Karaban higher however nonetheless sits out UConn victory

HARTFORD, Conn. — UConn main scorer Alex Karaban didn’t play within the second-ranked Huskies’ 99-45 win in opposition to Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday evening.

The college introduced that Karaban wouldn’t play about half-hour earlier than tipoff.

He was taken to the hospital after struggling a head damage late in a loss to Dayton within the seventh-place sport within the Maui Invitational. Karaban was cleared to fly again to Connecticut. He was on the XL Middle using a stationary bike whereas his teammates warmed up for Saturday’s sport earlier than becoming a member of them on the bench.

“Alex is fairly good,” coach Dan Hurley stated. “It was a reasonably delicate concussion. Everybody handled it as we should always, with quite a lot of warning. Alex was capable of journey again with us. All of his assessments had been actually clear, and he’s feeling rather a lot higher.”

Karaban is the one returning starter from final 12 months’s nationwide championship crew. He’s the highest scorer for the Huskies at 15.9 factors per sport and tied for the crew lead with 14 blocked photographs.

This was solely the second sport that Karaban missed in his third season with the Huskies.