USC star JuJu Watkins breaks silence
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"Thank you all for the incredible love and support. Seeing all your messages and kind words has meant the world to me — y’all have given me so much hope," Watkins wrote in a post to her Instagram sto...
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"Right now, my heart is with my teammates. I wish I could have been out there battling, but I couldn't be prouder of the fight we've fought together."
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Knowing her squad needed her against Huskies superstar Paige Bueckers, who is playing with the urgency of a star running out of college runway.
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As the USC statement indicated, Watkins will require surgery and then rehab. In recent history, women’s basketball players have needed about a year to recover from a torn ACL. For example, UConn’s Azzi Fudd, LSU’s Sa’Myah Smith and Ole Miss’ KK Deans each tore an ACL in November 2023 yet returned to game action by November 2024.
JuJu Watkins spoke out for the first time since her torn ACL that kept her out of USC's run in the women's NCAA tournament, and she waited until her team was eliminated by UConn on Monday night.
USC women's basketball superstar JuJu Watkins suffered a season-ending knee injury Monday night. Here's the latest news and updates.
When JuJu Watkins crumbled to the hardwood last week with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, it wasn’t just the end of her sophomore campaign, but the beginning of a long, grueling journey.
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USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said during a press conference on Friday that JuJu Watkins' season-ending ACL tear was not the result of a dirty play. Gottlieb also condemned the online abuse that Mississippi State players have faced in the wake of the injury,