USC Women's Basketball 2014 NCAA Tournament Capsule

USC Trojans
Pac-12 (22-12, 11-7)

 

Big Wins: 12/30 at UCLA (56-54), 1/24 at California (77-70), 3/8 vs Stanford (72-68)
Bad Losses: 12/10 at Cal State Northridge (64-65), 1/31 Washington State (75-79), 2/2 Washington (55-63)
Coach: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke (1 season)

Probable Starters:
Ariya Crook, Junior, Guard, 15.8 ppg, 2.3 apg
Brianna Barrett, Sophomore, Guard, 6.9 ppg, 2.8 apg
Kiki Alofaituli, Junior, Guard, 4.6 ppg, 1.0 apg
Cassie Harberts, Senior, Forward, 15.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg
Alexys Vaioletama, Junior, Forward, 8.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Desiree Bradley, Senior, Forward, 5.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Courtney Jaco, Freshman, Guard, 3.8 ppg
Kaneisha Horn, Junior, Forward, 3.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Jordan Adams, Sophomore, Guard, 2.7 ppg, 2.5 apg
Kate Oliver, Senior, Forward, 2.2 ppg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.1 (182nd in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.6 (108, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.8 (107, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.3 (122, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.7 (225, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.1 (100, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.3 (265, 10)
Rebound Margin: 1.4 (143, 7)
Assists Per Game: 14.8 (87, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.3 (200, 10)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
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
2011    NIT        Round of 64 win over UC Santa Barbara

*all team stats through 3/6

 

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