UConn women's basketball faces USC for Elite Eight rematch

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LOS ANGELES — Prior to the 2023-24 season, the UConn women’s basketball team hardly had any history with USC .

The programs had played just twice, in 2002 and 2003, and the Huskies won both — though the unranked Trojans gave them a challenge during the ‘03 game in Los Angeles, which finished 72-69.

More than two decades later, the matchup is must-see television. When No. 1 UConn faces No. 16 USC at the Galen Center in Los Angles on Saturday, it will mark the fourth meeting between the teams in the last two calendar years and comes on the heels of Trojans’ first-ever win in the series in Hartford last December. UConn has also eliminated USC from back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in the Elite Eight, both times as the lower-seeded team.

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