LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Darryn Peterson will miss one other sport for No. 25 Kansas this weekend due to a lingering hamstring subject, Invoice Self mentioned Friday, although the Jayhawks coach added “we do not suppose it is a long-term deal in any respect.”
The nation’s top-ranked recruit, and probably the No. 1 choose in subsequent yr’s NBA draft, missed Tuesday night’s 77-46 rout of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi after hurting himself in a shootaround earlier within the day. He’ll now miss Saturday’s sport towards Princeton.
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“For no matter motive it’s nonetheless sore and (we’re) attempting to determine it out,” Self mentioned. “So long as it’s nonetheless this sore, he says, and limits him in any respect, there’s no motive to place him on the market but. In order that’s the place we’re at.”
The large query is whether or not Peterson might be again for some high-profile video games starting subsequent week.
The Jayhawks head to New York to play No. 4 Duke on Tuesday within the Champions Traditional. Then comes a visit to Las Vegas, the place they’re assured video games towards Notre Dame and Syracuse within the Gamers Period Pageant. Third-ranked UConn visits Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 2, and Kansas additionally has video games towards Missouri and N.C. State earlier than Large 12 play begins.
Peterson scored 21 factors in 22 minutes throughout his school debut towards Inexperienced Bay, and he had 22 towards the Tar Heels. However he additionally was hampered by cramping issues early within the season, which restricted him to 1 half of an exhibition towards Louisville and stored him from enjoying completely in one other exhibition sport towards Fort Hays State.
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Requested whether or not he was involved about Peterson lacking time, Self replied: “Proper now, a few days, I am not.”
“He practiced the day of our sport on Tuesday,” Self mentioned. “However he mentioned it simply feels tight, and it nonetheless felt tight yesterday.”
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