The 6-foot-4 junior has anchored the Trojans’ push in the NCAA Tournament going into Saturday’s Sweet 16 matchup against an undersized Baylor frontcourt
USC center Rayah Marshall yells after making a basket while being fouled during the second half against Arizona in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Tournament on March 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. PORTLAND, Ore. — Rayah Marshall has a rather particular vocabulary. Her coaches know it. At times, when speaking with media, USC’s gregarious center will substitute interesting nouns in the middle of standard sentences or pull a random anecdote from thin air.
This saying, Marshall said, started when assistant Beth Burns arrived in 2022, a grizzled no-nonsense defensive mind. Burns’ brows furrowed, confused, at mention of it. Rayah being Rayah. But head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, a unique linguist herself whose favorite term – juicy – has penetrated USC’s vocabulary, smiled ear-to-ear Wednesday at Marshall’s comments.
So Gottlieb and her staff have entered locker rooms and delivered the message: No punks in here. They’re trying to punk us. We can’t get punked. As a sophomore last year, the 6-foot-4 former Lynwood High star was unquestionably dominant, the focal point of the Trojans’ roster and a nightly double-double who stuffed 3.5 shots a game. She was long, Burns affirmed, in a conversation last month. She was bouncy, around the rim. But the stats masked slight lapses in awareness, where Marshall didn’t have a complete grasp on Burns’ and USC’s coverages.
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