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Guard Juju Watkins and Southern California Trojans have traveled to Iowa City to play Iowa Hawkeyes In one Big Ten Women’s Basketball Matchup.

The Trojans (19-1, 9-0) enter the Matchup ranked No. 4 in US Today Sports Coaches Poll and is currently on a 15-match winning row. The team has not lost since a defeat of 74-61 to Notre Dame on November 23rd.

Watkins average 24.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per Fight in 20 starts this season. Forward Kiki Iriafen is almost average of a double-double with 18.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per day. Match.

In their first season without Superstar Caitlin Clark, Hawkeyes (14-7, 4-6) is not at the moment, but has jumped back from a five-match’s losing row to win back-to-back games to close January. Senior guard Lucy Olsen Leads the team with 15.8 points per Match. She also average five assists and 3.5 rebounds.

“They are definitely a younger group. The beginner class for me is what is really exciting,” Clark said before the game. “You can tell you they are freshmen. They will sometimes become inexperienced, but you learn from what you grow through it.

“This program is in a really good place,” she added. “It’s an amazing young group.”

Hawkeyes retires with Clarks No. 22 jersey after the game. Fans, many wearing Clarks No. 22, had been set up to enter the Carver-Hawkeye Arena and rushed in when doors opened two hours before the game. Each fan got a yellow towel with a black screen of Clarks No. 22 jersey, the Iowa logo and 2020-2024.

“It’s been fun to look back on this whole last year and all that has been able to happen. Just the journey we went on,” Clark said.

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Hawkeyes beats the No. 4 trophy at home. Lucy Olsen had 28 points, four rebounds and four assists for Iowa. Juju Watkins had 27 points, five rebounds and three assists.

Hawkeyes lead the Trojans 67-60 with 4:20 back in the last regulation period. Lucy Olsen stole the ball from Kiki Iriafen before running down the other end for a set -up. Iowa has 17 points off revenue (USC has turned the ball over 18 times). USC has 14 points off revenue (Iowa has 16 revenue).

Juju Watkins scored 23 points throughout the first three quarters of the game, making 6-of-17 shots off the field and walking 10 of 11 from the free throwing line.

Lucy Olsen had 13 points for Iowa through three quarters of the game, but had a quiet second quarter after walking 0-for-3 from the field and 1-for-2 from the free throwing line. Olsen turned things around in the third quarter after she went 3-for-4 off the field and made both free throwing attempts to finish with eight points.

Over a timeout in the third quarter, an Iowa fan was given the chance to make a 3-point from Clark’s “Spot” on the floor, where she hit a 3-pointer to become the all-time leading goal scorer in women’s basketball. (She would later break Pete Maravich’s basketball record for larger college.)

The fan missed several shots where most people didn’t even get close. “It’s much longer than it looks,” said the ad -advertisement. But eventually, with about 10 seconds left, he swung one and got Clark to lift his hands from his seat in the stands.

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Caitlin Clark joined the Fox Broadcast team in the third quarter to talk about her Jersey pension ceremony, Super Bowl and more.

She also talked about how grateful she was to return to Iowa this weekend and how she became emotional to enter the Carver-Hawkeye Arena before the game.

Hawkeyes remained competitive with Juju Watkins and Trojans through the third period.

“I’m really impressed with our defense,” Clark said. “I told them yesterday, Juju will make hard shots. Don’t hang your head just come back and make a shot.”

Iowa and USC exchange the lead through the early minutes of the third quarter. Hawkeyes lead the Trojans 33-32 with 8:20 back in the third quarter.

Juju Watkins and the USC end the late first half rally to lead Iowa during the break. Watkins produced the last 10 points for the Trojans, including the last four points in the last 20 seconds of the second quarter to take the lead into the dressing room.

Her second layup was made when she sprinted down the field after stolening the ball from Aaliyah Guyton. Watkins scored a game-high 18 points for the Trojans in the first half. Taylor McCabe led Hawkeyes with nine points.

Juju Watkins scored a couple of free kicks to make it a two-point game between Iowa and USC with 1:54 back in the second quarter.

USC went on an 11-0 scoring race to review back to the game and Trail Iowa 24-21 with 2:05 back in the second quarter.

Kiki Iriafen made four free throw to increase the USC’s point in total to eight in the middle of the second quarter. Hawkeyes remain in full control of the game leading the Trojans 23-8 with 5:22 back in the period.

Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall, who together with Clark formed the core of the teams who made back-to-back national championship games, were available for the retirement of Clark’s jersey. Marshall accompanied Clark to his news conference before the game, while Martin was introduced between the first and the second quarter.

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Iowa allowed only one point throughout most of the first quarter before Juju Watkins made a three-point with 26 seconds back during the opening period. Iowa has won the turnover match 7-3 in the first quarter, with Hawkeyes having 11 of their first quarter point from revenue.

Former Iowa coach Lisa Bluder participates in Hawkeyes’ game against the USC. The blows were Clark’s coach in Iowa. The blows withdrew after the 2024 season.

She sits next to the earlier in the evening TV talk show host David Letterman. Bluder developed a friendship with Letterman after participating in a game involving Indiana Fever, Clark’s WNBA team.

