South Carolina women's basketball: Maddy McDaniel injury update
Dawn Staley provided an update on point guard Maddy McDaniel, who left Monday’s game against Grand Canyon with a knee injury.
McDaniel was at practice shooting and working on the side, but she did not practice and is doubtful to play on Friday.
“Maddy’s up and moving around,” Staley said. “I doubt (she’ll play). You’ve got to have some prep day.”
With McDaniel out, the backup point guard will be “a little bit of everybody,” according to Staley.
McDaniel played eight minutes in the season opener against Grand Canyon. She had three points and two assists in her limited playing time.
McDaniel left the game with 4:04 left in the first half. She banged knees with a Grand Canyon player who was setting a screen and crumpled to the court. She stayed down for a couple of minutes before being helped to the locker room by Staley and trainer Craig Oates.
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Staley did not have an update on McDaniel after the game but said, “Maddy’s pretty tough, so I’m not too worried.” Staley joked that McDaniel wouldn’t practice on Tuesday, before admitting it was an off day anyway.
McDaniel averaged 3.1 points and 1.7 assists last season. She was one of the surprises of the first half of the season, arguably outplaying Raven Johnson for the first couple of months. Johnson and McDaniel are the only point guards on South Carolina’s roster this season.
But McDaniel suffered a concussion that cost her the first three weeks after Christmas and then struggled to get back into the rotation during the SEC schedule.
South Carolina’s roster is already injury-depleted. Ashlyn Watkins is sitting out the season after tearing her ACL in January. Chloe Kitts tore her ACL in October and is out for the season. That leaves South Carolina with just 10 players, meaning every bump or bruise is critical.
South Carolina hosts Bowling Green on Friday and then in-state rival Clemson on November 11. Then the Gamecocks travel to California for a neutral-site game against Southern Cal in Los Angeles on November 15.