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SEATTLE — Quincy Pondexter kept sluggish Washington afloat, scoring 16 of his 25 points in the first half, and the 22nd-ranked Huskies beat No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64 on Tuesday night in a game marred - and largely decided - by a gruesome injury to Aggies senior Derrick Roland. [1]
Texas A&M senior Derrick Roland suffered a gruesome leg injury in the 19th-ranked Aggies’ 73-64 loss at No. 22 Washington Tuesday night and was in surgery at a Seattle hospital early Wednesday morning. [2]
A&M guard Derrick Roland injured himself in Tuesday night’s loss against Washington, but that might’ve been just as well. [3]
Texas A&M’s Derrick Roland is treated after a leg injury during a game at No. 22 Washington Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, in Seattle, leaving the 19th-ranked Aggies without one of the leading defenders in the Big 12 Conference. [4]
The scene recalled the similar injury former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann sustained live on national television during a Monday night NFL game in 1985. [2]
The Aggies’ next game is Saturday, Jan. 2 against Northwestern State and begin Big 12 play Jan. 9 against Nebraska. [...] The Texas A&M bench immediately looked into the crowd, and when they did look back on the court they did so with looks of anguish and sadness, some with their jerseys pulled up around their eyes. [3]
Roland, one of the leading defenders in the Big 12 Conference and the second-leading scorer for the Aggies (8-3) crashed hard to the court early in the second half after jumping under the basket, breaking the tibia and fibula in his lower right leg. [1]
Coach Mark Turgeon said Roland broke his tibia and fibula bones in his lower right leg. [2]
Quincy Pondexter kept sluggish Washington afloat, scoring 16 of his 25 points in the first half, and the 22nd-ranked Huskies beat No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64 on Tuesday night in a game marred — and largely decided — by Roland’s gruesome injury and its aftermath. [5]
No. 19 Texas A&M (9-2) heads to Seattle Tuesday to face No. 22 Washington (7-2) in a top 25 matchup to finish off the Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Series at 10 p.m. [6]
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How the injury happened remains unclear — Roland leapt and crashed hard to the ground — but its effect wasn’t. [...] Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon ran on the court while action moved to the Huskies’ end of the court. [3]
Roland, one of the leading defenders in the Big 12 Conference and the second-leading scorer for the Aggies (8-3) crashed hard to the court early in the second half after jumping under the basket, breaking the tibia and fibula in his lower right leg. [4]
Sources:
[1] No. 22 Huskies rally past No. 19 Aggies - Sports - Wire …
[2] No. 19 Aggies lose top defender Roland
[3] Derrick Roland Suffers Grisly Leg Injury — NCAABB FanHouse
[4] Quincy Pondexter scores 25 to rally No. 22 Washington past No …
[5] Gruesome injury opens door for Washington to beat Texas A&M …
[6] Derrick Roland - College Basketball
[7] Sportsterminal.com