Usc Women's Basketball Struggles To Score During Big Ten Tournament Loss To Washington

INDIANAPOLIS — If nan USC women’s hoops hoped to make a lawsuit for a favorable NCAA tourney seed, nan Trojans did themselves nary favors during nan past 2 weeks culminating pinch Thursday’s Big Ten tourney loss.

The No. 9 seed Trojans fto a second-round tourney title against No. 8 seed Washington get retired of manus successful nan 3rd quarter, stumbling to a 76-64 nonaccomplishment astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. USC’s convention tally ended quickly aft nan Trojans delivered 1 of their worst violative outings of nan season.

It was USC’s 4th consecutive loss, putting its NCAA tourney positioning successful question.

USC (17-13, 9-10) didn’t make its first three-pointer until nan 3:30 people successful nan 2nd quarter, conscionable nan Trojans’ 5th made handbasket of nan crippled overall. The Trojans trailed 32-20 astatine nan half while shooting conscionable 25%.

Washington (21-9, 11-8) took a 20-point lead adjacent nan extremity of nan 3rd 4th while USC struggled to 1-for-7 shooting during that stretch.

USC made it a 10-point crippled pinch 1:51 to play arsenic nan Trojans’ fierce half-court property forced Washington turnovers, but moreover nan team’s 26-point 4th fourth couldn’t rescue it.

The Huskies and Trojans entered Thursday pinch nan 3rd and 4th champion defenses successful nan conference, respectively. That didn’t deter a Washington discourtesy that changeable 50%, its fourth-best effort each season.

But USC was stymied and put up its fourth-worst shooting of nan twelvemonth astatine 31%. Point defender and Big Ten freshman of nan twelvemonth Jazzy Davidson changeable 2-for-13 aft concisely leaving nan crippled successful nan first 4th pinch a correct enarthrosis wounded and playing nan remainder of nan title pinch it wrapped nether her jersey. She didn’t spot nan level again aft nan 7:12 people successful nan 4th quarter.

Washington outrebounded USC 43-26. Huskies defender Elle Ladine led nan crippled pinch 25 points. Londynn Jones netted 19 for nan Trojans.

USC entered Thursday boasting nan No. 22 NET ranking successful nan state and will apt get an at-large NCAA tourney bid, but Thursday’s nonaccomplishment put a bully seed successful peril.

The Huskies will look No. 1 seed UCLA (28-1, 18-0) successful nan quarterfinal connected Friday astatine 9 a.m.