USC Women’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

February 24, 2023 · CSM Staff
 

USC Trojans

Pac-12 (21-9, 11-7)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/15 Stanford (55-46), 1/29 at Colorado (71-54)
Bad Losses: 2/19 at California (78-81), 3/1 vs Oregon State (48-56)
Coach: Lindsay Gottlieb
 
Probable Starters:
Kadi Sissoko, Senior, Forward, 15.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.0 apg
Okako Adika, Senior, Forward, 7.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Rayah Marshall, Sophomore, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 3.4 bpg
Kayla Williams, Junior, Guard, 5.3 ppg, 2.4 apg
Destiny Littleton, Senior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 3.7 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Rokia Doumbia, Senior, Guard, 3.0 ppg, 1.2 apg
Taylor Bigby, Freshman, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 0.9 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 64.5 (191st in nation, 11th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 54.8 (16, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 38.1 (264, 11)
Field-Goal Defense: 35.4 (12, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.2 (141, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.9 (108, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.2 (102, 6)
Rebound Margin: 2.5 (113, 8)
Assists Per Game: 14.0 (121, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (145, 11)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2014 NCAA Round of 64 loss to St. John’s
2011 NIT Round of 64 win over UC Santa Barbara
2011 NIT Round of 32 win over Nevada
2011 NIT Regional Semifinal win over BYU
2011 NIT Regional Final win over Colorado
2011 NIT National Semifinal win over Illinois State
2011 NIT National Final loss to Toledo
2006 NCAA Round of 64 win over South Florida
2006 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Duke
2005 NCAA Round of 64 win over Louisville
2005 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Michigan State
2000 NIT First Round win over Santa Clara
2000 NIT Second Round loss to Colorado State
1997 NCAA Round of 64 win over San Francisco
1997 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Florida
 
*all team stats through 3/2