GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Southern Cal 71, Colorado 54
Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. - Destiny Littleton scored 21 points, Rayah Marshall and Kadi Sissoko had double-doubles, and Southern California defeated No. 25 Colorado 71-54.
Marshall had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Sissoko added 18 and 12, and Littleton made 6 of 13 3-pointers, four of them in a key third-quarter surge that put the Trojans (16-5, 6-4 Pac-12) in command.
In the third quarter, the Trojans matched their first-half output, scoring 26 points to take a 52-41 lead into the fourth quarter. Littleton scored 12 points in the quarter on 4-of-7 3-point shooting. USC added the first six points of the fourth quarter to go up 58-41 with 8:55 remaining and the Trojans led by at least 13 points the rest of the way.
Posts Quay Miller and Aaronette Vonleh paced the Buffaloes (16-5, 7-3). Miller had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Vonleh scored 16 with five rebounds. Colorado's three starting guards shot 4-for-20 and totaled nine points.
The pace of the first half was well in line with USC's No. 5 in the nation 51.4 points allowed per game. The Trojans led 26-22 at halftime after both teams shot less than 38%. USC led 14-9 after the first quarter, then Colorado scored the first six points of the second quarter, taking a 15-14 lead. Brianna McLeod hit a layup for a 21-17 Colorado lead with 4:24 to go before the Trojans finished the half on a 9-1 run.
USC has won five of its past six games, including a win over No. 2 Stanford two weeks ago.
After opening the season 8-0 at home, it was an 0-2 weekend in Boulder for Colorado after also losing to No. 8 UCLA 73-70 in overtime on Friday.
January 29, 2023
| USC | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Sissoko | F | 40 | 8-17 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| R. Marshall | F | 31 | 8-14 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| O. Adika | F | 24 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Littleton | G | 40 | 6-17 | 3-4 | 6-13 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| K. Williams | G | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Miura | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| R. Doumbia | 14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| C. Akunwafo | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| T. Bigby | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-58 (.448) |
10-12 (.833) |
9-19 (.474) |
9-36 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 71 | |
| Colorado | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Vonleh | F | 26 | 7-13 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Q. Miller | C | 35 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3-11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| J. Sherrod | G | 33 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| F. Formann | G | 22 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Jones | G | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Wetta | 30 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| T. Sadler | 18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| B. McLeod | 16 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| J. Wynn | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Whittaker | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 23-57 (.404) |
5-13 (.385) |
3-15 (.200) |
11-36 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 54 | |
Officials: Lisa Jones, Kyle Bacon, Karen Lasuik
Attendance: 2,377
