{"id":33011,"date":"2025-03-25T07:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=33011"},"modified":"2025-03-25T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:30:43","slug":"juju-watkins-injury-update-what-happened-to-juju-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/juju-watkins-injury-update-what-happened-to-juju-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"JuJu Watkins Injury Update: What happened to JuJu Watkins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USC star JuJu Watkins suffered a serious injury during the Trojans&rsquo; 96-59 victory over Mississippi State in the second round of the women&rsquo;s NCAA Tournament on Monday. She went down with an apparent right knee injury in the first quarter. <\/p><p>Watkins was driving to the basket on the break and sustained a knee sprain. She fell to the court grabbing her knee. The USC star was screaming in pain and left the game with 4:43 left in the first quarter. She left the arena in a wheelchair.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JuJu Watkins was carried off the court and taken to the locker room after suffering an injury on this play. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zFgm8PkVnu\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/zFgm8PkVnu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1904360956614058230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;I would be lying if I told you I wasn&rsquo;t rattled, seeing JuJu on the court and crying,&rdquo; <\/em>USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/how-many-points-did-anthony-davis-score\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>How Many Points Did Anthony Davis Score Last Night? Full Stats vs Nets<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/james-harden-moves-into-11th-on-the-all-time-nba-scoring-list-aims-at-carmelo-anthony\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>James Harden moves into 11th on the all-time NBA scoring list, aims at Carmelo Anthony !<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long is Juju Watkins expected to be sidelined? <\/h2><p>At half-time, No. 1 seed USC stated that Watkins was being evaluated by medical staff. Despite her injury, the Trojans squeezed past Mississippi State 96-59 to reach the Sweet 16 where they will take on Kansas State. <\/p><p>As per Shams Charania, JuJu Watkins, a contender for national player of the honours, has suffered a torn ACL in her right knee, sources tell ESPN. She will undergo surgery and might be out for the remaining NCAA tournament. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: USC phenom JuJu Watkins has suffered a torn ACL in her right knee, sources tell ESPN. She will undergo surgery. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qMvpXTGwI\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/2qMvpXTGwI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1904407495881204155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Watkins&rsquo; absence will dent the Trojans&rsquo; title hopes ahead of the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 matchups. The 19-year-old is averaging 24.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.8 blocks. She has also been named USC&rsquo;s first conference player of the year in 37 years.<\/p><p>USC&rsquo;s graduate transfer Iriafan scored 36 points on 16-for-22 shooting. Freshman Avery Howell dropped 18 points, and Kayleigh Heckel had 13. Rayah Marshall recorded 12 points, including four blocks. Kennedy Smith had five steals and 10 points in Trojans&rsquo; second-round win.  <\/p><p><em>Image Credit: Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JuJu Watkins has suffered a torn ACL in her right knee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":33013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2722,47],"tags":[3548,4764,48],"class_list":["post-33011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-wnba","tag-juju-watkins","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-wnba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>JuJu Watkins Injury Update: What happened to JuJu 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