INDIANAPOLIS — It had been a forgettable afternoon for JuJu Watkins when she found herself confronted by a double team on the low block early in the fourth quarter.
To that point, the USC superstar had missed more shots than she had made. Her most memorable moment might have been when she slammed the ball off the court in frustration after getting called for charging in the first half.
With her team tied with Michigan late in this Big Ten tournament semifinal, Watkins was running out of time to assert herself in her team’s biggest game of the season.