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Surgery to repair Disterhoft’s right hand
Apr. 2, 2015 1:33 pm
IOWA CITY - University of Iowa women's basketball player Ally Disterhoft played the end of her sophomore season with a ruptured tendon in the area of her right thumb and wrist.
Disterhoft was scheduled for surgery Thursday to repair the injury. She is scheduled to miss basketball activities for 3-4 months.
A sophomore from Iowa City West, Disterhoft averaged 14.8 points per game this season as the Hawkeyes went 26-8 and reached the regional semifinals of the NCAA tounament.
Disterhoft was a second-team all-Big Ten player. Her 503 points this season were fourth most in program history. She was the only sophomore nationally to be named a Capital One Academic All-American.
She is one of two returning starters for 2015-16, joining Whitney Jennings.
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Iowa's Ally Disterhoft (2) guards Baylor's Imani Wright during the first half of Friday's NCAA tournament regional semifinal. Disterhoft, who averaged 14.8 points per game, who scheduled for surgery Thursday to repair a ruptured tenton in the area of her right thumb and wrist. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
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