Injuries force TCU’s women’s basketball cancels games, holds tryouts

TCU started the season undefeated in non-conference play for the primary time in program historical past and ranked for the primary time since February, 2023. Then, accidents took over, stalling any kind of momentum that was gained through the first a part of the season. 

The accidents started earlier this month when star grad pupil middle Sedona Prince was sidelined with a damaged finger. There may be at the moment no timeline for Prince to return, however she is anticipated to play once more this season in keeping with ESPN’s Alexa Phillippou. 

Then, grad pupil level guard Jaden Owens tore her ACL towards Houston on Saturday. The crew introduced that she would miss the remainder of the season. 

Redshirt sophomore ahead DaiJa Turner, who had changed Prince within the beginning lineup, was the following Horned Frog to get bit with the damage bug. Turner tried to play by means of an ankle damage suffered earlier within the season, however re-aggravated it throughout a follow, forcing her to overlook the remainder of the marketing campaign.

In line with Steven Johnson of the Fort Value Star-Telegram, TCU is now down to only six scholarship gamers after “a lot of gamers” along with Turner sustained accidents in follow Tuesday. 

It has not been introduced which gamers outdoors of Prince, Owens and Turner are additionally injured. 

One thing comparable occurred final season with IUPUI Males’s Basketball. Down to only six obtainable gamers, they held an open tryout in order that they might run more practical practices and put their obtainable gamers in the very best place to succeed. 

TCU has been one of many higher packages within the nation this season and has drastically benefited from NIL, getting the dedication of high-profile transfers like Prince for this season and former Miami guard Haley Cavinder for subsequent season. 

Nonetheless, they’ve taken an enormous step again by making the choice to forfeit video games. Regardless of solely having six scholarship gamers, they do have walk-ons obtainable who’re in a position to play in video games. Whereas it will not be very best, they’ll nonetheless discipline a crew. 

The choice to forfeit these video games and the obvious mismanagement of Turner’s damage are a stain on a program that appeared prefer it was turning into a powerhouse within the Huge 12.