In 28 minutes of action, Watkins finished the game with 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Although Watkins played injured, USC head coach Lindsay Gottlieb put her superstar guard back in the game in the fourth quarter, even with the big lead.

After the South Carolina Trojans defeated the UNC Greensboro Spartans in the first round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament on Saturday, USC guard JuJu Watkins met up with Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels,

No. 1 seed USC cruised to a 71-25 win over No. 16 seed UNC Greensboro in the first round of the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The mood inside the Galen Center was not all celebratory,