Generally November battles between Notre Dame and USC with both teams ranked in the nation's top 10 are reserved for football. Saturday however saw the No. 6 Notre Dame women's basketball team travel to Los Angeles and take care of business against No. 3 ...

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.

No. 6-ranked Notre Dame women's basketball passed its first real test of the season when it beat No. 3 Southern California, 74-61, in Los Angeles Saturday. The Irish will take a 5-0 record into the Caymans Islands Classic next weekend, when they will play No. 19 TCU on Friday and Utah on Saturday. Both games are set to tip at 5 p.m. (ET).

Everyone wanted to see the Notre Dame and USC women's basketball teams play each other. The biggest reason was to see Hannah Hidalgo and JuJu Watkins go up against each other. We got the first of what will be at least two meetings between the teams Saturday in Los Angeles,

We analyze Saturday’s USC vs. Notre Dame women’s basketball game with odds and lines, predictions and best bets.

Hannah Hidalgo scored 24 points and No. 6 Notre Dame defeated JuJu Watkins and third-ranked Southern California 74-61 on Saturday in a marquee matchup on the West Coast. Watkins and the Trojans (4-1) fell behind early and were down 21 points in the fourth quarter.

No. 3 USC will face their biggest challenge of this early season on Saturday (4 p.m. ET, NBC) against No. 6 Notre Dame.