Southern Cal star JuJu Watkins is ready for the bright lights of the Big Ten OLIVIA JANIK Oct 7, 2024 Oct 7, 2024 Updated Dec 20, 2024 Southern Cal All-American JuJu Watkins is one of the faces of college women's basketball. Associated Press Archives Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save OLIVIA JANIK ROSEMONT, Ill. — JuJu Watkins became a star nearly the second she stepped onto the basketball court last November for Southern Cal.kAm%96 t$!*D qC62<E9C@F89 pE9=6E6 @7 E96 *62C E2==:65 ba A@:?ED :? 96C 4@==686 563FE[ 96=A:?8 96C E62> FAD6E E96?\}@] f ~9:@ $E2E6]k^AmkAm(2E<:?D C6EFC?D 7@C 96C D@A9@>@C6 D62D@? H:E9 ?2E:@?2= 492>A:@?D9:A 2>3:E:@?D @? 2? 6G6? 3:886C DE286 2D E96 %C@;2?D ;@:? 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