Illinois Fighting Illini @ USC Trojans

21-7, 11-6 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Illinois ILL	22	14	11	19	66
USC USC	26	14	17	19	76

USC TrojansUSCUSC

25-2, 15-1 Big Ten

No. 4 USC beats 25th-ranked Illinois 76-66 to retain sole possession of 1st in the Big Ten at 15-1

— JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen scored 22 points each and No. 4 Southern California defeated 25th-ranked Illinois 76-66 on Sunday to retain sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

Feb 24, 2025, 10:15 am - AP

--ILL

100%

--USC

According to ESPN Analytics

JuJu Watkins made Jumper. Assisted by Rayah Marshall.
Adalia McKenzie missed Jumper.
Berry Wallace missed Three Point Jumper.
Rayah Marshall made Jumper. Assisted by Kiki Iriafen.
Genesis Bryant made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adalia McKenzie.
Kiki Iriafen made Jumper.
Kendall Bostic missed Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen missed Layup.
Brynn Shoup-Hill made Three Point Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen made Free Throw.
Kiki Iriafen made Free Throw.
Berry Wallace missed Layup.
Kendall Bostic made Two Point Tip Shot.
JuJu Watkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Adalia McKenzie made Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen made Jumper. Assisted by Kennedy Smith.
Genesis Bryant made Layup.
Genesis Bryant made Free Throw.
JuJu Watkins missed Jumper.
Genesis Bryant missed Jumper.
Kendall Bostic missed Three Point Jumper.
Kennedy Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rayah Marshall.
Berry Wallace missed Three Point Jumper.
JuJu Watkins made Layup.
Adalia McKenzie missed Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen made Layup.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
Berry Wallace made Layup. Assisted by Kendall Bostic.
Avery Howell made Three Point Jumper.
Genesis Bryant missed Layup.
JuJu Watkins made Layup.
Kendall Bostic made Jumper.
JuJu Watkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Genesis Bryant made Free Throw.
Genesis Bryant made Free Throw.
Kennedy Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Rayah Marshall made Jumper. Assisted by Kayleigh Heckel.
Genesis Bryant made Three Point Jumper.
Rayah Marshall made Layup. Assisted by Talia von Oelhoffen.
Kendall Bostic made Layup. Assisted by Cori Allen.
Talia von Oelhoffen made Layup.
Kendall Bostic missed Three Point Jumper.
Berry Wallace made Jumper.
Kennedy Smith made Three Point Jumper.
Berry Wallace missed Three Point Jumper.
JuJu Watkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Talia von Oelhoffen missed Layup.
Kiki Iriafen made Layup. Assisted by Rayah Marshall.
JuJu Watkins made Layup.
Cori Allen missed Jumper.
Cori Allen missed Layup.
Brynn Shoup-Hill missed Layup.
Adalia McKenzie missed Jumper.
Kendall Bostic made Two Point Tip Shot.
Kiki Iriafen missed Three Point Jumper.
JuJu Watkins made Layup.
Kendall Bostic made Jumper. Assisted by Adalia McKenzie.
Brynn Shoup-Hill made Layup. Assisted by Kendall Bostic.
Kiki Iriafen missed Jumper.
Talia von Oelhoffen missed Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen missed Jumper.
Avery Howell missed Three Point Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen made Free Throw.
Kiki Iriafen missed Free Throw.
Hayven Smith missed Jumper.
JuJu Watkins missed Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen missed Jumper.
Genesis Bryant made Jumper.
Berry Wallace made Layup. Assisted by Adalia McKenzie.
Talia von Oelhoffen missed Three Point Jumper.
Kendall Bostic missed Jumper.
Genesis Bryant missed Three Point Jumper.
JuJu Watkins missed Layup.
Berry Wallace missed Three Point Jumper.
Kendall Bostic made Jumper. Assisted by Adalia McKenzie.
Kennedy Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
JuJu Watkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Berry Wallace made Layup.
JuJu Watkins missed Jumper.
Talia von Oelhoffen missed Jumper.
Brynn Shoup-Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
Rayah Marshall missed Jumper.
Berry Wallace missed Layup.
Talia von Oelhoffen missed Three Point Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen missed Free Throw.
Kiki Iriafen made Free Throw.
Kendall Bostic made Layup.
Rayah Marshall made Layup.
Rayah Marshall made Layup.
JuJu Watkins made Layup. Assisted by Kennedy Smith.
Adalia McKenzie made Layup.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
Kiki Iriafen made Jumper. Assisted by Kennedy Smith.
JuJu Watkins missed Jumper.
Rayah Marshall made Jumper.
Adalia McKenzie missed Jumper.
Kendall Bostic missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Berry Wallace made Jumper. Assisted by Kendall Bostic.
Kennedy Smith made Jumper.
Berry Wallace missed Free Throw.
Berry Wallace made Free Throw.
Kiki Iriafen missed Jumper.
Avery Howell missed Three Point Jumper.
Kendall Bostic missed Layup.
Kiki Iriafen missed Layup.
Kiki Iriafen missed Layup.
Kendall Bostic missed Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen made Jumper. Assisted by Rayah Marshall.
Genesis Bryant missed Jumper.
Avery Howell missed Jumper.
Avery Howell missed Three Point Jumper.
Kayleigh Heckel missed Layup.
Genesis Bryant missed Three Point Jumper.
Kayleigh Heckel made Layup.
Adalia McKenzie missed Layup.
JuJu Watkins missed Layup.
Genesis Bryant missed Three Point Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen made Free Throw.
Kiki Iriafen made Free Throw.
Berry Wallace missed Layup.
Genesis Bryant made Three Point Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen made Layup. Assisted by Kayleigh Heckel.
Adalia McKenzie made Layup.
Kayleigh Heckel made Three Point Jumper.
Genesis Bryant missed Three Point Jumper.
Kiki Iriafen missed Layup.
Adalia McKenzie missed Jumper.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
Talia von Oelhoffen made Layup. Assisted by Rayah Marshall.
Kendall Bostic missed Three Point Jumper.
Talia von Oelhoffen missed Three Point Jumper.
Adalia McKenzie made Jumper.
Rayah Marshall missed Three Point Jumper.
Adalia McKenzie missed Jumper.
Berry Wallace made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brynn Shoup-Hill.
Kiki Iriafen made Layup. Assisted by Malia Samuels.
Genesis Bryant made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kendall Bostic.
Kiki Iriafen missed Jumper.
Adalia McKenzie made Layup.
Adalia McKenzie made Free Throw.
Adalia McKenzie missed Three Point Jumper.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
Rayah Marshall missed Jumper.
Genesis Bryant made Three Point Jumper.
Kennedy Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
Rayah Marshall missed Two Point Tip Shot.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
JuJu Watkins made Free Throw.
Genesis Bryant missed Three Point Jumper.
Adalia McKenzie missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Adalia McKenzie missed Two Point Tip Shot.

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Data is currently unavailable.

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UCLA	18-0	-	37-1
Michigan	15-3	3	28-7
Iowa	15-3	3	27-7
Ohio State	13-5	5	27-8
Minnesota	13-5	5	24-9
Maryland	11-7	7	24-9
Michigan State	11-7	7	23-9
Washington	10-8	8	22-11
Illinois	9-9	9	22-12
USC	9-9	9	18-14
Oregon	8-10	10	23-13
Nebraska	7-11	11	19-13
Indiana	6-12	12	18-14
Wisconsin	5-13	13	16-18
Purdue	5-13	13	13-17
Penn State	4-14	14	11-18
Northwestern	2-16	16	8-21
Rutgers	1-17	17	9-20

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