USC’s McKenzie Forbes drives past the Long Beach State defense in the second quarter of the Trojans’ 85-77 win Thursday. Even when McKenzie Forbes was a freshman at California, Lindsay Gottlieb knew the McDonald’s All-American guard was a gamer. 6 USC survive Long Beach State’s upset bid 85-77 on Thursday at Walter Pyramid. Long Beach State had four double-digit scorers, led by 17 from Savannah Tucker. “We knew we were going to give up something and somebody was going to take Watkins’ shots, you just didn’t know where,” Long Beach State first-year coach Amy Wright said.

Source: Forbes December 22, 2023 10:24 UTC