HARTFORD, Conn. — As USC’s bench emptied onto the XL Center floor, with the No. 7 Trojans having defeated the No. 4 UConn Huskies 72-70, JuJu Watkins’ hands shot to the sky. Basking in her 25-point performance that lifted USC past UConn for the first time in school history, Watkins turned to the small section of supporters decked out in red and yellow inside the sold-out arena and acknowledged their support.
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“It hit a little different knowing the history from last year and how they sent us home,” Watkins said.
The stakes were different this time. In April, in the Elite Eight, the Huskies knocked the top-seeded Trojans out of the
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