Challenged by Coach Lindsay Gottlieb to improve game to game, the Trojans roll to an 81-50 win and have blown out three nonconference foes behind improved ball-control and swarming defense.

Watkins’ and Bueckers’ play, storylines and celebrity, as well as USC and UConn’s December meeting (a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight) are reasons people, including new fans, will tune in for women’s hoops this season.

JuJu Watkins reached and then passed the 1,000-point mark as a college basketball player on Friday afternoon. USC women's basketball blasted Santa Clara, 81-50, to move to 4-0 on the young season. Watkins reached the milestone in her 38th game as a Trojan,