All-American forward Madison Booker exited Wednesday’s game against South Dakota State after a terrifying fall to the Moody Center floor, leaving everyone watching with a knot in their stomach. The Texas Longhorns star, one of college basketball’s absolute top talents, did not return to the court after halftime, and the team spokesperson gave an update that no fan wants to hear: she “likely wouldn’t return” to the game.
The Play That Halted Everything
The incident went down with just 1:30 left in the second quarter. Booker was driving hard to the basket, doing what she does best, when South Dakota State’s Mahli Abdouch undercut her on the airborne approach. You saw it, it was nasty. Booker remained on the floor for a moment, a gut-wrenching sight. While she was able to walk off to the Texas bench under her own power, she quickly left for the locker room with a trainer. The silence in the Moody Center must have been deafening.
A Season On Fire, Now On Pause?
Before her exit, Booker had already put up nine points in the game. But that’s just a snapshot. This senior has been absolutely lights out this season, dropping 54 points over Texas’s first two games alone, and shooting an insane 58.8% from the floor. We’re talking about a player who isn’t just good, she’s a program legend, already ranking third in the Texas record books for career scoring. Losing that kind of production, that kind of leadership, is a brutal blow this early in the season.
The team has yet to provide any further information on Booker’s injury, which is exactly what makes this whole situation so nerve-wracking. Every Longhorns fan, and frankly, every college hoops fan, is just waiting, hoping for good news. What happens now? It’s a huge question mark hanging over what was shaping up to be a dominant year for both Booker and the Longhorns.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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