UNC-Greensboro vs. USC Women's basketball box score, stats, game summary and more ft. JuJu Watkins

No. 1 seed USC had no difficulty outlasting No. 16 seed UNC-Greensboro. The Trojans utilized suffocating defense to post a 71-25 victory and move on to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. USC will face the winner of No. 8 seed Cal and No. 9 seed Mississippi State on Monday for a berth in the Sweet 16.

UNC-Greensboro vs. USC Box Score

UNC-Greensboro

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
K. Cain	6	7	1	2	2	1	5
J. Gamble	3	7	2	0	0	7	0
J. Lee	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
N. Howard	0	0	1	1	0	2	3
T. Johnson	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
N. Smith	7	6	2	1	0	3	3
Y. N'Diaye	4	7	1	1	3	2	3
J. Clark-Jones	3	0	0	2	0	1	0
M. Asidanya	2	2	0	1	0	5	1
A. Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

USC

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
J. Watkins	22	8	2	3	0	3	2
K. Iriafen	13	13	2	1	0	6	3
R. Marshall	5	6	2	2	7	1	0
T. Von Oelhoffen	5	2	2	1	0	3	1
K. Smith	1	4	1	2	2	1	1
K. Heckel	8	0	2	4	1	0	2
A. Howell	6	8	1	2	0	1	2
V. Iwuchukwu	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
C. Akunwafo	2	3	0	1	0	0	1
A. Gayles	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
M. Samuels	2	0	1	1	0	0	3
R. Forestier	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
B. Shamblin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

UNC-Greensboro vs. USC Game Summary

USC scored the game's first eight points and never trailed. That said, UNC-Greensboro stuck arond throughout the first quarter, trailing just 12-8 after the initial period.

In fact, UNC-G pulled within 12-10 on a pair of Khalis Cain free throws with 8:39 to play in the second quarter. But UNC-Greensboro scored just one more point in the half, while USC opened up a 28-11 halftime advantage.

From there, the game grew increasingly uncompetitive as USC's defense gave the Trojans an insurmountable edge. USC scored the first eight points of the second half and UNC-G was never within 20 after that. By the end of the third quarter, USC's lead was 53-16 and the Trojans cruised home from there.

USC was led by All-American JuJu Watkins, who finished with 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Kiki Iriafen added 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Trojans. USC shot just 38% itself, including a meager 3-for-14 from 3-point range. The Trojans did win the battle on the backboard 71-37.

UNC-Greensboro was led by Nya Smith, a reserve who had seven points on 2-for-13 shooting. UNC-Greensboro shot just 7-for-54 (13%) on the game. Shockingly, they were much better from 3-point range at 4-for-18 (22%) than two-point range at 3-for-36 (8%). Add in the -34 rebounding margin and 23 turnovers as UNC-G had no real chance.

USC will face the winner of Cal and Mississippi State at home in Monday's second round game.