Johni Broome suffered a “vital sprain” of his left ankle in No. 2 Auburn’s win over South Carolina on Saturday, and Tigers coach Bruce Pearl mentioned his staff’s main scorer could have an MRI to find out the extent of the harm ‘harm.
Broome, a 6-foot-10, 240-pound fifth-year senior and preseason Associated Press All-American thought-about a contender for nationwide participant of the yr, landed on the foot of a South Carolina defender and rolled his left ankle whereas reaching for a rebound within the second half of Auburn’s 66-63 Southeastern Conference victory. He held his left ankle and couldn’t stand with out help, requiring the assistance of two trainers to succeed in the locker room.
“It has vital distortion,” Pearl mentioned. “When we get again to Auburn tonight, we’ll give him an MRI and see if there’s the rest happening there.”
Broome had six factors and three rebounds in 24 minutes earlier than leaving the sport with 13 minutes left. He entered Saturday’s recreation averaging greater than 18 factors and an SEC-leading 11.2 rebounds.
“Without our participant of the yr, it’ll be onerous to search out offense down there. Johni is unstoppable down there,” Pearl mentioned after the Tigers improved to 3-0 within the SEC and 15-1 general. “We’ll see what the physician says, and it will be identical to it was for us within the second half. We’ll should be the following man up.”
Dylan Cardwell scored a dunk to carry the Tigers above the Gamecocks and was talked about by Pearl as one of many gamers to switch Broome. Chaney Johnson, Chris Moore and Ja’Heim Hudson might additionally substitute him.
Associated Press reporting.
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