LOS ANGELES — Juju Watkins scored 26 points to lead the No. 4 USC women’s basketball team to a 75-55 win over Nebraska on Wednesday for the Trojans’ ninth straight victory.
The streak has come after the team’s lone loss of the season to Notre Dame.
USC (13-1, 3-0 Big Ten) has started conference play with three wins for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
Nebraska (10-4, 1-2) has lost three in a row after a five-game winning streak. Logan Nissley had a team-high 14 points for Nebraska.
The Cornhuskers committed 18 turnovers, including six in the first quarter. Nebraska has had trouble taking care of the ball this season and couldn’t reverse the trend against USC.
The Trojans stars continued to play like stars. Watkins and Kiki Iriafen (14 points) have scored in double figures in all 14 USC games this season.
The Trojans ran the fast break in the second quarter after a missed shot and Watkins did a Eurostep around Jessica Petrie to score on a layup to give USC a 32-30 lead. That was part of USC’s 14-4 run to end the first half, and the Trojans never lost the lead after that.
It was the second straight game that the Trojans used a big second half to put away an opponent. They outscored the Cornhuskers 36-21 on Wednesday, one game after topping No. 23 Michigan by 20 in the final 20 minutes.
USC plays next at Rutgers on Sunday.
