{"id":257772,"date":"2025-09-27T03:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257772\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T03:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:58:19","slug":"long-journey-for-5-star-freshman-taliyah-henderson-following-second-knee-surgery-tar-heel-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257772\/","title":{"rendered":"Long journey for 5-star freshman Taliyah Henderson following second knee surgery &#8211; Tar Heel Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPosted Sep 26, 2025<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPerseverance and drive to reach the moment have been motivating forces for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/bio3076.aspx\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taliyah Henderson<\/a>. When she plays in her UNC Women&#8217;s Basketball debut on opening day, that will be 468 days after she last swished a jumper in a game that counts. That day has been the goal since she heard a loud pop during an AAU game in July 2024, tearing her ACL.&#13;<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2025\/09\/26\/long-wait-journey-for-5-star-freshman-henderson-after-second-knee-surgery-nearly-over\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Tar Heel Tribune<\/b><\/a>)&#13;<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/uncwomensbasketball.aspx\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s Basketball<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/uncwomensbasketballrecruiting.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WBB Recruiting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article161249.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THT Newsletter: Carolina Quarterback Conundrum?, Basketball Schedule Updates, Cole Cloer&#8217;s Top 5<\/a><br \/>There appears to be a quarterback controversy brewing in Chapel Hill, and if not, UNC&#8217;s poor offensive numbers indicate there should be. There were also&#8230;<br \/>Thu Sep 25, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article161230.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Game times set for ACC\/SEC Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Basketball Challenge<\/a><br \/>As you might expect, a battle of two of the classic men\u2019s college basketball programs will take place in prime time. When North Carolina and&#8230;<br \/>Wed Sep 24, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article161208.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UNC Women\u2019s Basketball Tips Off Official Practice For 2025-26 Season<\/a><br \/>The countdown for the 2025-26 season is on, with fewer than 50 days until North Carolina Women&#8217;s Basketball hits the court for the first time&#8230;<br \/>Tue Sep 23, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article161185.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THT Newsletter: Basketball Practice Begins, Cam Holmes Visit, Football Falls, RJ Davis Reflects<\/a><br \/>North Carolina Football has a lot to work on as they enter their first open date this week before hosting Clemson, Tar Heel Basketball practice&#8230;<br \/>Mon Sep 22, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/66ca53d9e24d6.image.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Long journey for 5-star freshman Taliyah Henderson following second knee surgery\" title=\"Long journey for 5-star freshman Taliyah Henderson following second knee surgery\" onerror=\"this.style.display = 'none'\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0; overflow:hidden;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Posted Sep 26, 2025&#13; Perseverance and drive to reach the moment have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":257773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-257772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115274259091768224","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}