After fighting back from two severely damaged knees, it appears the basketball career of Haley Hall met its match.

The sophomore point guard traveled with BYU on Monday to Nevada, but with her third torn ACL -- this time on her right knee.

It was injured last Friday in the final minute of a 73-64 loss at Portland State.

BYU was trying to rally when the starter attacked.

"She came down for a drive to the basket, nobody touched her," BYU coach Jeff Judkins said. "Haley went up for layup ... her leg just collapsed. She knew right away. She said, 'I've had two of these, I know how it feels.' "

Judkins said he wants Hall to take time to think about her future, and he's proud that she'll continue to be around the team -- delaying surgery until holiday break from school -- but he strongly suggests her highly anticipated career is done.

"I don't think she will come back," Judkins said. "She may just see this is it, and she needs to move on with her life. But Haley has great spirit, just to be on this trip ... help (teammates) get through this. She feels bad for us. People don't know what she's been through mentally or physically."

Her absence will force Judkins to make at least one serious change to his roster. His game plan, particularly on offense, was counting on the 5-foot-4 Hall's driving abilities and ballhandling.

Sophomore Jazmine Foreman will move into the starting role. It could also allow time for freshman Jenteal Jackson, who ran the point in high school, or the coach's daughter Jaime, a junior who has played sparingly.

Or he could move sophomore Mindy Nielson back to that spot, although she was thrilled before the season to be at her more natural shooting-guard role.

Judkins said teammates were shaken upon injury, knowing what Hall has been through. She tore her right ACL early in the 2006-07 season, a few games after helping produce a win at national-power Stanford, then hurt the same knee before the following winter.

Hall had 11 points, four steals, four assists and five turnovers at PSU. One eye-opening stat was her 31 minutes. Judkins proclaimed before the season he wouldn't over-extend her.

"If Haley was tired, I would've pulled her," Judkins said. "But she was fine. She played a couple minutes longer in the first half because of Jazmine being in foul trouble. The second half, she went four or five minutes at a time.

"But she makes so many plays, I didn't think the game was over," Judkins added. "I've really watched her, I've tried to be really careful with that. She's also given me a good heads-up. I don't think she was fatigued."

Plenty of reports have been filed on the epidemic of female athletes and torn ACLs. This is the second player Judkins has had quit the game because of them, counting the career of Mary Martha Abell that never got off the ground after a pair.

Hall, Judkins said, is slightly bow-legged, and strong for her size.

"Is it the way she plays? The stopping and starting? We really watched it the last two times and tried to be careful," the coach said. "I don't know. I think they're gonna do studies on this kid."