JuJu Watkins’ injury sends shockwaves through Galen Center, basketball world
Swanson: JuJu Watkins’ injury sends shockwaves through Galen Center, basketball world. What rotten fortune all around, that the best college player in the country – and the coolest – was ousted from the NCAA Tournament not by an upset but by injury. LOS ANGELES — The grimace we hadn’t seen before. Like JuJu Watkins’ silky Euro steps and her 50-point banger and ridiculous scoring stats – 1,000 collegiate points faster than anyone in history – it was something new. But a grimace like this, no, we hadn’t ever wanted to see. We won’t be able to unsee. Watkins’ right knee crumpled beneath her as she drove with 4:43 to play in the first quarter of the top-seeded USC women’s basketball team’s 96-59 second-round blowout of No. 9 Mississippi State on Monday night at the Galen Center. Immediately, Watkins grabbed her right knee. And grimaced. It was awful. Sickening. Devastating.
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