Watkins is an impact player on both sides of the ball when healthy. She averaged 7.2 points per game, was second on the team in rebounding (6.4 per game) and was No. 4 in the SEC with an average of 1.86 blocks through 14 games.

South Carolina forward Ashlyn Watkins will miss the remainder of the season after tearing the ACL in her left knee, the school announced. Watkins suffered the injury in the first half of the No. 2 Gamecocks’ 95-68 win over Mississippi State.

With SC star Ahslyn Watkins now expected to miss the remainder of the season, coach Dawn Staley hopes that other players will step up.

Watkins exited the Gamecocks’ 95-68 win over Mississippi State on Sunday in the second quarter after landing awkwardly on her knee. The junior was unable to leave the court under her own power and had to be helped to the locker room.

It’s been a challenging year for Ashlyn Watkins and the South Carolina Gamecocks. The post What Happened to Ashlyn Watkins? Dawn Staley’s Key South Carolina Star Suffers Season Ending Injury appeared first on EssentiallySports.

South Carolina's Ashlyn Watkins will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ACL in Sunday's win over Mississippi State, the school announced Tuesday.

Watkins, who averaged 7.2 points off the bench for the Gamecocks, suffered the injury during the first half of Sunday's win over Mississippi State.

South Carolina women's basketball player Ashlyn Watkins is out for the year after sustaining a torn ACL in last week's win over Mississippi State.

Latest updates after forward Ashlyn Watkins suffered an injury in South Carolina women's basketball's road game at Mississippi State on Sunday