HARTFORD, Conn. — When Breanna Stewart heard UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers had torn the ACL in her left knee this week, she couldn’t help but think back to her own experience going through injuries, most notably an Achilles tendon tear in 2019.
Bueckers, who led the Huskies to the national title game last season after missing 19 games with an injury in the same knee, suffered the tear during a pickup game earlier this week. She will have surgery Friday and sit out the 2022-23 season.
“Really just devastated for Paige,” Stewart said. “I’m sure she’s asking herself why, and you don’t know why. It’s just gonna be her journey. It’s gonna be her story. It’s gonna be the way that she fights back through adversity.”
