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Jazzy will help fill void left by Juju
Los Angeles Times
|September 23, 2025
When Lindsay Gottlieb set out to rebuild USC’s roster in the spring, she knew there was no way to make up for its most important loss from last season — versatile star JuJu Watkins.
ROBERT GAUTHIER Los Angeles Times USC GUARD JuJu Watkins is "doing great" recovering from a torn ACL, coach Lindsay Gottlieb says.
“No one is filling JuJu’s shoes,” she said. “Those are unique shoes.”
Watkins tore her anterior cruciate ligament in March. She’s “doing great,” according to Gottlieb. “But there’s still no timeline for her return. If she comes back at all this season, Ican’timagine it would be until late in the calendar. Her absence from the lineup is no less than a gaping void.”
But when losing a generational superstar, it sure helps to have another No. 1 prospect in the pipeline.
Enter freshman Jazzy Davidson.
This story is from the September 23, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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