STORRS, Conn. – Southern California and UConn gave women’s basketball fans an early holiday gift Monday, announcing a two-game series that will begin with a game at Connecticut just before Christmas next season.
The game, which will be played on Saturday, December 21, will feature two of the college game’s biggest stars: USC’s JuJu Watkins and UConn’s Paige Bueckers.
It will also be a rematch of a regional final in March that saw the Huskies defeat the Trojans 80-73 to advance to the program’s 15th Final Four in the last 16 years.
The schools have not said where the game will be played in Connecticut. UConn plays about half of its home games at Gampel Pavilion on campus and the other half at the XL Center in Hartford. The Huskies also hosted teams at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.
UConn has agreed to face the Trojans in Los Angeles during the 2025-26 season.
The Huskies have won all three of the previous games between the two programs.
