JuJu Watkins has broken her silence after encountering a season-ending injury during March Madness. The 19-year-old USC basketball star shared a message on her Instagram Stories on March 31 thanking her fans and friends for their support after she tore her ACL in the second round of the tournament on March 24.

USC's 96-59 victory over Mississippi State in the NCAA women's tournament on Monday night turned into a somber affair because of the season-ending knee injury suffered by JuJu Watkins. Watkins went down clutching her knee late in the first quarter and had to be carried off the court.

USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb says the sympathy for Watkins, who suffered a torn ACL early in the Trojans’ second-round NCAA Tournament win, “speaks mostly to JuJu and who she is.”