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OKLAHOMA CITY — Candace Parker dislocated her left shoulder in the first half of Tennessee’s regional final against Texas A&M on Tuesday night.
The 6-foot-4 All-American had just stolen the ball and was dribbling up court in transition when she curled to the side and stopped.
A team trainer met her on the court and escorted her to the locker room with 3:50 remaining in the first half. She returned to the bench a minute later and checked in at the first chance, but then clutched it again while trying to deflect a pass by Texas A&M’s La Toya Micheaux and went back to the locker room with 15.6 seconds left.
She was not with her team when it came out of the locker room after halftime, and team spokesman Debby Jennings said trainers were trying to restore strength to the shoulder.
Prior to the injury, she had scored Tennessee’s previous 16 points.
“It’s not good for us, certainly not good for Candace,” Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt said. “We’ll just see if we can support it at all at halftime. (Trainer) Jenny Moshak’s the best in the business.”
Parker returned to the bench with 14:19 remaining and checked back into the game at the 10:39 mark with the game tied.
A two-time All-American, Parker hurt her right shoulder in Tennessee’s second-round game against Purdue but Jennings said she had not previously injured the left shoulder.
Summitt said earlier this week that she has not been having the Lady Vols’ go full-court in practice to try to keep her team healthy.
Tennessee, the defending national champion, was seeking its 18th Final Four appearance.
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Posted by ratkins589 on April 1, 2008 at 8:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
we will prevail
Posted by Brutus on April 1, 2008 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Great job Candace! We pray for a quick and complete recovery for you.
Posted by jh43 on April 1, 2008 at 9:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sickening to watch Candace in pain, and thinking her career would end at UT like this. Thank God she was able to come back and not only make some big plays, but give our team the lift we needed. Great job Candace, and great job team and coaches.
Go Lady Vols!
Posted by faithfulvol on April 1, 2008 at 10:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Lots of prayer needs to go up for Parker. She is amazing to the game and she deserves lots of prayers from all of us fans.
Posted by VolMama on April 1, 2008 at 10:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
God Bless Candace and the rest of our team. Way to step up Alexis. Two more to go. It would be great to have #8 in '08.
Posted by anosikefan on April 2, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Way to play through the pain Candace! I think CP3 showed the Nation just what she is made of...toughness! I'm so proud of our team! What strength they had last night! It's great to be a Tennessee Lady Vol!!! Speedy recovery Candace...we love you and wish you a speedy get well! Godspeed!
Get ready Tampa here we come!!! 8 in 08 baby!!!
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