2008.10.30
Cavs' Kellum out for season
Paulisha Kellum, charged with replacing Sharnee Zoll at point guard for the Virginia women's basketball team, has been lost for the season with a torn ACL in right knee, the school announced Thursday.
"This is a tremendous loss for our program," coach Debbie Ryan said in a news release.
The Cavaliers were picked to finished fourth in the ACC in the league's preseason media poll.
Kellum started at the 2 guard spot in 31 of 33 games last season, averaging 9 points and 3.2 assists a game.
Ryan said this fall the 5-foot-8 junior from Upper Marlboro, Md., was the leading candidate to fill the role of point guard, along with freshman Ariana Moorer, of Woodbridge, and senior Britnee Millner, of Martinsville.
According to the news release, Kellum was injured in a scrimmage against George Mason on Saturday and the extent of the injury was revealed by an MRI on Tuesday.
"I know Paulisha will come back as strong as ever and of course we will see her through every step of the way," Ryan said in the release.
-- katrina waugh
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Debbie Ryan is one of the nicest people I've ever met. That's a major reason she's still at UVa at a time when fans get dissatisfied very quickly. This injury is just what Ryan DOESN'T need. Yes, it sure is a tremendous loss for the program, just as Debbie says. Without a point guard,
this might be a long, long season. And the letters from other fans (not me) to Craig Littlepage might resume.
http://www.nkscouting.com
Comment by Nelson — November 3, 2008 @ 1:50 am