USC women’s basketball has lost four in a row. Are Trojans’ NCAA Tournament hopes in jeopardy?

Key Highlights

• Those would be Davidson’s only points of the night, however.
• USC’s eight-point first-half lead resulted in another fall-from-ahead defeat, 62-55, after the Trojans blew a 13-point lead against Minnesota and a 17-point advantage against Oregon in their previous two games.
• Their four-game losing streak is their first since 2021-22, the last time the program failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“No one wants to be in a situation where things are hard, but your only option is to figure it out and fight your way through it,” coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. USC is 10-7, 2-4 in the Big Ten, and has already lost more games this season than in any since JuJu Watkins arrived on campus.
• Watkins won’t be coming back to help this year’s team, and the Trojans need to win more games than they lose the rest of the way to ensure a fourth consecutive berth to the big dance. USC’s defense has been mostly up to par, ranked in the 90th percentile nationally entering Thursday’s game, per CBB Analytics.
• The Trojans held the Terrapins, who averaged 87 points per game, to 62 and attempted 21 more field goals than their opposition.