Injury troubles continue for UConn women’s basketball, as star guard Azzi Fudd is out indefinitely after reinjuring her right knee.
Fudd exited Sunday’s win against Georgetown with the injury, then missed Tuesday’s win against Seton Hall to undergo testing. There is “no timeline” for her return, the team announced Friday.
Still, UConn coach Geno Auriemma provided a bit more information Friday afternoon, saying Fudd will not bear any weight on her knee for the next two weeks. She will be reevaluated after that.
The first injury to her right knee came in a Dec. 4 loss to Notre Dame. While Fudd missed the next eight games for the No. 5 Huskies (16-2), she returned on Jan. 11, scoring 14 points in 20 minutes off the bench to help the team to a dominant win against St. John’s.
“It sucked,” Fudd said of her injury after that game. “Any injury for anyone, it’s always the worst. Just having to sit on the side for so long and having to watch everyone with the injuries we’ve been dealing with, having to watch our team go through these ups and downs and knowing that I can’t be on the court helping them has been worse. So I’m just really happy to be back on the floor.”
Four days later, in UConn’s next game, she…
