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The basketball player of women in the state of Mississippi, who was involved in the play, which ended with the injury of the southern Superstar Guard Juju Watkins, was the subject of hateful comments on social media.

The Bulldogs lost to the Trojans in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Monday, but the bigger story was Watkins’ injury. Chandler Prater von Mississippi of the state of Mississippi guarded Watkins as a candidate for the international of the year to the basket and contacted her. Watkins’ right knee and she fell into the yard in pain. She was borne by the court and later it became known that she would operate and miss the rest of the season.

Sam Purcell, coach of the state Mississippi, said after the loss of 96-59 that he prayed for Watkins and added that she was “something special” and means a lot for women’s basketball.

“We are a teaching program and my prayers and thoughts are at Juju,” said Purcell. “We don’t play to hurt, we play to take part in competitions. There was no harm. I pray as a society, we understand that we do not accept it further than is necessary.”

But Purcell’s comments stopped the online hatred for Prater, who played for Oklahoma State and Kansas before spending her last season with the Mississippi state.

Prater’s latest social contributions were eliminated, but comments were published on their older posts, some called them a dirty player.

“Learn how to do sports without pollution and injure the players,” said a comment.

“To repeat what Coach (Sam) Purcell said after the game (Monday) night it was an unfortunate situation during an basketball game, and our thoughts are at Juju Watkins when she recovered,” said a spokesman for the Mississippi State Athletics Department athletics department in a statement that was given to Clarion Ledger, part of the USA Network. “We recognize that emotions have a high level of competitive sport, but there is no excuse for personal attacks or harassment online to young women in our program. The state Mississippi will continue to support all of our athletes, both on and outside of the court.”

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