USC's sixth-ranked women's basketball team will try to bounce back from a loss to Notre Dame when it faces Seton Hall Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms on the second day of what organizers bill as the nation's largest collection of college basketball multiple-team events.
The Trojans (4-1) lost to the Fighting Irish, 74-61, Saturday at the Galen Center, despite a game-high equaling 24 points from JuJu Watkins. Watkins is tied for ninth in the nation, averaging 22 points per game, after finishing second as a freshman last season when she averaged 27.1 points and was a first- team All-America selection.
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Seton Hall (4-1) is also coming off its first loss of the season, losing to Princeton, 78-75, Thursday. The Pirates are led by forward Faith Masonius, a graduate student averaging 19.6 points per game after playing four seasons and part of a fifth at Maryland.
Oddsmakers have made USC a 4- to 4 1/2-point favorite. ESPN's matchup predictor gives the Trojans a 97.9% chance of winning, Seton Hall a 2.1% chance.
USC's men's team will play St. Mary's Thursday at 6 p.m. as part of the Acrisure Series' Acrisure Classic and either New Mexico or Arizona State Friday.
The Trojan women's team will play Saint Louis Friday at 4 p.m. in another Acrisure Holiday Invitational game.
All games will be broadcast by TruTV and streamed by Max.
The 19-game Acrisure Series will conclude Friday.
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