***A note on schedules: We do know the Women will play each team twice or 22 Conference Games***
Last Season: 17-14 overall and just 8-10 in Pac 12 play.
The Coaches: Mark Trakh has returned to USC for his 4th season after 
Mark Trakh
six seasons as the Head Coach at New Mexico State. Mark coached for 5 seasons at USC before New Mexico. New Mexico State lost just 2 league games in the past 3 seasons. Mark started as a Head Coach at Pepperdine in 1994.
Jason Glover is in his 4th season as the Associate Head Coach. Glover joined Mark at New Mexico State two seasons after several years coaching in both the NBA and the WNBA.
Aarika Hughes returns for her 4th season to USC where she played. Hughes coached for 5 years at New Mexico State. She was a HS teammate of JJ Hones and Colorado assistant Alex Earl.
Erin Grant is in her 2nd year at USC. Grant was an All American at Texas Tech and has coached at Memphis, New Mexico and Texas Tech
Losses:
Kayla Overbeck averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds as the starting Post.
Aliyah Jeune averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds.
Stephanie Watts is a 5-11 Guard Grad transfer from North Carolina. She got hurt after just a couple of games and is back at North Carolina.
Additions:
Jordyn Jenkins, 6-2 Forward from Washington, ranked # 41
Amaya Oliver, 6-2 Wing from NorCal
Zayla Tinner, 5-11 Wing from Texas
Jordan Sanders, 5-11 Wing a Grad transfer from UC Irvine. She graduated in three years and scored 20 points per game as a Soph.
The Schedule: Unknown
The Team: USC Roster
Endyia Rogers is a 5-7 Soph Guard who averaged 13 points.
Alissa Pili
Angel Jackson is a 6-5 Soph Post who averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Kyra White is a 5-10 Soph Guard who averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds.
Madison Campbell is a 5-11 Guard Redshirt Soph who sat out last season with an injury.
Alyson Miura is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 4 points and made 35 threes at 35%.
India Otto is a 5-9 Soph Guard who played just 5 games.
Alissa Pili is a 6-0 Soph Forward who averaged 16 points and 8 rebounds in an outstanding Frosh season.
Desiree Caldwell is a 5-8 Jr Point Guard from Texas ranked # 14 out of HS who averaged 6 points.
Shalexxus Aaron is a 6-1 Redshirt JR Guard who averaged Her brother is on the USC Men’s Basketball team. Last season Aaron averaged 7 points and made 42 threes at 42%.
Predictions:
A transfer, Shermara Williams 5-8 Soph Guard from Virginia. She averaged 9 points per game as a Frosh Announced Oct 31 so no idea yet when eligible. Or if eligible this season. Most transfer are getting a waiver to play right away.
Pili and Rogers are very good and Jackson has great potential. However USC lacks great rebounding despite Pili being an outstanding rebounder. Height on defense also a problem. It doesn’t look like an NCAA tournament team.
2021 Recruiting Commits:
Clarice Akunwafo, 6-6 Post from SoCal ranked # 21.
Rayah Marshall, 6-3 Forward from SoCal ranked # 27
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