Paige Bueckers scored 15 points before exiting with an injury in No. 7 UConn's 83-52 rout of host Villanova on Sunday, but Huskies coach Geno Auriemma said, after the victory, that 'she'll be fine. She looks good. I'm optimistic, let's put it that way.
Paige Bueckers heads to the locker room after getting tangled up and returns to the bench with her knee wrapped in ice. before getting hurt with 1:17 left in the third quarter after a collision near midcourt. Bueckers was going for a loose ball when Villanova's"She's pretty good. I mean, it was unfortunate, the kid dove for the ball and I'm sure people saw. Paige turned her back and it was a weird situation," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said after the win.
Bueckers -- who tore the ACL in that knee in 2022, an injury that sidelined her for a year -- sat on the court for a minute before limping off. She went to the locker room before returning to the bench a few minutes later. She did not return to the floor. "It's not the worst that we can imagine," Auriemma said."So, that's great news considering how awkward it was.", who led UConn with 21 points, had 10 of them in the opening 10 minutes. UConn extended the advantage over Villanova to 43-26 at the half.
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