The moment Zoe Young heard the pop during preseason practice in October 2019, the 24-hour countdown began.
She knew instantly she’d torn her ACL, but as her trainers lifted her out of practice to examine her, a cloud of negativity picked up and threatened to engulf her. Her hopes of what a freshman year at Maryland could look like were high: Young, the USA Today Iowa Player of the Year ranked the No. 8 guard and No. 32 overall recruit of her class by ESPN, averaged 24.3 points a game as a senior and expected to help the Terps as much as she could.