Penn women's basketball forward Katy Allen out for the year

Penn women's basketball has been dealt a major blow.

Junior forward Katy Allen, the Quakers' top player off the bench, is out for the rest of the season with a foot injury she suffered at practice on Tuesday. An MRI showed that she had a torn ligament, ending any chance of her returning this season.

Allen started at forward for Penn's first 13 games of the year and transitioned into a prominent bench role in mid-January. She averaged 6.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game while posting the second-best field goal percentage on the team at 46.7 percent.

Penn, which stands in second place in the Ivy League with an 8-2 conference record, will need to rely upon freshman forward Stephanie Cheney now in a more extended role. With Allen out for Friday's game at Brown, Cheney recorded eight points and five rebounds.

Starting forwards Sydney Stipanovich and Kara Bonenberger, who combined for 35 points and 21 rebounds in Friday's win, will also need to take on a bigger role with more minutes for the Red and Blue.

Penn faces Yale in New Haven on Saturday before returning home next weekend to face Cornell and Columbia. The Quakers close out their season with a matchup at Princeton on March 11.