USC, JuJu Watkins and Lindsay Gottlieb
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USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said during a press conference on Friday that JuJu Watkins' season-ending ACL tear was not the result of a dirty play.
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"Thank you for all the incredible love and support," Watkins wrote on Instagram.
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Could USC have cleared the Elite Eight hurdle with Watkins? Perhaps, but the Trojans didn't have the star power on Monday to beat UConn.
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The No. 1 USC Trojans women’s basketball defeated the No. 5 Kansas State Wildcats in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Women of Troy w
Playing without JuJu Watkins, USC leans on big performances from Kennedy Smith and Avery Howell to defeat Kansas State 67-61 in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.
Players such as Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Olivia Miles, who have had ACL tears, expressed heartache for Watkins' injury.
Freshman Kennedy Smith scores 19 and Avery Howell adds 18 as USC beats Kansas State 67-61 without injured star JuJu Watkins, setting up Elite Eight rematch with UConn.
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USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb says the sympathy for Watkins, who suffered a torn ACL early in the Trojans’ second-round NCAA Tournament win, “speaks mostly to JuJu and who she is.”
The JuJu Watkins-less USC Trojans women's basketball team had their 2024-25 season come to an end on Monday as they were defeated by the UConn Huskies in the El