When Caroline Doty saw her teammate, roommate and close friend Tiffany Hayes laying underneath the basket in obvious pain, she thought the worst.

It was the game immediately preceding last season's North Carolina game, Doty suffered a season-ending knee injury. Fortunately for Hayes and the Huskies, Hayes' injury isn't nearly as serious.

She sprained her left ankle just 2:30 into the game and did not play again but Hayes' teammates as well as head coach Geno Auriemma believes Hayes may practice today.

"It broke my heart," Doty said. "You don't want to hear anybody (crying). You are living with somebody for almost two years now, she has a special place in my heart. Just to see her go down and yelp like that, your heart sinks especially underneath the basket with what happened last year. I don't want her to experience anything I did last year. Thank God she's OK. She just landed on it weird and she'll be fine. She was walking around and she'll be fine. She'll practice tomorrow."