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USC Watkins Basketball
FILE - USC guard JuJu Watkins (12) plays against Purdue during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins is adding more hardware to her trophy case.
The Southern California sophomore guard won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation's outstanding women's basketball player on Saturday. She beat out UConn's Paige Bueckers, who won in 2021, by 46 votes.
Watkins was honored as the The Associated Press player of the year on Friday.