Tag: Kiki Iriafen

Kiki Iriafen gives positive offseason update for USC women’s basketball

Kiki Iriafen loves what she sees. USC fans will love hearing that.

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:

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Lindsay Gottlieb welcomes Kiki Iriafen to USC

Lindsay Gottlieb referenced Iriafen’s homecoming to Los Angeles when talking about the superstar forward.

USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb pulled off the biggest score in the transfer portal this offseason by landing Stanford superstar Kiki Iriafen, who grew up in Southern California and now comes home to Los Angeles to play for the Trojans. Gottlieb commented on Iriafen, her arrival, and what it means for USC. Gottlieb referenced Iriafen’s homecoming in her remarks, just one of many reasons this move has everyone at USC excited for the coming season.

“Kiki is a next-level talent,” Gottlieb began. “An established star in women’s college basketball already, she comes to USC looking to help us win at the highest level and to continue to expand her capabilities. She’s a dynamic scorer and rebounder who will flourish in our style and with those around her. She is a magnetic personality who gets to come home and be special. The Galen Center crowd will want to have a front-row seat to support her in doing that.”

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