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PORTLAND, Ore. -- She steeled herself, wiped her tears and took the dais. JuJu Watkins answered the first question without a hitch after USC's season ended abruptly on Monday in the Elite Eight with a loss to Connecticut. But it was the mention of her teammates that finally broke the freshman.
JuJu Watkins finishes with 28 points as the top-seeded USC women defeat Kansas to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994.
After a win over Kansas to reach the Sweet 16, USC star JuJu Watkins says 6-foot-6 teammate Clarice Akunwafo can play 'against any big in the country.'
Senior captain and and seldom-used reserve India Otto brought the home crowd to their feet late in the fourth quarter.
JuJu Watkins turned the ball over the first time she touched it in her NCAA Tournament debut. But Watkins and top-seeded Southern California did little else wrong, with the stellar freshman scoring 23 points and leading the Trojans to an 87-55 victory over 16th-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday.