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On Monday night, USC women's basketball suffered the worst possible news when it was announced that sophomore superstar Juju Watkins is officially out for the remainder of the season.
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Gabriela Jaquez shares her thoughts on UCLA facing UConn in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
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Paige Bueckers is averaging 20.1 points, 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals for the Huskies.
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USC women's basketball star Juju Watkins has been named The Associated Press women's college basketball Player of the Year.
The last few weeks have not been kind to USC, who saw JuJu Watkins go down with a torn ACL in the second round of the NCAA Tournament before being eliminated from the Big Dance in the Elite Eight by UConn for the second year in a row.
The highly anticipated matchup between USC's JuJu Watkins and UConn's Paige Bueckers, which had fans salivating, won't happen Monday night.
Howell was expected to play a major role for next season's Trojan team, which will likely open the campaign without Juju Watkins in November.
The No. 2 seed UConn Huskies (34-3) and the No. 1 seed USC Trojans (31-3) will meet on Monday in the Women's NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
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Paige Bueckers and the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies take on the No. 1 USC Trojans in this women’s NCAA Tournament Elite 8 matchup.
Paige Bueckers and UConn took down the Watkins-less Trojans 78-64 on Monday. Watkins was named the Player of the Year over Bueckers, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, and cross-town rival Lauren Betts of UCLA.
- UCLA head coach Cori Close applauds her team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Ohio State in the semifinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, Saturday,