How many points did JuJu Watkins score vs Indiana? USC women's basketball star's stats
JuJu Watkins continues to deliver for USC women's basketball, as the Trojans star recorded her 21st career 30-point game vs. Indiana on Friday. Here's a look at her full box score:
JuJu Watkins put on quite the show in her women's Big Ten tournament debut on Friday. And No. 2 USC women's basketball needed every bit of it.
In what was a back-and-forth game between Indiana and USC, Watkins lifted the Trojans to a gritty 84-79 quarterfinal win with 31 points on 10-of-19 shooting. She also added 10 rebounds, three steals and two assists in the win.
As noted by the Big Ten Network, it was the second of consecutive 30-point performances for Watkins, and her seventh of the season. It is also her 21st career game in which she has finished with at least 30 points, the second most in Trojans history.
Watkins took over in the fourth quarter for the Trojans, as the Hoosiers kept coming back. In the fourth quarter alone, Watkins led USC with seven points, five rebounds, a steal and an assist to pull out the win and avoid an early-round exit.
"It's early in her career to talk about overall greatness, but I think she has that something that you can't really describe it," USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb told the Big Ten Network of Watkins' performance after the game. "... That inner something that makes her a winner has been with her since Day 1. Everyone else feeds off of that and I think that is really impressive."
In the first half, Watkins made a big block against Indiana's Yarden Garzon that led to a fast-break, transition bucket. She now has at least one block in four consecutive games this season for USC.
USC now advances to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament, where it will play the winner of No. 4 seed Maryland vs. No. 5 seed Michigan on Saturday.
Here's a full look at Watkins' full stats against Indiana on Friday, including a look at what her season stats looked like entering the day:
JuJu Watkins points today
Here’s Watkins' full stat line from Friday's win over Indiana in the Big Ten tournament:
- Points: 31
- Shooting: 10 of 19 (52.6%)
- 3-point shooting: 1 of 3 (33%)
- Rebounds: 10
- Assists: Two
- Steals: Three
- Blocks: One
- Turnovers: Six
JuJu Watkins stats
Entering Friday's quarterfinal game against Indiana, Watkins ranked second in the country in scoring at 24.4 points per game — only behind Florida State's Ta'Niya Latson.
Watkins finished the regular season leading the conference in scoring and free throws made (185) and finished in the top five in blocks and steals. Her Big Ten Player of the Year honors marked the first time since Cherie Nelson in 1988 that a player from USC, then with the Pac-10, won conference player of the year honors.
Here's a look at what Watkins' season stats were heading into Friday's game:
- Points: 24.4
- Rebounds: 6.7
- Assists: 3.6
- Blocks: 2.0
- Steals: 2.1
- Shooting: 42.9%
- 3-point shooting: 33.9%