An exciting season ended in destruction Jojo Watkins.
USCSuperstar student suffered from an injury at the end of the season at a victory 96-59 on Monday night over Mississippi The second round of the NCAA championship.
“You will undergo surgery and then start rehabilitation shortly,” women’s basketball at South California University He said in an advertisement Tuesday morning.
The injury was a torn ACL in the right and right knee. Espn I mentioned.
She installed a knee Watskins while walking in the basket in a quarterly quarter in the first quarter, leaving her holding her leg and wrigging pain.
The guard was ultimately transferred from the court.
“I will lie if I said that I did not want to see Jojo dumped on the ground, cry,” said Lindsay Gottlieb, Trojan coach. “I mean, this is a human game. Therefore, I tried, clearly, to be what I need for the team, but internally, it’s a lot.”
The injury placed a sudden end to a season in which Watskins reached 23.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 decisive passes for each game. Usc led to the number 1 in the championship while it was founded as a favorite Naismith player.
She shook her basketball community.
I wrote Lisa Leslie, who played university basketball at South California University On the social media site x. “I know that you will return stronger and better !!”
Chiney Ogwumke, the last of which is sparks, He wrote in another post“One of the brightest stars that the game has ever seen … in a city known for making it. Send the love of Juju.”
Add Chicago Sky Angel Rais, “Pray for Jojo!”
The average of 27.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 decisive passes on the way to a year for the year last year to win by winning a student in the past year and WBCA for the year.
This season, she won the title of best player per year.
Now, USC will try to continue to run it without it. Kiki Areefin scored 36 points in Monday’s victory.
“We have people who are able to intensify,” said Gottlieb.
Trojan horseship No. 5 Kansas is scheduled to face Saturday in The Sweet 16.