Houston point guard Jamal Shead exited the Cougars' Sweet 16 game against Duke with 6 1/2 minutes left in the first half after his right foot turned awkwardly on a move to the basket. The All-American walked slowly off the floor and went to the locker room.
Houston’s Jamal Shead reacts after going down while driving to the basket against Duke during the first half of a Sweet 16 college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Dallas, Friday, March 29, 2024. Houston’s Jamal Shead reacts after going down while driving to the basket against Duke during the first half of a Sweet 16 college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Dallas, Friday, March 29, 2024.
X-rays showed no fracture and Shead’s injury was diagnosed as a severely sprained ankle, CBS reported. Shead was driving when he planted his foot and it turned, though he continued the play and missed a contested layup. Shead was in obvious pain when he went down on the floor under the basket, reached at his foot and then pulled his jersey up over his face.
After being tended to by an athletic trainer, Shead walked gingerly past the Houston bench and into the tunnel toward the locker room.with his right knee resting on that, and no sock or shoe on the foot he hurt, while using his left leg to move. No. 4 seed Duke led 23--22 at halftime. The Blue Devils trailed top-seeded Houston 16-10 when Shead departed with 6:38 left.
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