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2023–24 USC Trojans women's basketball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Beth Burns (2nd season)
  • Wendale Farrow (3rd season)
  • Nneka Enemkpali (3rd season)
  • Courtney Jaco (1st season)
Home arenaGalen Center
Seasons

The 2023–24 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans play their home games at the Galen Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The squad is led by third-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb.

Previous season

The Women of Troy finished the regular Pac-12 season tied for 4th with UCLA and Arizona. Because both of those teams held tiebreakers over USC, the Trojans earned the 6th seed in the 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament.

The squad earned its first bid for the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament since 2014.[1] and its first at-large bid since 2006. Holding an 8-seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament, the Women of Troy fell in overtime in the first round to 9-seeded South Dakota State, 57-62.

Last year's team spent much of the season receiving votes in both polls and made the top 25 once in the AP Poll. In the last AP Poll, they received 3 votes while they no longer received any votes in the final two coaches' polls.[2]

Offseason changes

The Women of Troy will bring in 2 first-years out of high school, 1 transfer student, and 3 graduate students. 1 student who red-shirted last year is also expected to play this coming season. 6 players from the previous year graduated while 1 transferred and 1 retired.

Regarding coaching staff, Women of Troy alumna Courtney Jaco, who previously served as Director of Player Development and who as a player won the 2014 Pac-12 tournament to qualify for the NCAA tournament, was promoted to Assistant Coach.[3]

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Destiny Littleton 11 G 5'9" Graduate Student San Diego, CA Graduated
Bella Perkins 12 F 5'9" Sophomore Fairfax, VA Transferred to Pittsburgh
Madison Campbell 23 G 5'11" RS Junior Fresno, CA Retired for Medical Reasons
Okako Adika 24 G/F 6'0" Graduate Student Holstebro, DK Graduated
Alyson Miura 25 G 5'9" Senior Clackamas, OR Graduated
Kadi Sissoko 30 F 6'2" Graduate Student Paris, FR Graduated
Rokia Doumbia 52 G 5'9" Graduate Student Bamako, ML Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
McKenzie Forbes[4] 0 W 6'0" Graduate Transfer Folsom, CA Harvard
Dominique Onu[5] 23 G 5'9" Junior Los Angeles, CA UCLA
Kaitlyn Davis[6] 24 G/F 6'0" Graduate Transfer Norwalk, CT Columbia
Roxane Makolo 24 G 5'10" Graduate Transfer Saint-Hubert, QC, CA Purdue
Kayla Padilla[7] 45 G 5'9" Graduate Transfer Torrance, CA Penn

2023 recruiting class[8]

Name Overall Rank Position Position Rank Hometown High School Height ESPN Stars ESPN Grade
Juju Watkins 1 PG/SG 1 Los Angeles, CA Sierra Canyon 6'0" 5 98
Malia Samuels - G - Seattle, WA Garfield HS 5'6" 4 94

The Women of Troy bring in the tenth-ranked recruiting class in the country.[9] The incoming squad features top-ranked high school recruit Juju Watkins and 49th-ranked Malia Samuels.[10] Redshirt first-year Aaliyah Gayles is also expected to play after having sat out the previous season due to injury.[11] Gayles, ranked No. 8 in the country for the class of 2022, was recruited by previous head coach Mark Trakh[12]

Roster

2022–23 USC Trojans women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Koi Love 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Arizona Orlando, FL
G 0 McKenzie Forbes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Harvard Folsom, CA
G 1 Taylor Bigby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Oregon Las Vegas, NV
G 2 India Otto (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Windward School Los Angeles, CA
G 3 Aaliyah Gayles Injured 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Spring Valley HS Las Vegas, NV
G 4 Kayla Williams 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr UC Irvine Los Angeles, CA
G 0 Malia Samuels 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Garfield HS Seattle, WA
G 0 Juju Watkins 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sierra Canyon Los Angeles, CA
G/F 13 Rayah Marshall 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Lynwood HS Los Angeles, CA
G 23 Dominique Onu 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS UCLA Los Angeles, CA
G 24 Kaitlyn Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Columbia Norwalk, CT
C 32 Clarice Akunwafo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Jr Rolling Hills Prep Inglewood, CA
G 45 Kayla Padilla 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Penn Torrance, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 9, 2022

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site
city, state
Exhibition

 
 

Source: USCTrojans.com[13]

Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP
Coaches

Awards and honors

Notes

References

  1. ^ "USC women are back in NCAA tournament; UCLA to host two rounds". Los Angeles Times. March 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022-23 Women's College Basketball Rankings for Week 19". ESPN.
  3. ^ Team, BVMSports (July 1, 2023). "USC's Courtney Jaco Promoted To Women's Basketball Assistant Coach". BVM Sports.
  4. ^ "McKenzie Forbes Grad Transfers to USC". USC Basketball. April 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "USC Welcomes Mid-Year Transfer Dominique Onu From UCLA". USC Athletics. July 1, 2023.
  6. ^ https://twitter.com/CULionsWBB/status/1655745212554117122
  7. ^ Carnathan, Walker. "Kayla Padilla of Penn women's basketball announces graduate transfer to USC". www.thedp.com.
  8. ^ "2023 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - USC - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  9. ^ "Top women's hoops recruit Watkins chooses USC". ESPN.com. November 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "2023 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings - espnW 100 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  11. ^ "Graney: Aaliyah Gayles authoring a remarkable comeback story". March 2, 2023.
  12. ^ Selbe, Nick (June 2, 2022). "Watch: USC Celebrates Graduation of Signee Aaliyah Gayles, Victim of April Shooting". Sports Illustrated.
  13. ^ "2022-2023 USC Women's Basketball Schedule". USCTrojans.com. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  14. ^ "Rayah Marshall". USA Basketball.
  15. ^ *Incoming first-year Juju Watkins was ranked as the number one recruit in the nation.
  16. ^ "Girls' basketball player of the year: Sierra Canyon's Juju Watkins, again". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 2023.
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