USC Women's Basketball: JuJu Watkins, Rayah Marshall Help Sun Set On Sun Devils
Your USC Women of Troy continued their winning ways last night at home, as Lindsay Gottlieb's top two players, freshman wing JuJu Watkins and junior center Rayah Marshall, put on a show in blowing out the Arizona State University Sun Devils, 81-63.
Watkins notched her eighth 30+ point game of the season, further extending her own school record for a freshman.
The Sierra Canyon School product scored 31 points while shooting 11-of-25 from the floor (1-of-5 from beyond the three-point arc) and 8-of-9 from the charity stripe. The 6'2" wing also pulled down seven board, dished out five dimes, and swiped a pair of steals.
Marshall, meanwhile, had a 13-point, 16-rebound double-double. Per USC Communications, it's the 6'4" upperclassman's sixth double-double of the season and 26th overall as a Trojan. Marshall also rejected three shots and passed for three assists.
Grad student guard McKenzie Forbes' 18 points on 7-of-14 field goal shooting represented the only other Trojan in double figures.
USC led ASU handily after the first quarter, 22-9, but an ASU push in the second and at the top of the third frame narrowed the halftime gap to a totally surmountable 38-31. But the Trojans pulled away again, improving to a 17-4 cumulative record.
