set a season high in assists with four.
- USC's 42-point win over CBU was the sixth time in seven victories this season that the Trojans have won by at least 30 points.
- The Trojans recorded a season-high 12 blocks against the Lancers.
- The Trojans are now 7-0 when outrebounding an opponent.
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