Ideally, the USC women’s basketball team would lean on JuJu Watkins for her scoring, playmaking and defense.

However, with Watkins sidelined for her junior season after injuring her right ACL in the NCAA tournament, the Trojans have to settle on two things. First, rely on a handful of talented transfer players to compensate for Watkins’ absence. Two, emulate the resiliency and positive attitude that Watkins has displayed during both her rehab and with teammates.

“She’s approaching this with a great mindset,” USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb told EssentiallySports . “We all know that at some point that she’s going to look back on this year. Even though it’s going to be hard and it’s a challenge, she’ll know at some point she’ll be better for having gone through it.”

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