Despite the absence of JuJu Watkins, USC defeated Kansas State by the final score of 67-61 in the 2025 NCAA women's basketball tournament on Saturday. With the win, the Trojans advanced to the Elite Eight for the second consecutive year.

Mississippi State women's basketball player Chandler Prater has been the subject of online bullying after she was involved in the play that ended the season for USC's JuJu Watkins on Monday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

JuJu Watkins went down with a season-ending knee injury five minutes into the game. Top-seeded Southern California kept going without its star player, pummeling Mississippi State 96-59 to reach the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.

USC women's basketball is still reeling from the loss of superstar guard JuJu Watkins after she suffered a season-ending ACL injury early in USC's 96-59 second-round win over Mississippi State on Monday.

Kennedy Smith, Avery Howell and Kayleigh Heckel fill the void left by injured Trojans’ star JuJu Watkins in a gritty Sweet 16 win over Kansas State, setting up a second straight meeting with

Watkins' suffered a season-ending knee injury in the second round. The ramifications extend beyond the Trojans.

Lindsay Gottlieb says "no one deserves online bullying" for what was just a basketball play by Mississippi State's Chandler Prater.

JuJu Watkins may not be on the court with her teammates, but they kept her close with matching shirts. USC faces Kansas State in the Sweet 16

USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb says the sympathy for Watkins, who suffered a torn ACL early in the Trojans’ second-round NCAA Tournament win, “speaks mostly to JuJu and who she is.”