Texas huge male Disu sprains knee in loss to Baylor
WACO, Texas– Texas huge male Dylan Disu had to be helped off the court after spraining his left knee in the Longhorns’ 93-85 loss at 11th-ranked Baylor on Monday night.Disu fell to
the floor and remained down after getting tangled up with a Baylor player with simply under 11 minutes left. The 6-foot-9 forward gotten at his left leg and was tended to for numerous minutes before he got up. He put no weight on his leg as he was helped to the locker room.Texas officials
said Disu would be re-evaluated after the team got back to campus in Austin. He returned to the bench late in the game, and while rubbing his knee, wasn’t wearing any brace or cover on it. Longhorns coach Rodney Terry indicated Disu was “going to be great.”Editor’s Picks 1 Related Terry stated the team wasn’t even sure Disu was going to play
at all Monday, due to the fact that he was handling a stomach bug throughout the day. “Provide him a lot of credit for pressing through the day and trying to play in an actually bad scenario in terms of his health today. He tried to push through and play a bit,”Terry said. “I was proud of what he had the ability to do tonight and how he attempted to press through it. He’s going to be great.” Disu got harmed throughout a stretch when Texas missed 11 successive shots and the Bears went on
a 21-2 run to take their first lead, which they didn’t relinquish.In 10 minutes against Baylor, Disu had 3 points on 1-of-4 shooting, with 3 helps, 1 rebound and 3 fouls.
He entered into the game averaging 16.8 points.Disu missed out on the very first nine games this season while recovering from a left foot injury sustained throughout the NCAA tournament last season,
in the same game he had 28 points and 10 rebounds versus Penn State. He played only two minutes in the Longhorns’Sweet 16 win over Xavier, then missed their Elite Eight loss to Miami and had surgery after the season.