WOMENS BASKETBALL
Southern Cal 71, Penn State 70
NASSAU, Bahamas - JuJu Watkins scored 31 points, including the last seven points of the game plus a half-court buzzer beater, and No. 8 Southern California pulled out a 71-70 win over Penn State at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship in the Bahamas.
The Trojans (5-0) led by eight early in the fourth quarter when Penn State (5-1) scored 14-straight points with five different players scoring for a 68-64 lead with 3:11 to play.
Watkins ended a 6 1/2-minute drought that included seven-consecutive misses, with a layup with two minutes to go. She quickly followed with a 3-pointer and then put the Trojans back on top, the 15th lead change, with a split-the-defense layup 30 seconds left.
Penn State was called for traveling 10 seconds later but the Trojans threw away the in-bounds. The Nittany Lions' Shay Ciezdki's missed a short jumper to end it.
Watkins also had 12 rebounds for the freshman's first double-double. Rayah Marshall had 11 points and 10 rebounds for her 23rd career double-double.
Ciezki had 18 points for the Nittany Lions and Makenna Marisa and Kylie Lavelle both had 10.
Watkins, who had 13 points and nine boards at the break, hit a half-court buzzer-beating 3 to put the Trojans on top 35-34.
Watkins scored 11 points, seven from the foul line, in the third quarter and the Trojans took a 59-54 lead into the fourth quarter.
November 22, 2023
| Penn State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Pinto | F | 29 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| A. Brigham | C | 21 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| S. Ciezki | G | 35 | 6-15 | 4-6 | 2-5 | 0-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| M. Marisa | G | 28 | 3-14 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| L. Kapinus | G | 21 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Oden | 25 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| T. Valladay | 21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| K. Lavelle | 19 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| M. Murray | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-64 (.406) |
13-17 (.765) |
5-16 (.313) |
8-34 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 70 | |
| USC | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| R. Marshall | F | 36 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| K. Padilla | G | 40 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Watkins | G | 37 | 9-20 | 11-14 | 2-4 | 3-12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| M. Forbes | G | 33 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Bigby | G | 30 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Makolo | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| D. Onu | 8 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| M. Samuels | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Totals | 201 | 23-57 (.404) |
16-22 (.727) |
9-18 (.500) |
8-37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 71 | |
Officials: Chuck Gonzales, Natosha Harris, Nadi Carey
Attendance: 297
