Fresno State visits No. 5 USC after Watkins’ 21-point showing

Fresno State Bulldogs (7-3) at USC Trojans (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten)

Los Angeles; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 USC takes on Fresno State after JuJu Watkins scored 21 points in USC’s 66-53 victory over the Oregon Ducks.

The Trojans are 4-1 in home games. USC has a 7-1 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Bulldogs are 1-1 in road games. Fresno State scores 66.4 points while outscoring opponents by 4.0 points per game.

USC makes 46.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.9 percentage points higher than Fresno State has allowed to its opponents (39.0%). Fresno State averages 8.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.7 more made shots on average than the 5.0 per game USC gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Watkins is shooting 46.9% and averaging 25.0 points for the Trojans.

Mia Jacobs is averaging 18.8 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.7 steals for the Bulldogs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

By The Associated Press