(maryah sydnor, professional basketball player) basketball is kind of me. it's what i do, it's how people identify me, and it's how i identify myself. so getting back to doing that and doing what i love, i'm so excited! but rather than stay in finland, the professional ball player chose to have her surgery at carilion clinic in radford. (dr. christofer catterson, orthopedic surgeon, carilion clinic) i drilled holes into the tibia and femur where the old acl was and i passed the graft through those holes and fixing them in each hole alowing the patella tendon now to be her anterior crucial ligament. it's a decision she says was best for her. (maryah sydnor, professional basketball player) coming over here, i think, pretty much was the easiest decision and definitely the smartest. just having all of my family around as a support system. (dr. christofer catterson, orthopedic surgeon, carilion clinic) i think you want to have good communication between the teams, between the surgeon and the physical therapy department, as well as the athlete. it's ideal for tha

maryah sydnor, professional basketball player: "coming over here, i think, pretty much was the easiest decision and definitely the smartest. just having all of my family around as a support system." dr. christofer catterson, orthopedic surgeon, carilion clinic: "i think you want to have good communication between the teams, between the surgeon and the physical therapy department, as well as the athlete. it's ideal for that type of environment." maryah is expected to fully recover. her full story is available on wdbj7 dot com. hoops from the acc court as the hokies take on louisville and roanoke college tangles with randolph in the odac, plus this week's edition of weekly but first our extra point, the jmu softball team is ranked number 19 nationally in the preseason polls. led by bath pitcher jailyn ford the dukes are also the preseason favorites to win the caa once again. eight major contributors return for head coach mickey dean off last year's team that went 48 and 10. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. seem to be dealing with social security. americans w