Cate Reese was back on the court playing for the Arizona Wildcats less than a month after a shoulder dislocation suffered on Feb. 20 against Washington State. It was clear that she was not 100 percent, though. Reese spent most of the third quarter on the Arizona bench, including when the Wildcats desperately needed an inside-scoring presence against North Carolina. Now we know why.
Reese’s mother, Cheryl Steger-Reese, posted on social media after the game that her daughter “had a decision to make.” She opted to put off immediate surgery after the injury because “she would never abandon her team.