Indiana Basketball’s Race Thompson Out Indefinitely With Leg Injury

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana senior ahead Race Thompson is out indefinitely after struggling a proper leg harm on Thursday at Iowa. 

When the harm occurred, Thompson had 9 factors and three rebounds as Indiana led by 12 factors with 4:35 left within the first half. Indiana misplaced this sport 91-89 to maneuver to 10-4 total and 1-2 in Massive Ten play.

“Effectively it is robust as a result of I assumed he had his legs taken out from underneath him,” Indiana coach Mike Woodson stated on Thursday. “No name. It is a unhealthy play, it truly is.”

The 6-foot-8 Thompson has began all 14 video games for Indiana this yr, averaging 8.4 factors and 6.1 rebounds. A 3-time captain, Thomson earned an All-Massive Ten honorable point out and was the Massive Ten Sportsmanship Award winner final season. Regardless of going by Senior Day ceremonies final yr, Thompson determined to return for his sixth season at Indiana. He has performed in 114 whole video games with 76 consecutive begins as a Hoosier.

Indiana will now be with out two starters, Thompson and senior level guard Xavier Johnson, for the foreseeable future. Throughout Indiana’s sport at Kansas on Dec. 17, Johnson suffered a foot harm, and he’s out indefinitely after present process surgical procedure. 

“Clearly X and Race are each my guys, and simply to see that disappoints me,” Indiana senior ahead Trayce Jackson-Davis stated on Thursday. “It disappoints me so much, and I pray for one of the best and hope he is okay, but it surely hits residence. I am not going to mislead you.”

Jackson-Davis can also be coping with a lingering again problem that has brought on him to overlook three video games this season. He was in apparent ache in the course of the Iowa sport on Thursday, however nonetheless managed to attain 30 factors and 9 rebounds. Woodson stated he tried to present Jackson-Davis a relaxation within the second half, however he did not need to come out of the sport.

“I actually simply performed by the ache truthfully,” Jackson-Davis stated. “Timmy [Garl] put slightly patch on my again, Icy Scorching, to attempt to stabilize it, however actually simply bought to play by it, particularly when my group wants me.”

With Thompson out, Indiana will flip to Jordan Geronimo and Malik Reneau to fill his function. In his junior season, the 6-foot-6 Geronimo is averaging 5.5 factors and a couple of.4 rebounds in 13.5 minutes per sport off the bench. 

Reneau has had an up-and-down freshman season up to now, however he is proven clear flashes of expertise. He scored 12 factors at No. 18 Xavier, going up in opposition to veteran forwards Jack Nunge and Zach Freemantle. However lately, Reneau has been stricken by foul bother and turnover points. Throughout Indiana’s final eight video games, he is scored 32 factors on 14-for-34 taking pictures with 23 rebounds, 20 fouls and 16 turnovers. 

Thompson’s harm might additionally open the door for 6-foot-10 sophomore middle Logan Duncomb or freshman ahead Kaleb Banks to play elevated roles. Duncomb has solely appeared in eight video games this yr, and he scored a career-high 10 factors in opposition to Elon on Dec. 20. The 6-foot-7 Banks additionally scored a career-high eight factors in opposition to Elon. 

Subsequent up for Indiana is a house sport in opposition to Northwestern on Sunday at Midday ET, adopted by a highway journey to Penn State for a 7 p.m. ET tipoff on Jan. 11.

“There may be nothing you are able to do about it,” Woodson stated. “It is part of the sport. All I can do is want X and Race a speedy restoration and that they get again. Till they get again, different guys bought to step up and play, and I gotta assist them get there.”

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