No one would have blamed Jess Knapp if she had called it quits after tearing two ligaments in her left knee in late December.
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After all, the Penn basketball captain’s options were limited. Surgery would be required to repair her injury, and recovery time would easily exceed the two and a half months remaining in the Quakers’ season.
But these were special circumstances. This was her senior year — the culmination of her career in basketball, a game she hasn’t stopped playing since she was eight years old.
Throwing caution to the wind, Knapp chose not to opt for an operation. To her, there was only one option: play hurt.
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