Former Wichita State women’s basketball star Alex Harden will miss the WNBA season with a torn labrum in her right shoulder.
Harden suffered the injury in practice with the Phoenix Mercury, when she collided with a male practice player, in late April, according to D.J. Fisher, her agent. She is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday in Phoenix. Recovery time is expected to be six to eight months, Fisher said.
“It’s a part of the game,” Harden said in a statement through Fisher. “I plan on bouncing back better than ever.”
Harden, from Springfield, Ill., was starting her third season with the Mercury before she was cut following the injury.