Grady hurt in No. 20 Wichita State loss to Alabama
“He has feeling in his extremities but he can’t move”.
A scary scene happened during Wichita State’s game vs. Alabama as Anton Grady had to leave the court on a stretcher.
Wichita State says tests on injured forward Anton Grady show no signs of spinal cord trauma stemming from a collision in a game Friday that left him motionless on the court.
Leading scorer Marcus Allen had 12 points but was 3 for 12 from the field for the Cardinal.
The lowdown: USC got out to a hot start on Thanksgiving Day against the Shockers, opening up multiple first half leads as big as seven points.
After Hale’s three-pointer evened the game at 55-all with 6:05 left in regulation, Norris hit a three following Alabama’s sixth offensive rebound of the game to give the Crimson Tide (3-2) a lead it would not relinquish. The Shockers are a good team but don’t look special to me right now but I’m not sure about giving them a few baskets… Enfield’s guys are 12th in the country with 92.5 points per game on 49.4 percent shooting.
McLaughlin had 11 points as USC took a 30-29 lead at halftime.
“I did hear what hospital he’s going to, so I’m going to be on standby and see whenever I can go and visit, if they would allow any visitors”, Johnson said. The Musketeers, who have six players averaging at least nine points, struggled a bit in the first half Thursday before pulling away for a 64-45 victory over Alabama in the first round.
San Diego State 72, No. 14 California 58: LAS VEGAS – Winston Shepard scored all of his 15 points during a second-half comeback and Skylar Spencer added 15 points to help San Diego State upset California in the Las Vegas Invitational. The Zags’ Silas Melson missed a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer as time expired with House contesting the shot. Grady, while turning to run, appeared to collide with his head into the shoulder of an Alabama player.
Wichita State forward Bush Wamukota missed a wide open three-pointer from the top of the key on the Shockers’ next possession. Monmouth was 11th in the nation in free-throw percentage (79.2) entering Saturday’s games while USC is converting at a 68.9 percent rate. 3. Two straight 3s by Miles Davis and Trevaughn Bluiett early in the second half kick-started the Muskies momentum as Xavier went on a 13-0 run and this game was suddenly a blowout, 43-28 with 13:20 left.
Alabama: Will play the victor of No. 17 Notre Dame-Iowa in Sunday’s fifth-place game.