No. 9Mississippi State Bulldogs

NCAA Women's Championship · Regional 4 in Spokane · 2nd Round

Ugh, no.

Mississippi State Bulldogs lost to the USC Trojans

Ranked #9 · 22-12 59 – 96

Ranked #1 · 30-3

Final · Mon, Mar 24

Game Details

Galen Center (Los Angeles) · 7,808 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →

Highlights

USC routs Mississippi State 96-59 to reach Sweet 16 after losing JuJu Watkins to injury

JuJu Watkins went down with a season-ending knee injury five minutes into Monday night's game. Top-seeded Southern California kept going...

Recap via ESPN

2:41 Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. USC Trojans - Game Highlights

0:58 USC gets off to hot start vs. Mississippi State with 11-0 run

0:16 USC's Kiki Iriafen sinks a layup

0:16 USC's Kennedy Smith's steal leads to an Avery Howell layup

Clips play on ESPN

Galen Center · Los Angeles

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MSST	8	19	15	17	59
USC	28	22	25	21	96

Game Flow

MSST USC

Q1Q2Q3Q4

9-0Biggest Run17-0

0Largest Lead46

0 lead changes · tied 0 times

Win Probability · Mississippi State Bulldogs

tip-offnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Jerkaila Jordan · 17Points
Destiney McPhaul · 3Assists
Jerkaila Jordan · 6Rebounds

USC Trojans

Kiki Iriafen · 36Points
Avery Howell · 6Assists
Kiki Iriafen · 9Rebounds

2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings

Team	GB
South Carolina	-
Texas	2
Vanderbilt	2
LSU	3
Oklahoma	4
Kentucky	7
Georgia	7
Ole Miss	7
Tennessee	7
Alabama	8
Texas A&M	8
Mississippi State	10
Florida	10
Missouri	11
Auburn	12
Arkansas	14

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
UCLA	-
Michigan	3
Iowa	3
Ohio State	5
Minnesota	5
Maryland	7
Michigan State	7
Washington	8
Illinois	9
USC	9
Oregon	10
Nebraska	11
Indiana	12
Wisconsin	13
Purdue	13
Penn State	14
Northwestern	16
Rutgers	17

Team Stats

Mississippi State BulldogsUSC Trojans

Shooting

20-64, 31% Field Goals 35-67, 52%

3-11, 27% 3-Pointers 8-24, 33%

16-18, 89% Free Throws 18-23, 78%

Possessions

34 Rebounds 42

13 Offensive Rebounds 11

9 Assists 29

13 Steals 13

3 Blocks 8

20 Turnovers 16

23 Fouls 15

Scoring

28 Points in Paint 46

10 Fast Break Points 9

0 Largest Lead 46

Box Score

Mississippi State Bulldogs ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
M. OkotC	8	6	0	20	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	2	4	2
D. DeShieldsG	0	1	2	23	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	4
D. PoweG	2	3	1	20	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	3	3
J. JordanG	17	6	0	33	6-24	1-4	4-5	0	2	0	3	3	3
E. RussellG	11	3	1	27	3-13	1-2	4-5	4	1	0	2	1	1
Bench
Q. MontagueF	2	1	0	16	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	3
K. ThomasF	4	5	1	15	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	3	2	2
D. McPhaulG	10	3	3	25	2-7	0-1	6-6	3	2	1	1	2	4
C. PraterG	5	2	1	21	2-3	1-1	0-0	6	2	2	0	2	1
T. BloomF	DNP: Did not play
R. JimenezC	DNP: Did not play
A. CarriereG	DNP: Did not play
S. EdwardsG	DNP: Did not play
T. WardG	DNP: Did not play
Team	59	34	9		20-64	3-11	16-18	20	13	3	13	21	23

USC Trojans ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
K. IriafenF	36	9	2	31	16-22	0-1	4-4	3	0	2	4	5	2
R. MarshallC	12	9	3	22	4-6	1-1	3-3	2	2	4	1	8	1
K. SmithG	10	5	1	27	4-8	1-4	1-2	3	5	1	2	3	1
J. WatkinsG	3	1	2	5	0-2	0-1	3-4	1	0	0	0	1	0
T. von OelhoffenG	3	3	6	22	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	1	0	0	3	2
Bench
V. IwuchukwuF	0	1	0	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1
C. AkunwafoC	0	5	0	13	0-2	0-0	0-2	1	0	1	2	3	2
B. ShamblinG	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. HowellG	18	1	6	28	5-10	4-9	4-4	0	0	0	0	1	2
K. HeckelG	13	1	6	20	5-7	1-2	2-2	1	2	0	1	0	1
R. ForestierG	1	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
M. SamuelsG	0	2	3	17	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	2	3
A. GaylesG	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
L. WilliamsF	DNP: Did not play
D. DariusG	DNP: Did not play
Team	96	42	29		35-67	8-24	18-23	16	13	8	11	31	15

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