No. 6 USC hosts Cal Baptist following Watkins’ 34-point outing

Cal Baptist Lancers (0-8) at USC Trojans (6-1)

Los Angeles; Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 USC faces Cal Baptist after JuJu Watkins scored 34 points in USC’s 104-65 win over the Saint Louis Billikens.

The Trojans have gone 3-1 in home games. USC is second in the Big Ten with 14.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Kiki Iriafen averaging 5.1.

The Lancers are 0-4 on the road.

USC’s average of 6.7 made 3-pointers per game is 2.9 fewer made shots on average than the 9.6 per game Cal Baptist allows. Cal Baptist has shot at a 37.7% rate from the field this season, 2.6 percentage points higher than the 35.1% shooting opponents of USC have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Watkins is scoring 23.4 points per game with 6.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists for the Trojans.

Grace Schmidt is averaging 13.9 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Lancers.

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

By The Associated Press