USC Triple-Double: Lindsay Gottlieb talks Women of Troy keeping foot on pedal + USC men get rivalry win

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

The USC Triple-Double Podcast returns with co-hosts Shotgun Spratling and Connor Morrissette (aka Mr. Triple Double) breaking down the men's version of the Trojans winning the latest Crosstown Showdown matchup with UCLA as well as the Women of Troy picking up another top 15 win before having their seven-game win streak snapped.

The Women of Troy remain at No. 7 in the Associated Press top 25 poll and at No. 11 in the NET rankings. The Trojans sit in a three-way tie for second place in the Pac-12 standings before heading on the road for the final week of the regular season. The men's team still sits in 11th place in the conference standings, but inched closer to moving out of the spot following their rivalry win.

USC women's head coach Lindsay Gottlieb joins the show to discuss what the Trojans have to do to keep their foot on the pedal after having their seven-game win streak snapped by a Utah team that has handed the Trojans two of their five losses. Gottlieb discusses maintenance for JuJu Watkins to try to keep her fresh down the stretch and how important the play of Kaitlyn Davis has been for a team with big March Madness aspirations.

After the break, Shotgun and Connor break down all the latest action for both teams, including Boogie Ellis' returning to his Bruin killer status, helping the Trojan men win the Pauley Pavilion iteration of the Crosstown Showdown. They also discuss the continued heightened play of true freshmen Isaiah Collier, who has a 5:2 assist-to-turnover ratio since returning from injury, and JuJu Watkins, who piled on two more 30+ point performances. The podcasting duo also take a look at another quiet week from Bronny James with the biggest news coming not from his play but again from something said by his father LeBron James and the speculation surrounding whether Bronny will enter the 2024 NBA Draft.

Shotgun and Connor also look at the positives and negatives of the recent USC basketball action from both squads and look forward to the next week to preview what lies ahead. For the women, they head to the desert to conclude the regular season with a chance to lock up a top two seed in the Pac-12 Tournament the following week. The men head on the road to the Pacific Northwest to take on No. 19 Washington State and their lone matchup with Washington.

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