Ohio State’s Zed Key Unavailable For Sunday’s Game At Maryland

Ohio State junior ahead Zed Key can be unavailable for Sunday’s recreation at Maryland (1 p.m. on ESPN) after struggling a sprained shoulder in Thursday’s 71-69 loss to No. 1 Purdue.

The 6-foot-8 and 255-pound Key, who’s averaging 12.4 factors and seven.8 rebounds this season, bought snarled with Boilermakers middle Zach Edey on a defensive rebound try just below 4 minutes into the sport.

He instantly grabbed for his left shoulder however completed out the play earlier than heading to the locker room, the place he was evaluated by the coaching employees and dominated out for the rest of the competition.

Neither head coach Chris Holtmann or assistant Jake Diebler have been in a position to present an replace on Key’s standing this week, however he’s been coping with shoulder soreness because the the 81-72 loss at Duke on Nov. 30.

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With Key sidelined, freshman middle Felix Okpara restricted the 7-foot-4, 285-pound Edey to 16 factors and 11 rebounds whereas including 5 factors, 5 rebounds and three blocks of his personal in half-hour of motion.

“I believed he did some good issues,” Holtmann stated throughout his postgame press convention. “He clearly bought moved off his spot so much, however I believed Felix actually competed, as I anticipated he would.”

The 6-foot-11 and 220-pound Okpara, who will presumably get his first-career begin on Sunday, is averaging 4.0 factors and three.9 rebounds in just below 14 minutes per recreation this season.

“(Felix) did an excellent job of coming in, with the ability to give us minutes with Zed popping out,” sixth-year senior ahead Justice Sueing stated. “We needed to play just a little tougher, particularly not having our major 5 in.”

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