It’s time for USC women’s basketball to lace up the sneakers and take the court at the Galen Center versus Notre Dame. The action starts just after 1 p.m. in Los Angeles on Saturday. The game will be shown on national television, with NBC getting the rights to this broadcast. We talked to Geoffrey Clark of Fighting Irish Wire about this game, focusing on each team’s best players, foremost strengths, and critical weaknesses.
Trojans Wire’s No. 1 USC strength? It could be JuJu Watkins — that’s a perfectly good answer — but we chose to focus on something else in our Q and A with Fighting Irish Wire:
Defense. USC’s offense comes and goes, but if you look at the defense, it is always there. It has always been there this season. USC’s ceiling depends on the offense, but this team has such a high floor because the defense just doesn’t have many lapses. The Ole Miss game was a struggle for USC because the Rebels were able to get points off USC turnovers in transition before the Trojans could set up their halfcourt defense. USC’s offense might struggle again versus Notre Dame, but if the Trojans can set up their halfcourt defense, they’re going to at least stay close and give themselves a chance.
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