USC Women's Basketball: Prolific Trojans Star Earns National Recognition Following 30-Piece

In front of a record crowd of 10,657 at the Galen Center, Watkins lifted the Trojans to a 73-65 win which was the second victory over a Top 10 team for the Trojans this season, a first since 1993-94. Watkins led the way with a game-high 32 points.

Watkins has led the team in scoring in every game this season and set a Pac-12 Conference record with her ninth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award. The season is only 10 weeks old.

The records don't stop there. She was a perfect 16-for-16 from the free-throw line which is a new program best for a single game. Watkins also collected her sixth 30-point game which extends her record for total 30-point games by a true freshman. 

Behind the stellar play of Watkins, USC has skyrocketed up the polls. The Trojans were No. 21 in the preseason polls and the win over then-No. 2 UCLA has landed them at No. 6/4 this week.

USC hits the road this week and will square off against two more ranked opponents in No. 20 Utah on Friday, January 19th and No. 3 Colorado on Sunday January 21st.

USC's game at Utah will be broadcast on Pac-12 Mountain with a 7 p.m. MT tip and the USC-Colorado game on Sunday will air on Pac-12 Network at 1 p.m. MT.