Kiki Iriafen is thriving at USC and driving up her WNBA Draft stock
Kiki Iriafen had a breakout season last year for the Stanford Cardinals averaging 19.4 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists in her junior year campaign. But she shocked the college basketball world when she announced that she was transferring to the University of Southern California for her final season of basketball.
Not only was she leaving a Stanford program that lost Cameron Brink and historic coach Tara VanDerveer, but she was joining forces with college basketball phenom JuJu Watkins. However when Iriafen was asked about the transfer reasoning she said it was for "personal family reasons."
Now seven games into the season as a Trojan, Iriafen has thrived in her new role. She is playing more minutes per game, up to 29.3, and averaging 18.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, shooting 50.5 percent from the floor so far.
She has played a large role in USC's 6-1 start to the season and has been the most impactful interior player that the Trojans have seen in the paint in a long time. Iriafen and Watkins both scored 30 points in a win over St. Louis on Friday, becoming the first duo to score 30 points in a game for USC since 2000.
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