(1) Stanford vs (2) USC | 2024 Pac-12 Tournament: Championship | 3.10.24
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2024
- LAS VEGAS, NEV. - March 10th, 2024
The No. 5 USC women's basketball team served up one more upset and one more win over a top-10 opponent in taking down top-seeded and No. 2-ranked Stanford 704-61 in today's Pac-12 Tournament championship game at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The total team effort saw McKenzie Forbes put forth a heroic 26-point outing along with a double-double from Rayah Marshall and big-time shots made by Kayla Padilla to help fuel the Trojans to their second Pac-12 tourney title, last won 10 years ago in 2014. At 26-5 overall, Lindsay Gottlieb's Trojans had recorded the most wins for USC since 1993-94, when Cheryl Miller was at the helm.
The teams traded 10-0 rallies in the first half, and it was tied up 22-22 early in the second quarter, but USC pushed back out ahead and wrapped the half on a 6-0 run to lead it 40-31. USC had shot 41.7 percent from the floor in those first 20 minutes to trail Stanford's 46.2 percent effort, although the Trojans were ahead on the boards 22-13 by the break. USC had turned eight Stanford turnovers into 15 points, and the Trojans landed six 3-pointers in the first half to the Cardinal's four first-half threes. USC stayed in the driver's seat from there, keeping the Cardinal in at least an eight-point hole down the stretch to lock up the title. USC finished up shooting 39.7 percent overall to Stanford's 42.4 percent, while the Trojans stayed ahead on the boards 48-28 and ended up with 21 points scored off of 11 Stanford turnovers. USC landed nine 3-pointers in the win, ahead of Stanford's seven.
Forbes' game-high 26 points paved the way for the Trojans, who had Padilla add 13 points and Marshall tally 10 points with a season-high 18 rebounds. Stanford was led by Cameron Brink's 19 points and 10 rebounds along with 18 points from Kiki Iriafen.
Forbes was selected the Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player, and Watkins was named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.
All the action was coming from beyond the arc early on, with McKenzie Forbes striking first for USC. Stanford planted back-to-back threes next, only to see Kayla Padilla mirror that all herself as USC led it 9-6. Forbes nabbed a steal and finished on the other end, and the Rayah Marshall performed a similar pick-and-finish, spinning in the paint to make it a 10-0 USC rally to lead it 13-6 at 4:25 in the first. Kaitlyn Davis went beast mode for two big buckets around a defensive interception by the grad student to build a 10-point USC advantage, up 22-12 at 1:35. Stanford managed a three next, and dropped in the last bucket of the quarter to make it a 22-17 margin after 10 minutes of play. Stanford made it a 10-0 run with the first five points of the second to snarl it up 22-22, but Rayah Marshall broke that up with a putback in the paint. Kayla Williams checked in and brought the fire for the Trojans next, hitting a jumper and then a 3-pointer around a Cardinal score, and USC was up 29-24 at 4:46. It was a three-point margin with 1:45 to go when JuJu Watkins' first points fell with a successful trip to the free-throw line, and USC would end the half on a 6-0 run after free throws from Padilla and a clutch pull-up jumper from Forbes for a 40-31 halftime lead.
Marshall was the go-to for USC to open the second half, and the junior answered the call in scoring USC's first six points in a back-and-forth battle that had USC up 46-35 with 5:50 on the clock. A score from Watkins sparked a 7-0 USC rally that featured a bucket and a clutch 3-pointer from Forbes to build a 50-37 lead at 2:50. While the foul count tipped heavily against the Trojans in the third, a foul-less Stanford fired back with a 7-0 shove to end the quarter, and it was a 53-44 USC lead entering the fourth. The Cardinal would get no closer than eight points away from the Trojans the rest of the way, as USC kept finding big shots from the floor and the free-throw line, ending the game on a 5-0 run care of Watkins and Forbes to round out the championship with a 74-61 USC victory.
NEXT:
No. 5 USC now awaits the NCAA Selection Show, set for 5 p.m. on March 17, to determine the Trojans' postseason path. USC is likely to be selected as a host for the NCAA First and Second Rounds, which would bring NCAA action to Galen Center for the first time since 2009.
NOTABLE:
- With 10 points and a season-high 18 rebounds today, JR Rayah Marshall recorded her 12th double-double of the season and the 32nd of her USC career.
- Marshall has now recorded double-digit rebounds in the last five games.
- Marshall is now stands along in the USC record books at No. 10 all-time in career rebounds with 841.
- GS Kaitlyn Davis served up a season-high five assists.
- With nine points today, FR JuJu Watkins has now scored the second most points in a single season at USC with 810, behind Cheryl Miller's record of 814 in 1985-86. - Спорт
This channel is going to have its hands full with all these games coming up.
Thanks for allowing us to enjoy women's basketball across the conferences 😂
I don't know what to say. The 3 Ivy transfers of USC made all the difference again the high IQ women of Stanford. Congrats!😂
I am so happy for Kaitlyn, Kayla, and McKenzie!!
Awesome Women Of Troy, Sending Standford Off To The ACC Fight On ✌️💯❤️
they called none of usc fouls 😂
Hannah Jump has got to sit! 80% of the games she's done nothing but run up and down the court. Outside of her turnovers, you wouldn't know she was playing. She used to be dependable as a 3 point shooter but not at all this year. Play the younger kids. You've got nothing to lose.
2:34 is crazy 😭
A long time coming for the Women of Troy.
yay! way to go ladies! my team took dat W! Congrtas ladies!
So, SC scored 704 points? I didn't even know that was possible. LOLZ!
Post the latest usc vs ucla
A double overtime foul fest takes about 3 hours to edit & upload. I’m still chipping away at it.
Fortunately, another channel “posted” the full UCLA/USC game on Saturday.
ua-cam.com/video/BCn2PWOg8lY/v-deo.htmlsi=7bqOWZ900EJZobMl
@@WomensBasketballAlliance Thanks for that link. Appreciate it. That third quarter was pretty . . . slow. But what a game.
The difference in physicality and intensity between this game and the lsu-sc one is mad, the sec ain’t no joke
Man this your fiest pac12 game? UCLA , Arizona & Oregon St play physical defense
lsu and south carolina just have bad blood between eachother.
Agree! The real PAC-12 Championship was Friday night in the double over-time game, USC vs UCLA.
Stanford has talent (the 2 bigs) but everyones biggest critique of stanford is that they play soft, 100% all the usc players in interview say UCLA gives no breathing room@@rluellam
@@jeffreyaguirre2422 No doubt JuJu showed her toughness. I thought USC would have the advantage with their guard play, but their bigs held their own too.
Yea, Chrisma Osborne of UCLA handled JuJu mostly one on one. They switched some, but they kept her under control and didn't let the other players go off. Stanford gambled on winning if they could stop JuJu. They lost. Under estimated how good the TEAM is. Pac-12 is loaded with good teams this year.
My dream match up: USC vs USC. Gamecocks vs Trojans. Let's go!!😊🏀🐴🐓
Gamecocks would stomp SoCal.
@@jerseyjoe82364 sure bud
Neither of these teams will make the Final Four. Not with those lazy defenses.
The SEC is a joke! All they do is run up and down the court, miss shots, throw the ball away, and want to fight instead of play the game. And, pull each other's wigs and eyelashes off!
Who's 22 white, The Bride of Frankenstein?
She's a tree for sure. LOL Be careful...YT giving out speeding tickets here all the time for "cyber-bullying". We don't live in a free society anymore.