It’s probably not what the Big Ten expected when the league opened its doors to UCLA and USC this season: two West Coast schools dominating the women’s basketball standings. The crosstown rivals meet Saturday at sold-out Pauley Pavilion in a winner-take-all game to decide their new league’s regular-season champion.

No. 1 ranked UCLA its first defeat of the season thanks almost entirely to a historic performance from JuJu Watkins. The star sophomore went off for 38 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and eight blocks to become the first Division I player in the last 20 years to have a 35-point,

When No. 2 UCLA and No. 4 Southern California meet Saturday in Los Angeles, the Bruins will be in pursuit of payback for their only loss of the season. And

After nearly four months of battle, the regular season Big Ten women's basketball title will officially come down to one game. On Wednesday, UCLA went on the road and blew out Wisconsin 91-61. The Bruins' win ensured that Saturday night's Crosstown Showdown at Pauley Pavilion against USC will decide sole possession of the conference title.