“Anton is in great spirits”, Marshall said. “He said he has feelings in his extremities, but can’t move”.
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The school said Saturday that a neurosurgeon reviewed an MRI and that doctors believe Grady sustained a spinal cord concussion. The school said he was alert and responsive during the trip to the hospital.
Grady, while turning to run, appeared to collide with his head into the shoulder of an Alabama player.
MAKING A POINT – USC has scored 442 points in the first five games of the season, its most to start a season since scoring 446 in the first five games of the 1992 season.
The Tide would again respond, this time with back-to-back threes from Shannon Hale and Riley Norris to retake the lead, 58-55, and never trailed again. Then Alabama made just enough free throws at the end of the game to hold onto the win and get the Tide’s first victory against a top-25 team since 2011. It was not pretty, and the officials had a big role in this one, but getting the 21 game losing streak to ranked teams monkey off of the Tide’s back was huge.
“He wasn’t available today, that’s all I know”, Marshall said.
Wichita State came in a bit depleted with All-American point guard Fred VanVleet out of the tournament with an ankle injury. Baker is shooting 42 percent overall, 41 percent from three (16/39 already), and adding 4 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal for good measure. Norris then made one of two free throws before Baker’s missed three at the buzzer. The Wichita State Shockers earn fewer possessions with 68.7, but they score more points with 1.092.
After Norris hit a 3-pointer during a 9-1 Alabama surge, Markis McDuffie tied it with a trey, and another long-range jumper from Baker gave Wichita State a 55-52 advantage with eight minutes remaining. Also stepping forward for Providence was forward Ben Bentil, who scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Trevor Cooney added 15 points and also made the all-tournament team. He averaged 8.7 points and 2.7 rebounds in three games.
The Aggies led by two at halftime, but struggled to get easy baskets in the final 20 minutes.
Update: The Trojans are off to their best start since 2001 but face their first test of the season against the Shockers, who are coming off a loss to Tulsa, at the AdvoCare Invitational at the HP Fieldhouse in Orlando, Fla. Missouri State is 33-1 in home openers since joining Division I for the 1982-83 season, and has won 13 straight. Freshman Bennie Boatwright bounced back from a poor performance against Monmouth with 12 points and six rebounds against Cal State Northridge.
Grady and sophomores Rashard Kelly and Zach Brown, the starting frontcourt, were a combined 2 of 16 from the floor as the Shockers shot 31.1 percent. No. 25 Texas A&M 62, No. 10 Gonzaga 61: PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Danuel House scored 19 points, and Texas A&M edged Gonzaga to advance to the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. “He had a tough fall during the game, I’m not exactly sure what happened, I haven’t seen the replay”.
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The Miners (5-0) rode a huge advantage at the free-throw line, converting 24 of 38, compared to nine of nine for SIUC.
