After wrapping up the regular season on Sunday, this week, the USC women’s basketball team traveled to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament. The Trojans entered the tournament as the No. 9 seed, and opened play with a second round matchup against No. 8 seed Washington on Thursday.
Unfortunately for the Women of Troy, their stay in Indianapolis this year was quite brief. USC fell 76-64 to Washington, ending any chance that the team had of making a run in the conference tournament.
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Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jazzy Davidson picked a bad time to have her worst game of the season. Davidson had just eight points, one rebound, and one assist, while making only two of her 13 field goal attempts.
The Trojans should still be an NCAA Tournament team. But they will enter March Madness having lost four in a row after a six-game winning streak prior.
Obviously, anything can happen in March. But with the way this team has played of late, the unfortunate reality is that it is hard to see the Trojans going very far in the tournament this year.
The good news for Lindsay Gottlieb’s team is that they now have over a week off until Selection Sunday, and two full weeks until they play their next game. USC must use that time to regroup if this team wants to have any shot at making a postseason run.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC women’s basketball falls 76-64 to Washington in Big Ten Tournament
