Women’s Basketball | February 03, 2025
#7 USC (19-2, 9-1) at Wisconsin (11-11, 2-9)
Kohl Center | Madison, Wisc. | Wednesday, Feb. 5 | 6:30 p.m. CT
Series Record; FIRST MEETING
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THIS WEEK
No. 7 USC has more Big Ten road work ahead as the Trojans (19-2, 9-1 Big Ten) travel to Wisconsin to face the Badgers (11-11, 2-9) for the first time in program history at 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday (Feb. 5) in Madison, Wisc.
FOLLOW ALONG
USC’s game at Wisconsin 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. 7 in the latest AP poll (as of Feb. 3) and was No. 4 in the latest USA TODAY Coaches poll (released Jan. 28). 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 19-1 start to the season was its best since the 1981-82 season, and its 9-0 start in conference play was its best since the 1993-94 season.
• USC’s recent 15-game win streak was its longest since the 1982-83 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.
• JuJu Watkins has scored in double digits in all 21 USC games this season.
• Watkins has hit at least one 3-pointer in the last 16 games.
• Kiki 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 USC’s 123-39 win over CSUN on Nov. 12.
• Watkins scored her 1,000th career point on…
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