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🏀 Women’s basketball had a successful Thanksgiving weekend
⚽️ Soccer falls in NCAA Tournament quarterfinals
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 One-Two Punch. The No. 6 USC women's basketball team had two Trojans tally 30-point outings in the same game for just the second time in program history with JuJu Watkins' 34 points and 30 from Kiki Iriafen during a 104-65 win over Saint Louis. Nine different Trojans scored in USC's second 100-point effort of the season to help improve to 6-1 overall.

🔼 Senior Sendoff. The No. 20-ranked Trojan women's volleyball team swept Iowa in three sets on Senior Night at Galen Center on Friday. The Women of Troy conclude the regular season in a sixth-place tie with Minnesota in the Big Ten standings and now await selection into the NCAA tournament. Mia Tuaniga dished out 35 assists and had 10 digs for her ninth double-double of the season (37th of her career) and set the Trojans to .371 hitting.

🏐 USC receives 40th NCAA Tournament bid in program history

🔼 What A Run. The USC women's soccer team's season came to an end in heartbreaking fashion on Friday evening as the Trojans fell in PK's to Wake Forest in the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The match was a 2-2 draw through regulation and two overtimes, but Wake Forest stopped two penalty kicks to advance 4-3. The Trojans' magical season comes to an end after winning a Big Ten title for the program's first-ever outright conference championship and grabbing the program's first No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

📚️ Read more about the Trojans’ historic season

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🔼 Came To A Close. On Senior Day at the Coliseum, the Trojans put up a fight against No. 5 Notre Dame but fell 49-35 to finish the season with a 6-6 record. Wide receiver Makai Lemon finished the game with an impressive 133 yards while Ja’Kobi Lane hauled in three touchdown passes from Jayden Maiava. USC will now await its fate with a bowl game to be announced on December 8.

🔼 Turkey Weekend Recap. Trojan men's basketball returned to Acrisure Arena for the third-place game in the Acrisure Classic as they took on the Lobos of New Mexico. What started as a close contest turned against the Trojans quickly even with their 14-point run late in the second half, resulting in USC losing 83-73 to the Lobos. Josh Cohen registered double-digit points in his third-straight game. This is the fifth time he has done that this season and has been the first Trojan to do so in each of those games.

🔼 Major Award. USC Defensive Coordinator D'Anton Lynn was nominated for the Broyles Award, an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in college football. Under Lynn, the 2024 USC team currently ranks No. 18 in the nation and No. 2 in the Big Ten Conference in third-down conversion percentage defense (0.322), compared to ranking No. 106 in the nation in third-down conversion percentage defense (0.436) in 2023.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to Heisman winner, Caleb Williams. Williams had his jersey officially retired at the Coliseum this weekend during the Trojans’ game against Notre Dame. This year’s No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft finished his career at USC with 8,170 yards and 93 total touchdowns in just two seasons with the Trojans.

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Putting Up Points. USC women’s basketball’s JuJu Watkins continues to show why she is one of the best players in the sport following her 34-point outing against Saint Louis. Do you know how many times Watkins has scored 30 or more points during her time in Troy?

Got a guess? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

*All times Pacific

Monday, December 2
No scheduled events

Tuesday, December 3
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. California Baptist @ 6:30 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | BTN

Wednesday, December 4
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Oregon @ 7:30 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | BTN | Listen

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 15 times!

JuJu Watkins recorded her 15th career game with 30 or more points scored and has now scored 20 or more points in 33 of her 41 career games.

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!