I (24M) play in this adult recreational basketball league, and I just played my last game of the season last night. I’ve been trying to find other ways to meet women other than going on dating apps or going to bars/clubs, so I’ve been doing things such as playing in sports leagues and going to trivia night. I’ve been playing at this recreational league for basketball for roughly the past year and there’s this girl (27F) that plays that I think is cute. She’s never been on my team, so I’ve always played against her. Turns out she played basketball in college as I always see her wearing her warms up at the game. I’ve been wanting to talk to her, but I never got the courage to do so. Plus, I don’t see her at any of the bars and clubs that I go to in the area. I did come across her Hinge profile a few weeks ago which means she’s single. I liked her profile, but I never received a response from her. ​Last night were the playoffs, which means it was our last game of the season. Her team destroyed us, so we were immediately eliminated. I play on Thursday nights and apparently, she plays for two different teams in that same league. Sometimes she would play just one half to maintain her energy for the next game she was playing in. Throughout the entire game, I’ve been thinking of a plan where I could go up and talk to her after the game. I’m having surgery next month which is right around the time the next season starts, and the doctor says that I can’t work out or play basketball for three months, meaning I’ll be out until 2025. So the reason why I wanted to go up and talk to her is because of the possibility that I will not see her for a while, and that I was afraid I was going to regret it in the long run. ​After the final buzzer went off, I shook hands with the other team to said “good game” and “good luck in the next round”. When I saw the girl, I swallowed my pride and walked towards her. When we approached each other, we both said “good game”, and before she walked away I straight up asked her “don’t you play for two different teams?”. ​She turned around smiling and said “yeah” ​Me: “How do you have the energy to play in two games a night” ​She chuckled and shrugged: “I have no idea”

​We ended up talking for a little bit, as I introduced myself and she told me her name. Apparently, she lives in the same town as me and lives right down the street. She also used to work at a bar I used to go to and is older than me. I can’t entirely tell you how she felt about the conversation, but she was smiling and giving me eye contact most of the time. The conversation eventually ended as we said goodbye and went our separate ways. ​After I came home from the game, because she was wearing her warmups from college. I went on her college athletics’ website and looked her up on the team’s roster. I also looked her up on Facebook and found her profile. ​Basically what I am saying is I find her cute and I want to shoot my shot with her. I would rather do it in person but because of me having surgery, I probably won’t see her for a while. Plus, she’s extremely attractive so she probably already has a bunch of guys sliding into her DMs. I’m afraid to slide into her DMs because I just talked to her for the first time a few days ago and she’s going to be weirded out for the fact that I found her Facebook so quickly. But at the same time, because I’ll be recovering from surgery, there’s a possibility that she’ll find a guy she’s attracted to in that time span and dating him, so I’ll end up regretting not shooting my shot with her. What do you think, what should I do?