How to watch USC vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: Odds, stream, TV channel in Women's NCAA Tournament
The USC Trojans (26-5) secured a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1986 thanks to an outstanding regular season and a run through the Pac-12 Tournament that included wins against UCLA and Stanford. Now, the Trojans will open what they hope will be a deep run through the tournament with a home game against No. 16 seed Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (23-8) on Saturday. Here’s what you need to know about the matchup between the Trojans and the Islanders.
How to watch Texas A&M Corpus-Christi vs. USC
Date: March 23rd at 1:30 pm PT
Location: Galen Center – Los Angeles, California
TV Channel: ESPN
Live Stream: Fubo (Try for free)
Betting line: USC -33, Over/Under 126.5
Numbers to Know
* The Trojans have won 12 of their past 13 games, which includes wins over then-No. 4 Stanford, then-No. 11 Oregon State, then-No. 11 Colorado, then-No. 7 UCLA and then-No. 2 Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game.
* USC faced a very challenging schedule this season and the Trojans posted a 13-4 record against the nine opponents that made the NCAA Tournament.
* JuJu Watkins became just the sixth USC women’s player ever named a first-team All-American. Her 13 games of 30-plus points is an all-time USC record in one season.
* Rayah Marshall is USC’s No. 3 all-time blocked shots leader.
* A&M Corpus-Christi won the Southland Conference Tournament for the first time ever this season and this is its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
* The winner of this game will play the winner of the earlier Saturday game at Galen Center between No. 8 Kansas and No. 9 Michigan.
* No. 2 Ohio State and No. 7 Duke will meet at the bottom of USC’s regional. No. 4 Virginia Tech and No. 5 Baylor both advanced to the Round of 32 as well.
Texas A&M Corpus-Christi Player Stats
| Player Name | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG% | FT% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alecia Westbrook F | 31 | 26.2 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 51.6 | 76.4 | 18.2 |
| Mireia Aguado G | 31 | 24.9 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 50.2 | 72.5 | 25.7 |
| Paige Allen G | 31 | 29.1 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 41.6 | 68.2 | 27.1 |
| Torie Sevier C | 5 | 15.4 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 63.3 | 76.9 | 0.0 |
| Nabaweeyah McGill F | 31 | 16.9 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 38.6 | 76.8 | 18.4 |
| Violeta Verano G | 26 | 23.6 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 30.4 | 62.9 | 25.3 |
| Tymberlin Criswell G | 31 | 18.7 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 36.7 | 65.2 | 19.2 |
| Annukka Willstedt G | 31 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 31.1 | 50.0 | 24.6 |
| Maya Ellis G | 22 | 11.8 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 35.1 | 51.4 | 30.3 |
| Jaeda Whitner G | 31 | 13.8 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 35.1 | 50.0 | 34.0 |
| Sasha Shishkina G | 27 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 35.9 | 70.6 | 32.5 |
| Bruna Anguera C | 30 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 34.0 | 63.2 | 0.0 |
| Andrea Montesinos G | 15 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 30.8 | 0.0 | 33.3 |
| Claudia Diez F | 14 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
USC Trojans Player Stats
| Player Name | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG% | FT% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JuJu Watkins G | 30 | 34.3 | 27.0 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 40.5 | 84.6 | 32.4 |
| McKenzie Forbes G | 31 | 33.8 | 13.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 37.8 | 76.7 | 36.2 |
| Rayah Marshall C | 28 | 28.7 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 47.2 | 67.5 | 0.0 |
| Kayla Padilla G | 31 | 30.6 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 44.3 | 78.1 | 44.2 |
| Kaitlyn Davis F | 26 | 25.3 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 57.8 | 61.2 | 0.0 |
| Taylor Bigby G | 30 | 22.0 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 39.8 | 71.4 | 36.8 |
| Kayla Williams G | 22 | 10.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 46.9 | 66.7 | 29.6 |
| Dominique Darius G | 18 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 30.0 | 73.3 | 23.8 |
| Clarice Akunwafo C | 29 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 62.2 | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| Aaliyah Gayles G | 7 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Malia Samuels G | 22 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 39.3 | 50.0 | 29.4 |
| Roxane Makolo G | 22 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 42.9 | 60.0 | 0.0 |
| India Otto G | 5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 |