Hawkeyes starts the game on an 11-1 scoring race with six minutes left in the first quarter. Guard Taylor McCabe scored six of the 11 points after shooting 2-of-4 from the 3-point line.

How is it for Caitlin Clark to be back at Iowa?

Clark said she assumed she would be able to spend a lot of time at Iowa this low season, but this is only the second time she has been back on campus. (The first was in October when her team received their Big Ten championship rings.)

“It’s just fun for me to come back and just say” thank you “to everyone who poured so much into me and let me be big,” Clark said. “None of this happens without all these people who pour themselves into our team and our program every single day.”

It’s still a bit strange to get to the arena knows she won’t play.

“You have these butterflies in your stomach when you go in here. Not so much for a basketball game now, but just to be around everyone and enjoy the environment,” Clark said. “You’re a little more vulnerable. I don’t have to go and compete for 40 minutes, though I might wish I could.

“It will definitely be a little more emotional that I don’t have to compete and play for 40 minutes.”

When is the Big Ten game between USC and Iowa?

The Big Ten regular seasonal matchwoman’s basketball match between the 4 southern California faiths and Iowa Hawkey’s tip at. 13:30 a (12:30 CT) in the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.

How to see USC vs. Iowa Game

The big ten regular seasonal match between No. 4 Southern California -Frojans and Iowa Hawkeyes will be the television nationally at FOX.

The game can be streamed FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports app. Live streaming is also available on FUBOwhich offers a free trial.

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The USC faiths are the favorites for defeating Iowa Hawkeyes in this Big Ten game, according to Betmgm College Basketball odds on Sunday.

  • Spread: USC (-15.5)
  • Moneyline: USC (-2000); Iowa (+1000)
  • Over/below: 143.5

Hawkcentral: USC 75, IOWA 65

Dargan Southard writes “Hawkeyes goes to a decent start while driving on the intense energy of the building, but the Trojans have too much firepower to stay grounded for 40 minutes. One down afternoon from Juju Watkins is offset by USC’s elite depth, which Trojans expand their winning row to 16. “

Hawkeyeinsides: USC 80, IOWA 72

Sean Bock writes “It’s going to be an emotional day, but this USC team is just too talented and I’m not sure if Iowa has the offensive firepower to follow.”

Hawkeye Report: USC 77 IOWA 66

Kyle Huesmann writes “I think hawkeyes will meet the moment and give an exciting effort but taking the Trojans is a high task. This feels like it could be a game where Iowa is always within reach and just a scoring race away But the USC can just make too many shots.

USC is traveling to Iowa City to take on Iowa in a game played at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The multifunctional home for Hawkeyes has a capacity of 15,500.

Since 1993, the USC faithjans have Played Iowa twiceWith Hawkeyes that had a 2-0 record in the series during this time.

Iowa beat the USC 78-65 at their last meeting, which came on November 28, 2013 in Cancun, Mexico. On December 30, 1993, Hawkey’s Trojans 50-49 in USC Christmas Tournament.

Here’s the latest US Today Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll Top 25 for Week 13. Registrations Power through 30 January 2025.

  1. UCLA (20-0)
  2. South Carolina (20-1)
  3. Notre Dame (17-2)
  4. USC (18-1)
  5. LSU (21-1)
  6. Uconn (19-2)
  7. Texas (20-2)
  8. Ohio State (19-1)
  9. TCU (20-2)
  10. Duke (17-4)
  11. Kansas State (19-2)
  12. Oklahoma (16-4)
  13. Kentucky (17-2)
  14. Maryland (16-4)
  15. North Carolina (18-4)
  16. North Carolina State (16-4)
  17. Michigan State (17-3)
  18. California (18-3)
  19. Tennessee (15-5)
  20. West Virginia (16-4)
  21. Georgia Tech (17-4)
  22. Alabama (17-4)
  23. Vanderbilt (17-4)
  24. Florida State (16-4)
  25. Oklahoma State (17-3)

Des Moines Register Reporter Chad Leistikow Wrote about the remarkable financial influence Caitlin Clark has had on his teams. From his story:

“Caitlin Clark‘s last year as College Basketball Star led to record revenue for the University of Iowa Athletics, but also added millions of dollars in extra expenses, the school’s financial year’s statement from 2024 shows.

“The report to be submitted to NCAA by January 15 and obtained by Des Moines register via a request for open records also showed that Iowa women’s basketball Revenue exceeded it for men’s team for the first time. The numbers are staggering and underlining how Clark’s senior season with Hawkeyes became a wildly entertaining experience, both on and off the field. “

Caitlin Clark Effect: How much money did Iowa women’s basketball earn in her last year?

The women’s NCAA basketball tournament tips with the first four matchups that will be started on March 19. This has gone ahead with selection Sunday, which is when the fun begins and we see how the parentheses form out.

  • Choice Sunday: Sunday 16 March
  • First four: 19-20. March
  • First round: 21 to 22 March
  • Second Round: 23-24. March
  • Sweet 16: 28-29. March
  • Elite eight: 30-31 March
  • Final Four: Friday 4. April at. 19.00 The second game follows about 30 minutes after the first game has ended.
  • NCAA Championship Games: Sunday 6 April at. 15.00 one

Nancy Armor contributed to this story

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