Bradford's career finished due to knee injury
Crystal Bradford, the Central Michigan University women's basketball team's senior guard, will miss for the remainder of the season due to a right knee injury the team announced Tuesday.
The announcement marks the end of Bradford's career at CMU. Bradford is CMU’s all-time leader in points (2,006), rebounds (1,140), field goals (805), and blocks (177). She also ranks third in steals (278), fourth in assists (384), sixth in three-point field goals (148).
Bradford injured her knee during practice as the Chippewas prepared for the 2014 Mid-American Conference Tournament and sat out of CMU's loss to Akron in Cleveland that year.
The reigning MAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year has played in 22 games this year for the Chippewas. The Inkster native has averaged 19.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.5 steals per contest this season.
“I just think it has been a really tough year for CB. She wants to play, she wants to help her team, she is just so limited as to what she can do,” said Head Coach Sue Guevara. “I know it is in her best interest and the best interest of our program if she takes care of her knee, that she rests it, rehabs it and strengthens it, and gets it to a point where she can play without pain.”
The Chippewas host Ball State University at 7 p.m. Wednesday at McGuirk Arena.
