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Mitchell Northam

JuJu Watkins set records and wowed women’s basketball fans with another 40-point game for USC

We should have known that JuJu Watkins was going to find the bottom of the net with relative ease on Friday night after making a shot from behind the bench during warmups.

The freshman sensation led the USC Trojans to their seventh straight win in Los Angeles on Friday night, pouring in a stunning 42 points as USC topped Colorado 87-81. Watkins also piled up four assists, four steals and four rebounds, and set a few more records in the process.

It was Watkins’ 11th game of the season where she had scored at least 30 points, pushing her past the legendary Cheryl Miller for the most by a USC player in a single season.

Watkins’ 42 points are also the most points scored by any USC player – man or woman – in the Trojans’ Galen Center, which opened in 2006.

In case you live on the East Coast or called it an early night, here’s the highlights from another big night from Watkins. She – and Pac-12 After Dark – keep delivering this season:

After the game, Watkins had a crowd of fans waiting for her for photos and autographs.

While players like Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo, LSU’s Mikaylah Williams, Fairfield’s Meghan Andersen and Iowa State’s Audi Crooks are having great season, Watkins seems like the frontrunner to win the National Freshman of the Year award. She’s second in the nation in scoring – trailing only Iowa’s Caitlin Clark – with 28.1 points per game.

And we’re all looking forward to seeing her score a bunch more.

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