LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins has heard plenty of comparisons to Caitlin Clark and Cheryl Miller over the past two basketball seasons.
On Friday, they came up again as the University of Southern California sophomore guard reached another milestone.
Watkins got to 1,000 career points during the second half of the third-ranked Trojans’ 81-50 victory over Santa Clara.
Watkins hit the number in her 38th college game — the second-fewest games in NCAA Division I history to reach the scoring milestone — when she sank a jump shot with 6:47 remaining in the third quarter.
“I’m not taking anything for granted. Very blessed to be in this position. This is great, something to build off and continue to work on,” said Watkins, who scored 22 points.