In what felt like a potential Final Four preview, the visiting No. 6 Notre Dame Irish, who led wire to wire, played spoiler to a crowd of 7,894 at Galen Center in Los Angeles, defeating No. 3 USC 74-61 to hand the Trojans their first loss of the season.

If you take the bait and bring a nationally ranked Notre Dame women’s basketball team to your building, maybe even put it on national television and/or primetime, you’re playing right into the Irish hands. And, likely, playing your way into a loss.

The sixth-ranked Fighting Irish come into the Galen Center for a 74-61 defeat of the third-ranked Trojans, who show little punch behind superstar JuJu Watkins