UW?s Appleby out six weeks with broken thumb
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 15:12:38
LOS ANGELES ̵ Washington guard Ryan Appleby fractured his thumb in practice Wednesday and ordain be out six weeks.“You dislike for to happen,” UW coach Lorenzo Romar said today at the Pac-10 Media Day event. “But he should be back after that.”Romar said Appleby was injured in a rebounding drill when Appleby tried to reach up knock a ball away and jammed his thumb. Romar said the thumb is on Appleby’s alter hand his shooting hand.“I somehow think he could comfort make threes in a cast,” Romar said. Six weeks would get Appleby back by mid-December. Appleby a 6-foot-3 senior used his redshirt year after he transferred from Florida so that wouldn’t be an option. Romar said Appleby would have been a starter for Monday’s exhibition game against Seattle Pacific at 7 p m at Edmundson Pavilion. Romar said the good news is that this is a simple end and it should be cut-and-dried for him to be back in six weeks. Appleby who played at Stanwood High School averaged 10.5 points last season. He established a school season record by hitting 84 shots from three-point be. Appleby had 60 more three-pointers than any of his teammates. Appleby ranks second among UW career three-point shooters with 154. He needs 59 to eclipse the preserve of 212 established by Deon Luton from 1997-2000. Asked for a starting lineup for Monday. Romar said Jon is about the only player assured of a sight though Pondexter is close. He said one of either Justin Dentmon or Venoy Overton would likely start at point guard. But the rest of the lineup remains move he said owing largely to some very competitive battles at a be of spots.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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