JuJu Watkins’ supporting cast steps up at Big Ten tournament, making USC very dangerous ahead of March Madness
There is an idea in basketball that one player can make a team. To be honest, this is often true. The player can come and raise a bad team to a higher position. Often, it makes coverage around the USC Trojism and the Guju Watkins guarding it seems that the normal season’s Big Ten champions are in their position in this march only because of Watskins. Saturday in Big Ten starringThis legend has been seized.
Import No. 1 was established by Trojan horses on Saturday against No. 5 Michigan and Verrene. On paper, USC preferred greatly with Wolverin who started three new students and a Trojan horse that beat Michigan by 20 points during the normal season. Basketball games do not play on paper.
Michigan brought the same density that was on Friday when the team defeated coach Kim Barnes Arico Maryland Terabins By 26 points. Wolverines gave the Trojan horses a battle and made today difficult for the star Watskins.
In the first quarter, Michigan goalkeeper Sila Souf led the charge, scoring 10 from the first quarter of Wolfs, approximately 12 points from USC. When the two teams played in the normal season, Swords were not available, so it was an unwanted introduction to Trojan fans.
“It is clear that I am in the Canadian national team with SYLA, so I knew her for a while. But I think she is playing with a lot of heart, and a lot of passion,” said South California University goalkeeper Affiri Huil. “We definitely knew that this would be a maker of their team for sure.”
Jordan Hobbes, chief of Michigan, joined the swords in scoring with eight points in the second quarter, and Michigan built ahead of nine points. This is not the part of the story in which Watskins operate other equipment and explodes USC from the deficit. Watercins got four points in the first half, with 2 from 9 of the ground and allowed three shifts.
In the second half, Witkens started with a medium difference of UM pieces leading to two points again, but then returned to other Trojan horses. Striker Kiki Ervin scored 12 points in the third quarter, tied the match twice and gave Trojan horses the first progress in the second half with 1:58 remaining in this period.
“With Juju and Kiki in particular, this is not only their talent, but they have just a very competing will for them and move forward and play that you cannot really scenario,” said Lindsay Gottlieb, coach of the team.
For how Watercins offensive in the first three quarters, IRIAFEN was high, where it scored 20 points from 25 points before the fourth quarter against the Michigan team, which had all the right to compete with Trojan horses. USC also got help from Kennedy Smith and Rayah Marshall, each of them got nine points.
The swords ended the game with 26 points, 6 rebound balls, 3 theft, and 9 out of 9 from 9 of the free throw line. The colleague of Olivia Ulson, 13 points and nine counterattacks, added. Michigan has a team that will be dangerous in the top ten, and at the national level, for years to come. However, the fourth quarter of Saturday revolves around USC.
The fourth quarter is when Hill got. The Canadian student, known as three points, is known as a difficult time outside the bow, where it was 2 out of 8, so Huel affected the game in other ways.
“I think today clearly Joe [JuJu Watkins] And kiks [Kiki Iriafen] “I was not very hot from the third day, so I tried to get other things to exercise, leak, and get a ball throw. Malia [Samuels] Get me around the edge several times. I knew that the fourth quarter would be huge for our team, and I just tried to appear in any possible way. “
Howel scored eight points in the frame, including an attack on the basket that came with a bonus of the free throwing line. It was one of the four chances of Trojan horses in the quarter.
Hill’s late score behind Watskins was only added 11 points, which made the teams to win 12 points.
Now, there was a reason that Watskins did not have more than a game, compared to some other offers per year. Although scoring 20 points with 11 rebounds is a great game for most players in the country, Watskins is not most of the players.
When Watercins got the ball through the middle of the field, Michigan players there were waiting for it, making life difficult for the star in the second year, which is one of the leading men of the national player for this year.
“Maybe it was frustrated,” Gottlieb said of the star guard. She was besieged and doubled when she was with the ball in her hands. I tried to make her some appearance under defense, but there were a lot of bodies there. “
With the most often neutralizing Watercins for three quarters, the team appeared, and when Watercins were released in fourth place, it is alongside her teammates to show the USC team well to deal with adversity and success with or without Watskins.
Usc and Michigan tied with 6:29 remaining in the game, the second tie of the quarter. USC went at 14 points that extend over less than three minutes to put the game in bed.
“I think the fourth quarter explosion is some different things. Gottlieb said:” I think we have elite athletes in good condition. “I also think our players compete madly and have a will to win.”
