Juju Watkins and McKenzie Forbes each score 23 points as USC defeats Texas A&M Corpus Christi 87-55 in the first round of the NCAA women's tournament.
JuJu Watkins said she didn’t know what to expect during her first NCAA tournament game. But USC knows exactly what to expect from its star freshman. Watkins finished with 23 points, five rebounds and four blocks in an 87-55 rout of 16th-seeded Texas A&M Corpus Christi in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday at Galen Center. In her NCAA tournament debut, Watkins broke Cheryl Miller’s USC single-season scoring record the Hall of Famer set in 1986.
Guard McKenzie Forbes, who tied Watkins with a team-high 23 points Saturday, was the only player on the roster who had won an NCAA tournament game before, advancing to the second round as a freshman with Cal in 2019. The Trojans, who are in back-to-back tournaments for the first time since 2006, lost their opening-round game last year. After practice Tuesday, coach Lindsay Gottlieb prepped her team on the intricacies of an NCAA tournament schedule.
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