UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — University of California heart Aliyah Edwards left the Huskies’ Big East quarterfinal recreation in opposition to Providence on Saturday after taking an elbow to the nostril.
The damage occurred as she was scrambling for a rebound with offensive finish Sara Bandoma with simply over six minutes left within the third quarter and No. 9 UW main 41-35.
Bandoma was given an intentional foul after evaluation, however Paige Backers missed each foul photographs.
Edward, who scored 12 factors within the recreation, lay on the ground in ache and crying for a number of minutes earlier than being helped to the locker room with a towel over his face. The senior entered the sport and averaged 17.9 factors and 9.5 rebounds per recreation.
UW defeated the Friars 45-18 with the remaining video games as a consequence of accidents and gained 86-53.
Edwards returned to the bench with a nostril splint and cotton in each nostrils with simply over 5 minutes left within the recreation and University main 74-51. Her standing in Sunday’s semifinals remained unclear after the match.
“Just having her there and ensuring she was okay was large,” UW star Paige Backers stated.
Top-seeded UW (26-5, 18-0) misplaced 5 gamers to damage this season and had solely eight obtainable Saturday.
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