Team nursing injuries as season starts

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Junior guard Tyrel Reed sprained his ankle over the weekend, coach Bill Self said Monday. Freshman guard C.J. Henry is still nursing a swollen knee.

The sprain looked brutal, Self said, but Reed still may be able to play.

Henry on the other hand has missed about two weeks of practice and the lack of basketball playing time as of late has his coach eager to see him on the court. He is considered day-to-day.

“I’m not concerned as much about the injuries as I am about the fact that he’s missed so much time,” Self said. “Once we start playing games, you don’t practice as much.

“It’s hard to get that rhythm and be out there because once you start playing games for real, you don’t put guys in the game just to get them in the game. He needs to be out there.”

C.J.’s brother, Xavier, said C.J. is not taking the lack of playing exposure too hard because of “little brother stuff.”

“You got the whole team behind him, coaches, got his little brother here, so I guess that’s the easy way to keep his head level,” Xavier said.

Also, freshman center Jeff Withey has a stress fracture in his right knee and junior guard Brady Morningstar has a sprained ankle. Both are only eligible to play starting after fall semester.

— Edited by Jonathan Hermes

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