Fever’s January out for remainder of the season

Published 11:53 pm Wednesday, June 29, 2011

First Seattle’s Lauren Jackson, then Los Angeles’ Candace Parker, now Indiana’s Briann January has fallen victim to the injury bug.

January, a Spokane native, will miss the remainder of the 2011 season with a torn ACL in her right knee. January injured the knee in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s 91-86 victory over the Phoenix Mercury.

Surgery on the injured knee will be performed in the next four to six weeks and January is expected to make a full recovery in time for the 2012 season.

January was averaging 8.6 points, five assists and 1.4 rebounds per game this season.