Lindsay Gottlieb hypes up the Galen Center crowd after USC defeats UCLA

The USC Trojans women’s basketball team has been the opposite of the disappointing men’s basketball program. On Sunday, the Galen Center was full of fans who were on hand to watch UCLA and USC play each other.

This time, the packed house wasn’t because of the men’s team. The women’s programs took center stage, facing off in a top-10 showdown.

By the end of it, the Trojans got the victory and gave UCLA its first loss of the year. 

After the game ended, USC head coach Lindsay Gottlieb grabbed the mic and delivered a powerful message to the fans in attendance. What was an irrelevant, obscure, and unsuccessful program a few short years ago is now on the national radar screen. The Trojans are the talk of Los Angeles after their 73-65 win over UCLA on Sunday.

There was an attendance record set for the game, and fans were lining up outside of the Galen Center hours prior to this massive showdown.

Gottlieb and USC have done it: They defeated UCLA and are one loss behind Colorado in the Pac-12 Conference.

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