No. 3 USC Women's Basketball Opens Home Slate Against Utah State

The No. 3 USC women's basketball team is preparing to host the Utah State Aggies on Sunday at 5 p.m. PT in their home opener at the Galen Center, with the game airing live on Big Ten Network as part of SLAM Night celebrating a recent magazine cover featuring players JuJu Watkins, Jazzy Davidson, and Saniyah Hall. USC has welcomed its No. 1 recruiting class for the second time in three years under head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, who continues her streak of securing elite recruits including G/F Saniyah Hall, following previous selections of G JuJu Watkins and G Jazzy Davidson while bolstering their roster with international players and transfers like Ryann Bennett from UC Davis. Senior guard JuJu Watkins returns to action this season after missing the 2025-26 campaign due to injury; she made her long-awaited return on November 2, scoring 21 points in 21 minutes during a victory over UNLV at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas following an absence of 588 days. The Trojans will face Utah State starting this Sunday as fans can watch the broadcast for free through FuboTV or DIRECTV's streaming services.