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03/06/2012
USC Women Carry Six-Game Win Streak Into Pac-12 Tournament
No. 3 seeded Trojans open the Pacific Life Pac-12 Tournament in the quarterfinals on Thursday night at Galen Center.
02/25/2012
USC Surges For Senior Day Win Over ASU
Women of Troy fight back for a 59-53 victory over the visiting Sun Devils.
01/19/2012
USC Women Dump The Ducks 92-73
Briana Gilbreath and Christina Marinacci finish with double-double in USC's fifth straight win.
11/07/2011
No. 23 USC Women Top Westmont In Exhibition Action
Trojans pull away for a 77-65 victory over the Warriors at Galen Center.
11/04/2011
No. 23 USC Women Set To Kick Off 2011-12 Campaign
Season opener comes Friday at 5 p.m. at Galen Center in a doubleheader with the USC men.
THIS SEASON
Alexyz Vaioletama enters her first season at USC.
NATIONAL TEAMS
Vaioletama was invited to participate in the 2011 U.S. Under-19 team trials... Was a member of the USA U-16 National Team that won gold at the 2009 FIBA Americas tournament... Also competed for the U.S. U-17 team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Vaioletama was selected a A McDonald's All-American and earned All-CIF Southern Section honors out of Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, Calif.... Ranked as the nation's No. 6 forward and No. 14 overall player in the ESPNU Rankings Class of 2011... Also named to the 2011 Los Angeles Times All-Star Team, averaged 10.7 points and 7.5 rebounds as a senior... Mater Dei won back-to-back CIF state championships... Played club for West Coast Premier and Irvine Sol... An honor student.
PERSONAL
Alexyz Anissa Vaioletama was born June 12, 1993 in Riverside, Calif.... The daughter of Vaovasa and Caroline Tuato... Has three brothers, Jonah and Marcus Tuato and Christian Petero... Her cousin Steve Francis played in the NBA... Favorite food is Hawaiian... Has always wanted to travel around the world, visiting Rome, Germany, New Zealand and Australia... Hopes to play basketball overseas after graduation... Majoring in communication and broadcasting.
