Baugh's surgery called successful

Tennessee women’s basketball forward Vicki Baugh had successful knee surgery Tuesday at the UT Medical Center, said Jenny Moshak, UT associate athletics director for sports medicine.

“Drs. Greg Mathien and Russell Betcher, UT team orthopaedists, performed surgery on Vicki’s left knee this afternoon,” said Moshak. “The surgery addressed the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) revision and repaired the medial meniscus tear of her knee.”

Moshak said Baugh’s surgery went well and she will begin rehabilitation of the knee immediately.

Baugh, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, injured the knee Feb. 2 in the second half of a 80-70 loss at Oklahoma.

Baugh had been limited action since suffering a sprain of the knee in practice on Jan. 1 in preparation for the game at Rutgers. This season, she played in 14 games and started 10. She was averaging 6.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game prior to the injury.

This is Baugh’s second ACL injury. Baugh had surgery on May 13, 2008, after suffering an ACL injury in the NCAA title game against Stanford.

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