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2024–25 USC Trojans women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record2–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Beth Burns (3rd season)
  • Wendale Farrow (4th season)
  • Willnett Crockett (2nd season)
  • Courtney Jaco (2nd season)
Home arenaGalen Center
Seasons
← 2023–24
2025–26 →
2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Maryland 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
Michigan State 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
No. 25 Oregon 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
Penn State 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
Rutgers 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
Washington 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
No. 23 Illinois 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
Iowa 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
Minnesota 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
No. 21 Nebraska 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
No. 5 UCLA 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
No. 3 USC 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
Wisconsin 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
No. 12 Ohio State 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Indiana 0 – 0   – 1 – 1   .500
Michigan 0 – 0   – 1 – 1   .500
Purdue 0 – 0   – 1 – 1   .500
Northwestern 0 – 0   – 0 – 2   .000
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner
As of November 11, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 USC Trojans women's basketball team will represent the University of Southern California during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans will play their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California and will be a member of the Big Ten Conference for the time. The team will be led by fourth-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb.

USC enters their first season in the Big Ten ranked 1 in the preseason coaches poll.

Previous season

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The Women of Troy finished the Pac-12 regular season tied for second with UCLA. USC held the tiebreaker over UCLA, earning then the 2-seed in the 2024 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament, where they won.

The squad earned their second straight bid for the NCAA women's basketball tournament, earning a No. 1 seed in the Portland region. They went on to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the First Round, Kansas in the Second Round, and Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen, but lost to Connecticut in the Elite Eight.

They started the season ranked No. 21 and finished the season with a No. 5 AP ranking and a No. 6 ranking in the Coaches' poll.

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Taylor Bigby 1 G 6'1" Jr Las Vegas, NV Transferred to TCU.
India Otto 2 G 5'9" GS Los Angeles, CA Joined staff as Coordinator of Player Engagement. Graduated.
Kayla Williams 4 G 5'7" Sr Los Angeles, CA Transferred to UC Berkeley. Graduated.
Kaitlyn Davis 24 G/F 6'0" GS Norwalk, CT Drafted in the 3rd Round (35th Overall) in the 2024 WNBA draft by the New York Liberty. Graduated.
McKenzie Forbes 25 G 6'0" GS Folsom, CA Drafted in the 3rd Round (28th Overall) in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. Graduated.
Roxane Makolo 30 G 5'10" GS Quebec, CA Transferred to Georgia.
Kayla Padilla 45 G 5'9" GS Torrance, CA Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Kiki Iriafen 44 F 6'3" GS Los Angeles, CA Stanford
Talia von Oelhoffen 55 G 5'11" GS Tri-Cities, WA Oregon State

2024 recruiting class

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Source:[1]

Name Overall Rank Position Hometown High School Height ESPN Stars ESPN Grade
Vivian Iwuchukwu 47 F Imo State, Nigeria Montverde Academy 6'3" 4 94
Rian Forester 53 G Helotes, TX Brandeis 5'11" 4 94
Laura Williams 89 F Tampa, FL St. Paul VI Catholic 6'1" 4 91
Kayleigh Heckel 28 G Port Chester, NY Long Island Lutheran 5'9" 5 97
Kennedy Smith 6 G Chino, CA Etiwanda 6'1" 5 98
Avery Howell 23 G Boise, ID Boise 6'0" 5 97
Brooklyn Shamblin G Carpinteria, CA Oaks Christian 5'9" 3

