USC stuns top-seeded Stanford to win women's Pac-12 tournament title

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McKenzie Forbes finishes with 26 points and five rebounds as second-seeded USC defeats No. 1 Stanford to win the women's Pac-12 tournament title.

McKenzie Forbes threw the ball with two hands backwards over her head. Tears marked Rayah Marshall’s cheeks as she threw a t-shirt into the crowd. JuJu Watkins shared a bear hug with Tommy Trojan. These are the final queens of the Pac-12. USC won its first Pac-12 championship since 2014, knocking off top-seeded Stanford 74-61 on Sunday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in the last Pac-12 tournament.

Forbes sank 11 of 21 shots. Rayah Marshall and Kaitlyn Davis led USC’s tough effort on the boards, where the Trojans outrebounded Stanford 48-28. It didn’t matter that Watkins was held to a season scoring low and remained four points away from tying Cheryl Miller’s USC single-season scoring record. The Trojans controlled the game from the start despite playing a grueling double-overtime game in the semifinals. They took a nine-point lead into halftime despite Watkins scoring just two points.

 

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