The UConn Huskies women's basketball team is now 10-2 on the 2024-25 season after they suffered a 72-70 defeat to the USC Trojans on Saturday, in what was a fantastic game. While the Huskies were just a few free throws away from sending the game to overtime,

For JuJu Watkins and coach Lindsay Gottlieb, Saturday's 72-70 victory further proved USC is among the elite in women's basketball.

JuJu Watkins scored 25 points and No. 7 USC recovered from blowing a 18-point lead in the second half to beat Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70 on Saturday night. The game was a rematch of last season's Elite Eight contest that the Huskies won and featured two of the best players in women's college basketball with All-Americans Bueckers and Watkins.

Much to the delight of the road Trojans, it was their star, JuJu Watkins, who led her team over Bueckers in a game featuring two of the nation’s best players. Watkins finished USC ’s 72-70 victory with a game-high 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field while adding six rebounds and five assists.