A career day from USC freshman guard Jazzy Davidson was not enough for the Trojans to pull off a potential major upset over the No. 10 Ohio State Buckeyes in a narrow 88-83 loss at the Schottenstein Center on Sunday, Feb. 22.
Davidson, who leads USC in scoring at 17.4 points per game, caught fire from beyond the arc on Sunday, shooting 6-for-9 on threes en route to scoring a career-high 32 points.
Matching Davidson’s career night with a heater of her own was Ohio State sophomore guard Jaloni Cambridge, who scored 16 of her 33 points on the day in the fourth quarter to help seal the Buckeye victory.
After a back-and-forth contest through quarters, USC led 65-61 at the 8:23 mark of the final period before giving up an untimely 14-0 run to Ohio State, with seven of those points coming from Cambridge.
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#3 G Londynn Jones of USC dribbles the ball up court during an NCAA basketball game against Tennessee Tech on November 25, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
Forced to play the foul game with just under three minutes to play, three timely Trojan three-point makes gave Ohio State head coach Kevin McGuff a late scare, but the Buckeyes were able to hold on to snap a two-game losing skid.While USC’s shooting from distance kept them in it throughout, as the Trojans shot 11-for-25 from three-point range, turnovers ultimately proved to be their downfall against the Buckeyes.
Ohio State’s stifling defense forced transition opportunity after transition opportunity, leading to 25 USC turnovers, with nine coming from Davidson.
For the Trojans, Sunday’s loss marks the end of a six-game winning streak, as they narrowly hold onto the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten and a potential first-round bye in the conference tournament.
Sitting at a 9-7 Big Ten record, USC will travel to Penn State on Wednesday before finishing the regular season against No. 2 UCLA at home on Sunday, March 1.