Aarika Hughes goes into her fourth season as head coach of the LMU women’s basketball team. She is the first Black woman head coach of the program; this is the first season where the entire roster is made up of students that she recruited.
USC stand-out freshman guard JuJu Watkins threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers vs Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game on Saturday. She is coming off a historic season with the USC women’s basketball team.
Playing for USC was a dream for forward Rayah Marshall. During her junior season, she aided the Women of Troy basketball team to national prominence. Marshall made 10.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, helping the Women of Troy to a 29-6 overall record.
She adds another to her conference record after helping USC to two more road wins last week.
The Women of Troy basketball team got their revenge on the UCLA Bruins by snapping their 14-game winning streak with a 73-65 victory.
In her first three games with the Women of Troy basketball team, freshman guard Juju Watkins has made history.
USC sophomore guard Rayah Marshall hit a career-high of 21 rebounds and grad student forward Kadi Sissoko scored a season-high 23 points to defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils 64-49.
The Women of Troy lost to the Oregon Ducks 72-48. USC did not have any answers for the surging Ducks, who sit 13-6 on the season. Oregon was looking to end their three-game losing streak.
Freshman phenom Evan Mobley recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds in route to Southern California’s 75-62 victory over Oregon State on Thursday at the Galen Center.
The Galen Center was empty yet again but the Trojans didn’t need a home crowd, extending their dominant win streak to six games fending off the Washington State Cougars, 85-77.
USC sophomore guard, Ethan Anderson has been a tenacious presence on the men’s basketball team. He is not afraid to score in traffic and shake a defender to make a shot.
The Women of Troy started their season on a high note with an 85-55 win over the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) Lions. USC shot at 46.3 percent and capitalized off of 20 LMU turnovers.
The USC men’s and women’s basketball teams are excited to compete and are revving up for the tip-off of the 2020-21 season.
The Women of Troy defeated Colorado Buffaloes 69-54 in a sensational win led by Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Alissa Pili. She finished with 22 pts, 5 rebs, and two assists.
On March 10, HBO will debut “Women of Troy,” a sports documentary on the 1983-84 USC women’s basketball team at 9:00 PST. The documentary gives an exclusive look at the team that won two consecutive NCAA championships with sports icon Cheryl Miller leading the way.