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Bessoir to Miss Rest of 2023-24 Season
December 13, 2023 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ Senior Emily Bessoir will sit out the remainder of the 2023-24 women's basketball season after sustaining a season-ending injury on Thursday, Nov. 9.
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Bessoir was injured playing for Germany at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers, reinjuring the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) that sidelined her for the 2021-22 season.
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Statement from the Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close
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"First, I'm just heartbroken for Emily, for her and for us. She's been such a steady leader for us and she had so many things going for her this year. I look forward to seeing how this is going to be part of her conquering story.
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It's definitely not what any of us would have chosen, but our job now is to come alongside her and support her. She will still be an integral part of our leadership team, she will be making a difference like she always does, just in a different form."
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Bessoir was injured playing for Germany at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers, reinjuring the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) that sidelined her for the 2021-22 season.
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Statement from the Michael Price Family UCLA Women's Head Basketball Coach Cori Close
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"First, I'm just heartbroken for Emily, for her and for us. She's been such a steady leader for us and she had so many things going for her this year. I look forward to seeing how this is going to be part of her conquering story.
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It's definitely not what any of us would have chosen, but our job now is to come alongside her and support her. She will still be an integral part of our leadership team, she will be making a difference like she always does, just in a different form."
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