Women’s Basketball | January 20, 2025
#4 USC (17-1, 7-0) at Purdue (7-11, 0-7)
Mackey Arena | West Lafayette, Ind. | Wednesday, Jan. 22 | 7 p.m. ET
Series Record (since 2017-18): USC leads 1-0
First Meeting: W 58-46 [11/24/17 • Honolulu]
STREAM: Peacock (Talent: Kim Adams & Zora Stephenson) | STATS
THIS WEEK
No. 4/5 USC is on another conference road trip, currently in Indiana coming off a 73-66 win over the Hoosiers in Bloomington and now heading to West Lafayette to take on Purdue with a 13-game win streak in the Trojans’ sails. In its first-ever visit to the Boilermakers, USC (17-1, 7-0 Big Ten) is set to face Purdue (7-11, 0-7) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 22).
FOLLOW ALONG
USC’s game at Purdue will be broadcast on Peacock with Kim Adams and Zora Stephenson on the call. All of USC’s games also are available live on ESPN radio and with audio streamed at USCTrojans.com/listen and the USC Trojans GameDay app with Eli Kleinmann on the radio calls.
IN THE POLLS
USC is ranked No. 4 in the latest AP poll (released Jan. 20) and No. 5 in the most recent USA TODAY Coaches poll (as of Jan. 14). The Trojans were ranked No. 3 in both the AP and USA TODAY preseason polls and the national polls for the first three weeks of the 2024-25 season, marking their highest preseason ranking since 1984, when USC opened at No. 1 after winning back-to-back national championships. USC finished last season ranked No. 5 in the final AP poll.
QUICK HITS
• USC’s 17-1 start to the season and 7-0 start in conference play are the best since the 1993-94 season.
• The Trojans have recorded wins streaks of 10 or more straight games during back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons.
• The Trojans are 2-1 against top-10 opponents this season and 2-0 in road games vs. top-10 opponents.
• Kiki Iriafen and JuJu Watkins have scored in double digits in all 18 USC games this season.
• Watkins has hit at least one 3-pointer in the last 13 games.
• Iriafen and Watkins became just the second USC duo to score 30-plus points each in a game with their efforts vs. SLU on Nov. 29. [The first was Lisa Leslie and Tammy Story vs. Texas on Nov. 25, 1990.]
• HC Lindsay Gottlieb earned her 300th career victory as a head coach in…
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