SAN DIEGO – The San Diego women's basketball program (2-0, 0-0 WCC) returns home for a matchup of two unbeaten teams, hosting USC (2-0, 0-0 PAC-12) on Tuesday night at 6 p.m., in the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• San Diego polished off their first road win of the season behind some strong defense, defeating Portland State 57-47 on Saturday afternoon in Portland, Ore.
• Amanda Olinger matched a career-high in points with 13, while the Toreros stifled the Vikings on defense, forcing 25 turnovers and recording 10 steals.
• Myah Pace added 12 points and six rebounds, while Kasey Neubert tallied 10 points and six rebounds.

 
OPPONENT HISTORY

• The Toreros and Trojans are meeting for the first time since 2004, with San Diego trailing in the all-time series 0-3.
• The last time these two teams met, the Trojans earned a 68-47 win in San Diego.

 
WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• Head Coach Cindy Fisher returns for her 18th year at the helm of the program, fresh off a second round finish at the 2022 WNIT.
• Fisher adds two new coaches to the staff this season, as Jualeah Woods and Rachel Nagel enter their first season as assistant coaches at San Diego.
• San Diego welcomes four newcomers to the roster for the 2022-23 season. Transfers Jess Finney (Washington) and Claire Gallagher (Lafayette) join the team as sophomores, while freshmen Melesungu Afeaki and Veronica Sheffey get set for their first season in San Diego.
• San Diego is off to a tremendous start on the glass, recording their most rebounds in a single game since 2020 in the win over Biola.
• The team followed that up with another huge rebounding margin at Portland State and now lead the WCC in rebounding margin (20.5) and offensive rebounds per game (19.0).
• The Toreros have started the season 2-0 for the first time since the 2019-20 season, when they finished 20-11.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Last season's squad let the NCAA in steals with 410 and ranked second nationally in steals per game at 12.8. The team has picked up right where they left off, tallying 20 steals in the exhibition against Concordia, seven in the win over Biola and 10 at Portland State.
• The Toreros are seeking their first win over a Pac-12 opponent since a 59-54 win over Arizona on Nov. 21, 2015 in the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
• Pace is closing in on several milestones in her highly successful Torero career, sitting just 138 points away from 1,000 and 31 rebounds away from 500 in her collegiate career.
• In addition, Pace ranks fifth all-time in career steals with 206 and is 15 away from tying Amy Kame for fourth place.

 
HOW TO FOLLOW
The game against USC will be streamed on the WCC Network, with live stats provided by statbroadcast. To stay up to date with Toreros women's basketball, follow the team on Instagram & Twitter by searching "USDwbb".