Juju Watkins scored 30 points and no. 4 South California Defeated runner -up Ucla 80-67 Saturday night to win the first program Big Ten Title of the regular season at its league debut.
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Crosstown rivals entered a sold out game at Pauley Pavilion for the first bound. Trojans (26-2, 17-1 Big Ten) ended the seasonal attention of Bruins (27-2, 16-2), whose only losses came against USCincluding a 71-60 defeat at the Galen Center two weeks ago.
This time, Watkins scored 23 points in the first half. She ran six straight to send USC to half-time forward 46-32. Watkins assisted on 3 pointer backwards in the fourth, which extended the USC lead at 19.
Kiki iriafen He had 17 points and nine rebounds for USC.
Kiki rice led Bruins with 16 points. Lauren Betts It was retained on 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Singer John Legend, comedian Leslie Jones and the famous brothers and sisters Reggie Miller and Cheryl Miller and Ann Meyers Dryysdale were among the crowd.
Taket
USC: The Trojans remained ready in a loud and hostile environment when Bruins closed within four in the third quarter. They achieved nine straight to enter the neighborhood that led for up to 13 years.
Ucla: The NCAA -e Bruins selection committee made the entire top -notch seed for the NCAA tournament in an early examination, but two losses of the Trojanc could change that.
A key moment
Bruins missed his first eight shots and had two turns to start a game in which they never led.
Key stature
The USC defense forced the 16 reverses of UCLA, which led to 25 points for Trojans.
Up the following
Both teams get a double flank in the Big Ten and on Friday will play their first games in Indianapolis.
Associated press reporting.
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