Roster

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2023–24 USC Trojans women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: September 20, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site
city, state
Regular season
November 4th, 2024*
9:00 a.m., ESPN 		No. 3 vs. No. 20 Ole Miss
Aflac Oui-Play Game 		W 68–66  1–0
  27 – Watkins   13 – Iriafen   4 – Watkins  Adidas Arena 
Paris, France
November 9th, 2024*
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 3 Cal Poly W 90–35  2–0
  16 – Watkins   7 – Tied   7 – von Oelhoffen  Galen Center (5,215)
Los Angeles, California
November 12th, 2024*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 3 Cal State Northridge       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
November 15th, 2024*
12:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 3 Santa Clara       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
November 23rd, 2024*
1:00 p.m., NBC 		Notre Dame       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
November 27th, 2024*
4:00 p.m., TruTV 		vs. Seton Hall
Acrisure Holiday Invitational 		      Acrisure Arena 
Palm Springs, California
November 29th, 2024*
4:00 p.m., TruTV 		vs. Saint Louis
Acrisure Holiday Invitational 		      Acrisure Arena 
Palm Spring, California
December 3rd, 2024*
6:30 p.m., BTN 		California Baptist       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
December 7th, 2024
1:00 p.m., BTN 		at Oregon       Matthew Knight Arena 
Eugene, Oregon
December 10th, 2024*
6:00 p.m., BTN 		Fresno State       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
December 15th, 2024*
12:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Elon       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
December 21st, 2024*
5:00 p.m., FOX 		at UConn
Rematch of the Portland 3 finals 		      XL Center 
Storrs, Connecticut
December 29th, 2024
7:00 p.m., BTN 		Michigan       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 1st, 2025
12:00 p.m., BTN 		Nebraska       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 5th, 2025
5:00 p.m., BTN 		at Rutgers       Jersey Mike's Arena 
Piscataway, New Jersey
January 8th, 2025
5:30 p.m., FS1 		at Maryland       XFINITY Center 
College Park, Maryland
January 12th, 2025
5:00 p.m., BTN 		Penn State       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 15th, 2025
7:00 p.m., Peacock 		Northwestern       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
January 19th, 2025
9:00 or 11:00 a.m., NBC 		at Indiana       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, Indiana
January 22nd, 2025
4:00 p.m., Peacock 		at Purdue       Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, Indiana
January 30th, 2025
7:00 p.m., Peacock 		Minnesota       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
February 2nd, 2025
10:30 a.m., FOX 		at Iowa       Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, Iowa
February 5th, 2025
4:30 p.m., Peacock 		at Wisconsin       Kohl Center 
Madison, Wisconsin
February 8th, 2025
6:00 p.m., FOX 		Ohio State       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
February 13th, 2025
7:00 p.m., Peacock 		UCLA
Rivalry 		      Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
February 16th, 2025
4:00 p.m., BTN 		at Washington       Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, Washington
February 19th, 2025
6:30 p.m., Peacock 		Michigan State       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
February 23rd, 2025
1:00 p.m., FS1 		Illinois
Senior Day 		      Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
March 1st, 2025
6:00 p.m., FOX 		at UCLA
Rivalry 		      Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, California
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 5th - March 9th, 2025
--:-- p.m. 		vs. TBD       Gainbridge Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source: USCTrojans.com[2]

Game summaries

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This section will be filled in as the season progresses.

Source:

Ole Miss (Aflac Oui-Play Game)

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November 4th, 2024
9:00 a.m. PST
No. 20 Ole Miss Rebles 66, No. 3 USC Trojans 68
Scoring by quarter: 16-15, 10-22, 19-15, 21-16
Pts: Deans Kristen - 19
Rebs: Tied - 9
Asts: Madison Scott - 5		 Pts: JuJu Watkins - 27
Rebs: Kiki Iriafen - 13
Asts: Juju Watkins - 4
Adidas Arena • Paris, France
Referees: Infini Robinson, Tiffany Bird, Joe Vaszily

vs. Cal Poly

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November 9th, 2024
2:00 p.m. PST
Cal Poly Mustangs vs. No. 3 USC Trojans

vs. Cal State Northridge

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TBD
November 12th, 2024
TBD p.m. PST
Cal State Northridge Matadors vs. USC Trojans
Galen Center • Los Angeles, California

vs. Santa Clara

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TBD
November 15th, 2024
TBD p.m. PST
Santa Clara Broncos vs. USC Trojans
Galen Center • Los Angeles, California

vs. Notre Dame

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TBD
November 23rd, 2024
TBD p.m. PST
Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. USC Trojans
Galen Center • Los Angeles, California

Seton Hall (Acrisure Holiday Invitational)

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TBD
November 27th, 2024
TBD p.m. PST
Seton Hall Pirates vs. USC Trojans

Saint Louis (Acrisure Holiday Invitational)

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TBD
November 29th, 2024
TBD p.m. PST
Saint Louis Billikens vs. USC Trojans
Acrisure Arena • Palm Springs, California

vs. California Baptist

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at. Oregon

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vs. Fresno State

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vs. Elon

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at. UConn

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vs. Michigan

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vs. Nebraska

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at. Rutgers

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at. Maryland

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vs. Penn State

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vs. Northwestern

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at. Indiana

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at. Purdue

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vs. Minnesota

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at. Iowa

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at. Wisconsin

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vs. Ohio State

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vs. UCLA (Rivalry)

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at.Washington

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vs. Michigan State

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vs. Illinois (Senior Day or Night)

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at. UCLA (Rivalry)

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Rankings

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Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP3 (1)3
Coaches3 (1)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - USC - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  2. ^ "2024-2025 USC Women's Basketball Schedule". USCTrojans.com. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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