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The Three Torches 1/8: Player of the Week x3

The Three Torches 1/8: Player of the Week x3

JuJu Watkins was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the third time.

Zach Garrett
January 08, 2025

Good morning, Trojan Family! Women’s basketball takes on No. 8 Maryland and men’s basketball plays Indiana tonight! Watch both of the games on FS1.

What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!

🏀 Player of the Week
⚽️ Signed to the pros
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Third Time’s A Charm. The Big Ten Conference named JuJu Watkins a Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the third time. Watkins averaged 26.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game in the USC victories over No. 23 Michigan, Nebraska and Rutgers.

🔼 Moving Up! Women’s soccer player Helena Sampaio signed a professional contract to play with BK Häcken in the Swedish first division. She is the first Brazilian to sign with the club. Sampaio completed her fourth year at USC, scoring five goals, a team-high seven assists and putting up a career-best 17 total points.

⚽️ Read more about Sampaio.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is Grace Piper. Piper has been named to the 2025 Big Ten Conference Players to Watch list. She earned a bid to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship in the fall and also earned All-Conference recognition in 2024.

⭐️ NEW YEAR, NEW YOU

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Wednesday, January 8

Thursday, January 9

🎾 Women’s Tennis Hawai’i Invitational
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Daemen @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch

Friday, January 10

🎾 Women’s Tennis Hawai’i Invitational

Saturday, January 11

Sunday, January 12

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Penn State @ 5pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, everyone!