In front of a home crowd that needed “some semblance of normalcy” amid L.A. fires, as Cheryl Miller put it, Watkins dazzles with 35 points on 13-of-15 shooting in a 95-73 victory.

A university spokesperson says air quality levels are being monitored outside and inside Galen Center ahead of Sunday evening’s Big Ten matchup.

The No. 4 USC Trojans women’s basketball team is 16-1, with an undefeated 6-0 record in Big Ten conference play. The Trojans are coming off a dominating win aga

Among the crowd were several children, actor Vivica A. Fox, and Cherie Nelson, a former USC player who once held the program’s scoring record. Nelson brought her 98-year-old mother, who lost her Altadena home to the fires.

Cherie Nelson, who held the program's scoring record for many years with a 50-point game, was among several Trojan alumni at Galen Center. She brought her 98-year-old mother, whose house in nearby Altadena was destroyed in the wildfires last week.

JuJu Watkins and No. 4 USC tried to bring 'some fun' to weary and fire-ravaged Los Angeles in Saturday's win over Penn State.

whose house in nearby Altadena was destroyed in the wildfires. “She told us she’d been reading about how well we’ve been doing and wanted to come and meet JuJu and meet the team and then her mom lost her home,” Trojans coach Lindsay Gottlieb said.