The 2025–26 USC Trojans women's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans were led by fifth-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, and played their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. This marks the program's second season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season The Trojans finished the 2024–25 season 31–4, 17–1 in Big Ten play to win the regular season Big Ten title. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Indiana in the quarterfinals and Michigan in the semifinals before losing to UCLA in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Spokane Region 4, where they defeated UNC Greensboro and Mississippi State to advance to the sweet sixteen, where they defeated Kansas State before losing to national champion in a rematch of last year's elite eight to UConn.

Offseason Departures USC departures Aaliyah Gayles 3 G 5'9" Sophomore Las Vegas, NV Transferred to Utah State Kayleigh Heckel 9 G 5'9" Freshman Port Chester, NY Transferred to UConn Rayah Marshall 13 F/C 6'4" Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 25th overall by Connecticut Sun Dominique Darius 21 G 5'10" Junior Jacksonville, FL Transferred to Syracuse Avery Howell 23 G 6'0" Freshman Boise, ID Transferred to Washington Clarice Akunwafo 34 C 6'6" Senior Anambra State, Nigeria Graduated Kiki Iriafen 44 F 6'3" Graduate student Los Angeles, CA Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 4th overall by Washington Mystics Talia von Oelhoffen 55 G 5'11" Graduate student Pasco, WA Graduated

Incoming transfers USC incoming transfers Londynn Jones 3 G 5'4" Senior Riverside, CA UCLA Yakiya Milton 7 F 6'4" Junior Jacksonville, FL Auburn Dayana Mendes 13 F 6'2" Sophomore Paris, France Washington State Kara Dunn 25 G 5'11" Senior Dallas, GA Georgia Tech

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source: USCTrojans.com

Game summaries This section will be filled in as the season progresses.

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vs New Mexico State

No. 9 NC State (Ally Tipoff)

South Carolina (The Real SC)

vs Portland

at No. 24 Notre Dame

vs Tennessee Tech

vs Pepperdine

vs Saint Mary's

vs No. 21 Washington

vs No. 1 UConn

vs Cal Poly

California (Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic)

at No. 20 Nebraska

at No. 4 UCLA (rivalry)

vs Oregon

at Minnesota

vs No. 12 Maryland

vs Purdue

at No. 13 Michigan State

at Michigan

vs Iowa

vs Rutgers

at Northwestern

at Illinois

vs Indiana

vs Wisconsin

at Ohio State

at Penn State

vs No. 2 UCLA (rivalry)

(8) Washington (Big Ten Tournament - second round)

(9 S4) Clemson (NCAA Tournament - first round)

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Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

See also 2025–26 USC Trojans men's basketball team

References

External links USC Athletics site USC Basketball fan forums