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🏀 100 wins
🤽 2nd place
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Premiere Dub. The No. 16 women’s basketball team opened Big Ten play against No. 21 Washington on Sunday. The Trojans secured a 59-50 victory. This also marked coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s 100th win at USC. She is the fastest coach in program history to reach the milestone. Jazzy Davidson led the team with a double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds. The team shot 38.3% from the field. Washington did not score over 16 points in any quarter.

🔼 Runner Up. The men’s water polo team cruised past Concordia-Irvine 16-6 in round one of the NCAA Tournament. Luke Nelson led the way with a hat trick. The men then beat Fordham 16-7 in the semifinal game. The Trojans advanced to the NCAA Championship game for the 19th time in the past 21 seasons. USC faced UCLA in the championship game on Sunday and fell by just one goal, 11-10. The Trojans finish their season 23-4, winning their fourth straight MPSF Tournament title and making their fifth NCAA title game in the last six years.

🔼 Injury Report. Men’s basketball player Amarion Dickerson suffered an injury to his right hip. He will miss three to four months due to the injury.

🔼 Season Finale. The women’s volleyball team faced Cal Poly in round two of the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans fell 3-2 on Friday. Abigail Mullen led the match with 21.5 points. Reese Messer tallied her 11th double-double of the season with 46 assists and 11 digs.

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🔼 Welcome! The football team had 35 players sign to the 2026 roster in the Early Signing Period. Some players signing will enroll at USC in January and some will join the program in the fall.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is the 16 football players who earned All-Big Ten Conference honors. Makai Lemon and Bishop Fitzgerald earned First Team honors. Tobias Raymond earned the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

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Postseason Honor.

Which women’s soccer player was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America second team?

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Tuesday, December 9

🏀 Men’s Basketball at San Diego @ 6pm PT | Live Stats | Watch

Saturday, December 13

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. UConn @ 2:30pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets

Sunday, December 14

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Washington State @ 4:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Maribel Flores!

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!