USC star JuJu Watkins carried off flooring with harm in opposition to Mississippi State in March Insanity

JuJu Watkins was carried off the ground within the first quarter of top-seeded Southern California’s recreation in opposition to Mississippi State within the girls’s NCAA Event on Monday evening.

Watkins was driving to the basket when she went down between two Bulldogs defenders with 4:43 remaining. She grabbed her proper knee with a pained expression on her face.

The group in Galen Middle went silent as coach Lindsay Gottlieb and two different USC staffers attended to Watkins, a 6-foot-2 sophomore who averages 24.6 factors and is without doubt one of the largest stars within the girls’s recreation. She was carried off the court docket by a number of folks and the sport went to a media timeout with the Trojans main 13-2.

The group loudly booed Mississippi State on its subsequent possession.

Reporting by The Related Press.