USC Women's Basketball: New-Look Trojans To Host ASUN Stalwart In Home Opener

Juju and co. seem ready to roll.

No. 1 incoming freshman recruit Juju Watkins and the rest of your USC Trojans women's basketball team are gearing up for their 2023-24 season home opener. 

We've got the full intel on when the Galen Center faithful will get their first look at the former Sierra Canyon School guard in the Cardinal and Gold, thanks to a post from USC's official Twitter/X account.

Save the date... 👀📆✌️ pic.twitter.com/Shf8GLdtKy

— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) September 8, 2023

The Women of Troy will host the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at Galen Center on Friday, November 10th, which will represent home fans' first opportunity to get a look at the 6' Watkins, who has already won two gold medals for USA Basketball Women's U-17 team, and her fellow freshman guard, 5'6" four-star recruit Malia Samuels out of Garfield High School in Seattle.

Watkins, USA Today's 2022-23 Girls Basketball Player of the Year, and Samuels aren't the only new additions joining the program this fall. 6' Harvard graduate transfer McKenzie Forbes, 6' wing Kaitlyn Davis, 5'10" graduate transfer Roxane Makolo out of Purdue, and 5'9" graduate transfer Kayla Padilla out of Penn will also be suiting up for the first time with USC, as will 5'9" junior guard Dominique Onu out of dreaded Pac-12 arch nemesis UCLA.

Last year, FGCU recorded a stellar 33-4 record (far eclipsing USC's 21-10 finish in 2022-23) and advanced to the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, while the Women of Troy failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs last year.