Good morning, Trojan Family. Yesterday, we celebrated National Girls & Women in Sports Day. Hear what some women’s basketball players had to say about the celebration here.

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

🏀 Women beat Wisconsin
🏀 Top 10 awardee
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 #20. The women’s basketball team beat Wisconsin 86-64 for its 20th win of the season. The Trojans are now 20-2 overall and 10-1 in conference play. Five athletes were in the double figures, with Kiki Iriafen leading with 15 points.

🏀 Read more about the victory.

🔼 Top Candidate. Women’s basketball player JuJu Watkins has been selected as an Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Top 10 Candidate. Watkins won the award last season as a freshman. She is currently the third most prolific scorer in the nation, with 24.7 points per game.

🏀 Read more about Watkins and the award.

🔼 Sweep the Pool. The MPSF named Rachel Gazzaniga and Emily Ausmus to weekly honors. Gazzaniga was named Player of the Week after scoring a career-high four goals in the Trojan’s win over No. 1 UCLA. Ausmus was named Newcomer of the Week after scoring 12 goals at the Triton Invitational.

🤽 Read more about the weekly honorees.

🔼 Fast Facts. Get to know track & field athlete Falyn Lott! Read this quick Q&A about her life as a student-athlete.

🔼 Making a Change. USC Athletics hosted the “Witness for the Future: Student-Athletes as Agents of Change” panel. Student-athletes and staff members reflected on last year’s trips to Washington D.C., Krakow, Poland and Selma and Montgomery, Ala. Read about their historic learning experiences here.

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, February 7

👟 Track & Field at New Mexico Collegiate Classic
🏊 Swim and Dive vs. UNLV
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Purdue @ 4pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch
🤽‍♂️ Women’s Water Polo vs. Biola @ 5pm PT

Saturday, February 8

👟 Track & Field at New Mexico Collegiate Classic
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Ohio State @ 6pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Dominican @ 12pm PT | Live Stats | Watch
🤽 Women’s Water Polo vs. UC Irvine @ 1pm PT
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Stanford @ 1pm PT

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

⚔️ Have a great Thursday, everyone!