Why phone call from UConn great Breanna Stewart 'meant everything' to injured Husky Jana El Alfy

Jana El Alfy's 2023-24 season with the UConn women's basketball team ended before it began after she ruptured her left Achilles' tendon during the FIBA U19 World Cup in Spain 11 months ago and had surgery. "I saw a phone call from New York and I was like, 'I don't know anyone from New York,' " El Alfy said Friday. Stewart, a four-time national champion and four-time Final Four Most Outstanding Player for the Huskies, tore her right Achilles' on April 14, 2019 while competing for the Russian team Dynamo Kursk in the EuroLeague championship game. Since returning from injury, Stewart's been a WNBA champion, a league MVP, and an Olympic and World Cup gold medalist.