Guard Nimari Burnett Out Indefinitely with Injury

Alabama males’s basketball sophomore guard Nimari Burnett suffered an harm to his left wrist, which required surgical procedure and will probably be sidelined indefinitely, head coach Nate Oats stated.

Burnett had profitable surgical procedure Tuesday morning at Andrews Sports activities Medication/St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., and is predicted to make a full restoration with plans to return this season.

A starter for all 9 video games this season, Burnett averaged 7.9 factors and a pair of.3 rebounds per sport, whereas capturing 42 % from the sphere and 35 % from 3-point vary. He additionally was the principle defender in opposition to Houston’s Marcus Sasser, top-of-the-line guards within the nation, who completed with 9 factors on 2-for-11 capturing.

With Burnett out, there will probably be a change within the beginning lineup, the primary time that is occurred this season. Alabama does have a deep guard rotation, that means that there will probably be extra minutes to go round through the sport in opposition to Memphis and past. 

Rylan Griffen is the primary participant that involves thoughts relating to who might get extra motion. The freshman guard is discovering extra rhythm because the season goes alongside, and Oats stated he is achieved nicely in restricted motion. This may increasingly even be the sport that Jahvon Quinerly, who’s discovering his footing after getting back from a torn ACL, might return to the beginning lineup for the Crimson Tide.

Alabama’s sport in opposition to Memphis ideas off a 8 p.m CT, adopted by a sport in opposition to Gonzaga on Saturday at Midday CT. The latter will probably be performed in Birmingham.