According to Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard, the Wolverines will be missing a key player for the foreseeable future.
On Friday, Howard spoke to the media and revealed that 5th-year senior center Austin Davis will be out indefinitely with a plantar fascia injury in his right foot.
“I know right now he’s going to be out for extended weeks,” Howard said. “I’m not quite sure as far as how long, but I know it’s not day-to-day.”
“When I first saw him start limping, I didn’t know what was wrong. My reaction was, ‘What’s wrong?’” Howard recalled. “I’m not a doctor nor a trainer so I couldn’t diagnose exactly if it was his knee, foot, ankle. I didn’t know. There was a primary ball-handler near me and I was trying to get our guys organized to run a play set.”
With Davis out of the mix, at least for now, expect that freshman Hunter Dickinson will get the nod as the starting center. Dickenson has been one of the Wolverines top players thus far and Howard believes the youngster can handle anything
“Hunter can handle anything that’s thrown at him,” Howard said. “He’s proven that. He welcomes any challenge because he’s a very competitive guy. He’s prepared all summer leading up to this point like his teammates have when it comes to his conditioning. He understands he’s going to be playing more minutes and I’m sure he’s excited about it as well.”
–Quotes via James Hawkins, Detroit News– LINK
