USC women open NCAA Tournament by routing Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

LOS ANGELES — The journey had been severe, a season of bruises and sprained ankles and halftime IVs for JuJu Watkins, a freshman who’d visibly drain every percentage of sweat left in her body in brutal Pac-12 battles and then push againfor another bucket. The destination couldn’t have been easier, as Watkins sauntered to the cup in the first quarter of Saturday’s NCAA Tournament matchup with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. She snuck to the hole on a backcut, dropping in a layup without any brush of content, a few minutes after...