Women’s basketball needs faces of future to be Black. Enter JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo

JuJu Watkins crossed over her defender, stepped into the lane and floated a pretty runner into the hoop. The whistle blew, and Watkins stepped to the line for an and-1. Over the Galen Center loudspeaker, the voice of DJ Malski, the Trojans’ in-house hype man, rang above the crowd.

“Yeahhhhhhh, Ju,” Malski crowed as Watkins swished her free throw attempt.

“Yeahhhhhhh, Ju,” the crowd parroted back.  Read More