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The last perfect DI basketball season has officially fallen, as USC phenom JuJu Watkins put up a historic performance to lead the No. 6 Trojans to a 71-60 win over then-undefeated No. 1 UCLA on Thursday.

Watkins finished the night with 38 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, and eight blocks, becoming the first DI player to register an overall stat-line so robust in 20 years.

“It took everything. It’s been a rough couple weeks for me,” Watkins said after the game, referencing uncharacteristic performances leading up to Thursday’s rivalry matchup. “To be able to kind of snap back into it and get into my rhythm here at Galen versus UCLA, it’s really all I could ask for.”

“I’m really just like a kid out there and living out my dream.”

Throughout the back-and-forth battle, Watkins’s consistency made all the difference. She scored every one of USC’s 14 second-quarter points, and helped lead a monster fourth quarter in which the Trojans slammed the door by outscoring the Bruins 24-8.

“I didn’t teach JuJu any of that,” commented USC head coach Lindsay Gottlieb after the game. “[I] just try to put her in situations to be her best self, and she does most of that work. What I was so impressed with…

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