Kiki Iriafen scored 15 factors to steer a balanced assault by no means trailed in an 86-64 victory over Wisconsin on Wednesday.
USC (20-2, 10-1 Large Ten) was ending a two-game journey after its 15-game profitable streak ended Sunday .
Wisconsin (11-12, 2-10) misplaced for the tenth time in 11 video games to drop beneath .500 for the primary time this season.
USC’s JuJu Watkins, who entered the night time averaging 24.7 factors to rank third in Division I, had a season-low 14 factors in 26 minutes. Avery Howell additionally had 14, Talia von Oelhoffen 11 and Kayleigh Heckel 10.
Serah Williams scored 19 factors and Carter McCray and Tess Myers added 12 every for Wisconsin.
Watkins made the sport’s first basket however didn’t rating once more for over 18 minutes. Then she received 5 factors throughout a 10-4 run over the past 1:39 of the second quarter to provide USC a 39-28 halftime lead.
USC stayed in command the remainder of the way in which.
Takeaways
USC: After capturing a season-low 35.4% from the ground towards Iowa, USC returned to kind Wednesday by capturing 50.7%.
Wisconsin: Williams, the Large Ten’s third-leading scorer behind Watkins and UCLA’s Lauren Betts, did every thing she may to maintain Wisconsin aggressive. After capturing 0 for seven within the first seven minutes, she went eight of 13 the remainder of the way in which.
Key second
After falling behind 13-3 within the first seven minutes of the sport, Wisconsin trailed simply 23-20 when Ronnie Porter missed a possible tying three-pointer with lower than 4 minutes left within the second quarter. That’s as shut because the Badgers would get.
Key stat
USC outscored Wisconsin 33-8 in bench factors.
Up subsequent
USC hosts No. 8 Ohio State on Saturday. Wisconsin hosts Illinois on Sunday.
