USC Women's Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
USC Trojans
 
Pac-12 (26-5, 13-5)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/6 vs Ohio State (83-74), 2/2 at Stanford (67-58)
Bad Losses: 1/28 Washington (59-62), 2/25 Utah (68-74)
Coach: Lindsay Gottlieb
 
Probable Starters:
Kaitlyn Davis, Senior, Forward, 6.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Rayah Marshall, Junior, Center, 10.2 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2.1 bpg
JuJu Watkins, Freshman, Guard, 27.0 ppg, 3.2 apg, 7.2 rpg, 2.4 spg
Kayla Padilla, Senior, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 2.5 apg
McKenzie Forbes, Senior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 3.3 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Clarice Akunwafo, Junior, Center, 2.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Taylor Bigby, Sophomore, Guard, 5.2 ppg, 1.1 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.5 (45th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.9 (119, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.1 (86, 8)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.0 (108, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.6 (54, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.7 (31, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.0 (88, 6)
Rebound Margin: 3.1 (105, 6)
Assists Per Game: 15.1 (66, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.3 (12, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023NCAARound of 64 loss to South Dakota State
2014NCAARound of 64 loss to St. John's
2011NITRound of 64 win over UC Santa Barbara
2011NITRound of 32 win over Nevada
2011NITRegional Semifinal win over BYU
2011NITRegional Final win over Colorado
2011NITNational Semifinal win over Illinois State
2011NITNational Final loss to Toledo
2006NCAARound of 64 win over South Florida
2006NCAARound of 32 loss to Duke
2005NCAARound of 64 win over Louisville
2005NCAARound of 32 loss to Michigan State
2000NITFirst Round win over Santa Clara
2000NITSecond Round loss to Colorado State
1997NCAARound of 64 win over San Francisco
1997NCAARound of 32 loss to Florida
 
*all team stats through 3/7