The great players respond when challenged. It’s a simple but profound way of appreciating the very best athletes in any sport. When they get punched in the mouth or have a tough day at the office, they punch back in the next game when everyone is wondering how they will react to a little adversity and failure. JuJu Watkins is already demonstrating, as a USC freshman, that when she has a bad game, you can take it to the bank that her next game will be special.
Remember when JuJu went 8 of 27 in the loss to Washington? She scored 51 points in her next game at Stanford.
JuJu hit just 6 of 32 shots against Oregon State this past Sunday. How did she respond? How’s 42 points against Colorado on Friday?
Let’s look at this masterful performance and some of its most important details: