More Terrible News For Suzy Merchant and MSU Ladies Basketball: Branndais Agee to Miss the Remainder of the 2012-13 Season

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball freshman Branndais Agee (Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech) will miss the rest of the 2012-13 season, after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee in practice on Thursday. A date for surgery has yet to be determined. The typical recovery time is 4-6 months.

Agee had been slowly working her way back into the rotation in the last five games, after missing the first four games with a stress fracture in her left foot. On the season, she averaged 2.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in 13.2 minutes.

A highly-touted recruit coming out of Cass Tech, Agee was an honorable mention high school All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) her senior season and finished second in the voting for 2012 Michigan’s Miss Basketball . As a senior, she averaged 25.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.5 blocked shots, also earning Dream Team honors from the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News. ESPN’s Hoopgurlz ranked Agee 28th nationally.