KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tamika Catchings, the top scorer and
rebounder for the No. 2 Vols, underwent knee surgery Monday at
the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Catchings, from Duncanville, Texas, tore the anterior cruciate
ligament in her knee Jan. 15 against Mississippi State. Vols
spokeswoman Debby Jennings said the surgery was a success and that
Catchings will return to her rehab workouts Tuesday.
Doctors say it usually takes a few months to rehabilitate a torn
ACL. In 1997, Vols point guard Kellie Jolly recovered in about
three months from a similar injury.
Tennessee has won seven straight games since Catchings was
injured, but she says she wants to be healthy by the Final Four in
March.
Catchings was a freshman when the Vols won a national
championship in 1998, and the senior says she wants one more title
before she graduates.
Catchings is only the second Vols player -- after Chamique
Holdsclaw -- to reach 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
When she was injured, Catchings had 2,113 points and 1,004
rebounds.
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