by NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — The USC women’s basketball team’s freshmen made their presence known in their Trojan debuts tonight in Northridge, with six young guns combining for 50 points in USC’s 69-53 win at CSUN. Freshman Alissa Pili (Inupiaq) made no mistake in drumming up a double-double to pace her new-look Trojan team with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Fellow freshman Endyia Rogers matched her with 18 as well, with another newcomer — grad transfer Stephanie Watts — also tallying double digits with 12 points. It’s an exciting 1-0 start for the Women of Troy, who had all eight players who hit the court score tonight to kick off the 2019-20 campaign.
USC shot at a 44.2 percent clip from the floor in the game, nailing six 3-pointers (three from Rogers, two from Watts and one from India Otto) while going 17-of-18 from the free-throw line. CSUN shot 24.4. percent from the floor, hit nine 3-pointers and was 6-of-8 from the line. CSUN was led in scoring by Jordyn Jackson with 14 points, and got 13 from De’Jionae Calloway and 11 from Deja Williams.
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USC has its home opener on tap next, hosting Virginia at 2 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 9) at Galen Center. Before the game, USC will honor Trojan great Tina Thompson (now head coach at UVA) by retiring her #14 jersey in a pregame ceremony.
