Everything is hopping again. The ESPN Power Rankings were snoozy just a few weeks ago, with few games and little movement before the holidays.
But an undefeated team lost for the second week in a row, leaving only No. 1 South Carolina with an unblemished record. USC toppled previously unbeaten UCLA 73-65 in Round 2 of the “Battle of L.A.” on Sunday.
It came just over two weeks after Round 1, when the teams met at UCLA and the Bruins won 71-64. Sunday’s victory jumped the Trojans back into the Power Rankings’ top 10 as super freshman JuJu Watkins had 32 points and 10 rebounds. She has six games of 30 or more points; the record for most in a season (10) belongs to USC legend Cheryl Miller, who was watching courtside at the Galen Center on Sunday.
The Bruins’ loss made way for another Pac-12 team to move into the No. 2 spot: Colorado completed the climb by beating Stanford on Sunday. That also delayed, at least for one more game, Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer tying Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski for the most career coaching victories in NCAA college…
