Tennessee has dominated out star freshman Nate Ament for Tuesday night time’s sport in opposition to South Carolina, the staff introduced on Monday night time. Ament suffered a leg damage on Saturday in opposition to Alabama and the Volunteers are nonetheless evaluating the severity of the damage.
There may be at present no timetable for Ament’s return as he receives additional analysis. The five-star freshman did not follow on Monday, however he did work out off to the aspect, in keeping with 247Sports. Assistant coach Justin Gainey instructed reporters that Tennessee was nonetheless ready to get the outcomes of the MRI Ament underwent on Sunday.
“(Sunday) it wasn’t a variety of info that we bought as a result of they hadn’t obtained the MRIs but,” Gainey mentioned. “So we did not have a variety of info, simply sort of common. And so in the present day hopefully we sort of get up to date on that and the place issues are with it.”
Ament left Tennessee’s 71-69 loss to Alabama within the first half after getting snarled with a pair Crimson Tide gamers whereas diving for a unfastened ball. Ament did not return within the first half, however he did re-enter the sport within the second half earlier than leaving once more. Finally, Ament was restricted to only 11 minutes.
After an uneven begin to his freshman season on Rocky High, Ament actually hit his stride in February. He’s second on the Vols in factors per sport (17.4) and leads the staff in rebounds per sport (6.4). If Ament does miss important time, that can take a look at Tennessee’s scoring depth whereas placing much more weight on main scorer Ja’Kobi Gillespie.
No. 24 Tennessee wraps up common season play this week with Tuesday’s street sport in opposition to the Gamecocks earlier than internet hosting rival Vanderbilt on Saturday. After that, the Volunteers will journey to Nashville for the SEC Event, and the absence of Ament would loom massive on the doorstep of the NCAA Event for Tennessee, a No. 5 seed in CBS Sports activities Bracketology.
