College basketball: UConn's Paige Bueckers injures knee

UConn sophom*ore Paige Bueckers (5) sustained a knee injury in the fourth quarter of a win over Notre Dame on Sunday in Storrs, Conn. Photo by Stephen Slade/UConn Athletics

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- UConn guard Paige Bueckers, the reigning women's basketball National Player of the Year, sustained a non-contact left knee injury late in a Huskies win over rival Notre Dame.

Bueckers sustained the injury with about 44 seconds remaining in the 73-54 victory Sunday in Storrs, Conn. Huskies coach Geno Auriemma told reporters that the initial diagnosis was a hyperextension.

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"You immediately put yourself in that kid's shoes," Auriemma said. "That's the part that really hits you in the pit of your stomach.

"Initial report is that she might have hyperextended it, but I think the first thing that goes through your mind is the worst thing."

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