MURFREESBORO ― The pain was excruciating, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Carsyn Swaney from securing a fairytale ending to her high school career. On Friday, Swaney was being stretchered out of MTSU’s Murphy Center after suffering a hairline fracture in her left foot in the fourth quarter of Heritage’s TSSAA girls basketball tournament Class 3A win over South Gibson in the semifinals.

Carsyn Swaney, an MTSU signee, helped Heritage beat Portland in the TSSAA girls basketball state tournament Thursday.