A UCLA cheerleader shook off two hard falls on Thursday night to return to the court for the Bruins’ men’s basketball team’s victory over the Oregon Ducks.
Sophie Lellis-Petrie fell from a cheer team pyramid and hit the basketball court hard on Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion during the second half of the Oregon-UCLA game. A man then picked her up to rush her off the court, only to slip and fall just past the baseline as both he and Lellis-Petrie fell to the court.
This poor UCLA cheerleader fell from the pyramid, then the guy carrying her off slips & falls on top of her (h/t @AJPONE) pic.twitter.com/cYeaiJowxL
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 10, 2017
The UCLA Spirit Squad tweeted Thursday night that Lellis-Petrie was OK, and returned to the court to watch the Bruins pull off their 82-79 comeback victory over the Ducks.
Thx for all the well wishes, Sophie was evaluated by emergency medical staff and was back on the court for that amazing win!
— UCLA Spirit Squad (@UCLASpiritSquad) February 10, 2017
For those interested, I reached out to UCLA for an update on the cheerleader. Medical staff report that she is “OK.”
— Tyson Alger (@tysonalger) February 10, 2017
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