Danes will still have short bench vs. Rider
--staff writer
ALBANY ? UAlbany coach Will Brown says that this is certain: junior guard Logan Aronhalt and sophomore forward Luke Devlin won?t play in the Danes? BracketBuster game against Rider on Saturday at SEFCU Arena. Both players are battling knee injuries.
Gerardo Suero, the team?s leading scorer, could play. But he might not.
Suero missed Wednesday?s 50-47 home loss against Vermont because he had a case of the shingles. He was re-evaluated on Friday and is no longer contagious, but that doesn?t mean he?ll play against the Broncs (11-17) of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
?(Suero?s) fever has broke, but he is still in some pain,? Brown said before the Danes practiced at SEFCU Arena Friday afternoon.
One good thing is that, even though this is the last regular season home game, the competition is not against an America East team. In all liklihood, the Danes will finish in fourth place in the league and then head to the America East Tournament in Hartford in two weeks.
That will give the three banged up players time to heal.
?If this (Rider) was a battle for the America East championship, I think (Suero) would crawl on the court,? Brown said. ?If we are going to have success in the tournament, we need a Gerardo Suero who is 100 percent and feeling good about himself.?
It was originally thought that Devlin had a dislocated left kneecap, but his injury, which came in the first half of the Vermont game, was diagnosed as a contustion. Brown said he won?t play against Rider.
?I?m not going to play if it?s going to mean aggravating the injury,? Devlin said.
Aronhalt has what may be the most serious injury. He has a chronic condition in his right knee that will require surgery at the end of the season. The knee has gotten weaker and weaker as the season has gone on.
He tried playing on it against Vermont, but only could go nine minutes, and was ineffective.
?I really couldn?t do anything,? said Aronhalt, the Danes? second leading scorer. ?Right now, I just don?t know.?
He hopes to be back for the regular season finale at Binghamton and hopes even more that he can be as close to full strength as possible for the tournament.
--staff writer
ALBANY ? UAlbany coach Will Brown says that this is certain: junior guard Logan Aronhalt and sophomore forward Luke Devlin won?t play in the Danes? BracketBuster game against Rider on Saturday at SEFCU Arena. Both players are battling knee injuries.
Gerardo Suero, the team?s leading scorer, could play. But he might not.
Suero missed Wednesday?s 50-47 home loss against Vermont because he had a case of the shingles. He was re-evaluated on Friday and is no longer contagious, but that doesn?t mean he?ll play against the Broncs (11-17) of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
?(Suero?s) fever has broke, but he is still in some pain,? Brown said before the Danes practiced at SEFCU Arena Friday afternoon.
One good thing is that, even though this is the last regular season home game, the competition is not against an America East team. In all liklihood, the Danes will finish in fourth place in the league and then head to the America East Tournament in Hartford in two weeks.
That will give the three banged up players time to heal.
?If this (Rider) was a battle for the America East championship, I think (Suero) would crawl on the court,? Brown said. ?If we are going to have success in the tournament, we need a Gerardo Suero who is 100 percent and feeling good about himself.?
It was originally thought that Devlin had a dislocated left kneecap, but his injury, which came in the first half of the Vermont game, was diagnosed as a contustion. Brown said he won?t play against Rider.
?I?m not going to play if it?s going to mean aggravating the injury,? Devlin said.
Aronhalt has what may be the most serious injury. He has a chronic condition in his right knee that will require surgery at the end of the season. The knee has gotten weaker and weaker as the season has gone on.
He tried playing on it against Vermont, but only could go nine minutes, and was ineffective.
?I really couldn?t do anything,? said Aronhalt, the Danes? second leading scorer. ?Right now, I just don?t know.?
He hopes to be back for the regular season finale at Binghamton and hopes even more that he can be as close to full strength as possible for the tournament.
