LAS VEGAS (AP) — UCLA coach Cori Close was uncertain how long the Bruins might be without AP preseason All-American Lauren Betts , who missed Thursday night’s 89-59 victory over Duke in the third-place game of the Players Era Championship.

Betts sat out with a left arm injury. One night earlier, Texas’ Madison Booker stripped the ball from Betts during a battle for possession and the two fell awkwardly. Betts’ left arm buckled beneath Booker, and the UCLA star briefly exited the game and went straight to the locker room.

Betts returned to the court but finished with a season-low eight points for the third-ranked Bruins .

“Believe me, it wasn’t the news I wanted,” Close said about hearing from her medical staff that the best thing was to rest Betts against Duke. “We were trying to

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