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JuJu Watkins delivers 'otherworldly' performance, helps USC stun No. 1 UCLA

UCLA's women's team lost 71-60 to Southern California, ending their school-record 23-game winning streak.
JuJu Watkins scored 38 points and recorded 11 rebounds for Southern California, leading them to their first win over a top-ranked team since 1983.
Cori Close, the Bruins' coach, acknowledged that her team got outplayed in the fourth quarter, saying, 'We got out-toughed in the fourth quarter.'
Lauren Betts led UCLA with 18 points and 13 rebounds, but the team struggled in the fourth quarter.

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The US Sun

Juju Watkins breaks basketball records in monster night to topple No. 1 team

JUJU Watkins is continued to show out as the best women’s college basketball star in the country. After a breakout freshman season in March Madness last year, Watkins is taking her game to another level. Juju Watkins had an unprecedented game on ThursdayGetty Watkins was the first player this century at any level to register this stat lineGetty On Thursday, Watkins achieved something that has never been done in Division 1 men’s or women’s basket…

8 days ago

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Defector

JuJu Watkins Is The Whole Story

JuJu Watkins was everything and the only thing. On Thursday night against No. 1 UCLA, she was the beginning, hitting three threes in the first quarter to send that awful she’s got it tonight feeling through the Bruins’ stomachs. She was the middle, literally all of it. When the sophomore guard found teammate Kennedy Smith alone at the rim in transition to start the fourth quarter, Smith’s layup was USC’s first non-Watkins field goal since the en…

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Chicago Tribune

No. 1 UCLA ends its run as nation’s lone unbeaten team with upset loss to crosstown rival USC

LOS ANGELES — The unbeaten streak is over for UCLA. The top-ranked Bruins lost 71-60 to sixth-ranked USC and JuJu Watkins on Thursday night, ending their school-record run of 23 consecutive victories to open the season. They were the nation’s last undefeated women’s team. Their roll included taking down then-No. 1 South Carolina at Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 24, which began the Bruins’ stretch of 12 straight weeks atop the AP Top 25. “It sucks righ…

9 days ago·Chicago, United States

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UPI

JuJu Watkins delivers 'otherworldly' performance, helps USC stun No. 1 UCLA

JuJu Watkins stretched out for emphatic blocks on defense, while unloading her offensive arsenal and ending a cold shooting stretch to help the USC Trojans hand the top-ranked UCLA Bruins their first loss.

9 days ago·Washington, United States

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NBC News

JuJu Watkins leads USC to impressive win over top-ranked rivals UCLA

JuJu Watkins broke out of a scoring slump with 38 points, helping sixth-ranked Southern California topple No. 1 UCLA 71-60 and further delivering on her goal of restoring the program to its earlier glory.

9 days ago·United States

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LA Daily News

No. 6 USC women find right defensive recipe against No. 1 UCLA

The Trojans strategically mix double-teams with one-on-one battles to make scoring difficult for Bruins star center Lauren Betts in a 71-60 win at the Galen Center.

9 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

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