Kiki Iriafen is one of the central reasons USC will enter the 2024-2025 women’s college basketball season as a Final Four contender. The transfer from Stanford is a proven two-way player with a well-rounded set of skills and an elite competitive mindset. Iriafen’s ability to defend, rebound, score, and perform well in crunch time will benefit USC in a lot of obvious ways. When Iriafen’s quality is combined with JuJu Watkins, Talia von Oelhoffen, Rayah Marshall, and a No. 1-ranked recruiting class, it becomes even more apparent that USC will have so many resources to call upon this coming season. USC will be able to win with its backcourt and its frontcourt, on offense and defense, with power and skill. Iriafen’s versatility will make it hard for opponents to stop her, but even if they try, the other weapons on this USC team will get plenty of great opportunities to affect the outcome of a game.
Iriafen recently gave an update of her offseason and the USC women’s basketball team’s offseason. Iriafen talked about the chemistry this group has already established and how she is ready to contribute to the team. Iriafen will be able to do so in many different ways. The balance of this team will make the Trojans so difficult to deal with for their opponents:
Bringing the energy ⚡️
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— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) July 16, 2024
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