Stat of the game: The win over Wichita State is USC’s first win over a ranked team since upsetting No. 11 Arizona nearly three years ago, in February of 2013. He was put on a backboard, taken off on a stretcher and transported to a hospital. In a text message to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, coach Gregg Marshall said all tests on Grady’s spinal cord were negative and that he should be better “in a day or so”.
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He was described as alert, responsive and in overall good spirits and had feeling in his extremities.
Marshall said the team would visit Grady in the hospital later Friday afternoon. The Trojans had only one game in each of those seasons where they scored 90 points or more.
“Our prayers are with him”, Alabama’s Riley Norris said.
The win snapped a 21-game losing streak to ranked opponents and was the first win over a ranked opponent at a neutral site since November 29, 2009, when the Tide beat then-No.
Several Alabama players and coach Avery Johnson expressed concern for Grady after the game on Twitter.
(AP) – A scary injury overshadowed a second consecutive loss for No. 20 Wichita State. “I thought we had a chance again, a lead midway through the second half and didn’t finish”. Norris then made one of two free throws before Baker’s missed three at the buzzer. Why Wichita State Will Win The Shockers do a really good job of making the most of their possessions. Ron Baker led the Shockers offense with 15 points on 6-12 shooting followed by a 14 point, seven rebound effort by Markis McDuffie on 5-9 from the floor while Evan Wessel and Ty Taylor II combined for 17 points. But 14 turnovers in the first 20 minutes, along with the Trojans scoring just a single field goal in the final 7:48 of the half saw Wichita State go to the break down a single point, 30-29. Enfield’s guys are 12th in the country with 92.5 points per game on 49.4 percent shooting. Alabama made 71 percent of their free throws in the half. Alabama improves to 3-2 on the season with the victory while the Shockers drop to 2-3.
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Alabama guard Dazon Ingram (12) fights for the ball with Wichita… Despite foul trouble in his first two college games, Boatwright is averaging 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds.
The result was a tournament-record of 4,871 for Thursday’s night session featuring Dayton-Iowa and Notre Dame-Monmouth.
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Banged-up Wichita State looks to get its season on track and avoid taking last place in the eight-team AdvoCare Invitational with Sunday’s seventh-place game against Iowa.
