Junior Emily Queen is out for the season with a knee injury. (Bradley Lambert)
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Middle Tennessee women's basketball has announced junior forward Emily Queen will miss the remainder of the 2009-10 season due to a knee injury.
The Ashland, Ky., native had surgery on her left knee Monday, fixing her lateral meniscus. Dr. Tom Johns performed the surgery.
"She has played as hard as anyone, grabbing double-figure rebounds in three of her last six games," head coach Rick Insell said. "There are not many teams across the country who lose someone of her ability and will not suffer any consequences. Could we have won the Kentucky game without her? No. Emily is the type of player who constantly battled in the paint and was very aggressive on the boards. She played with such tenacity and we will miss that.
"She worked as hard as any individual we have during the offseason. It is unfortunate the timing of her injury came when it did, but I know she will work hard during rehab to get back and be ready to go for her senior season next year."
Queen's season ends with a 5.8 rebounds per game average, which increased to a 9.6 per game mark during Sun Belt action. She was among the league leaders for conference games only, placing second in overall rebounding, ranking fourth in offensive rebounds per game at 4.0 and tying for fourth with 5.6 defensive rebounds per game.
The Blue Raiders will return to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday when they play host to FIU inside the Murphy Center.
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