LOS ANGELES —

(AP) -- Joyce Edwards had 17 points and 10 rebounds and No. 2 South Carolina beat Jazzy Davidson and eighth-ranked Southern California 69-52 on Saturday night in a matchup billed as The Real SC at Crypto.com Arena.

Raven Johnson and Tessa Johnson scored 14 points each for the Gamecocks (4-0).

Kennedy Smith scored 12 points and Kara Dunn added 10 to the lead for the Trojans (2-1), whose star player watched from the end of the bench. JuJu Watkins isn’t playing this season while rehabbing from a torn ACL sustained in the NCAA Tournament in March.

Davidson, a highly touted freshman, had eight points on 4 of 11 shooting and four turnovers. She was coming off a 21-point performance in a 69-68 win over then-No. 9 North Carolina State.

Leading by two at halftime, the Gamecock

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