By all accounts, Marjorie Heard's sophomore season as a University of Washington women's basketball player was just about to turn the corner.
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After a slow start to the season left her scratching for whatever scraps of playing time she could find, Heard put together two of her most productive games in back-to-back outings against Colorado and Utah. She was almost the hero of Saturday's loss to Utah when the 6-foot-1 post player blocked two 3-point attempts in the final 32 seconds to help UW preserve a three-point lead ... until Utah's Janita Badon finally hit a desperation 3 over another UW player at the buzzer. And an injury to senior teammate Regina Rogers left the possibility that Heard might actually be back in the starting lineup this Saturday at Washington State.
But all of that looks like a eulogy on Heard's season now. The former Glacier Peak High School star twisted her left knee during a Monday evening practice, and on Tuesday her season was pronounced over because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
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