Four of Australia’s best white-ball fast bowlers are set to miss the start of the Indian Premier League season as they continue recovering from injury setbacks.
Dodgers pick Alex Freeland over Hyeseong Kim for final roster spot
The Dodgers finally made a decision on the final spot for their Opening Day roster.
And their choice qualified as a mild surprise.
On Sunday morning, the team announced it had optioned infielder Hyeseong Kim to Triple-A Oklahoma City, clearing the way for fellow infielder Alex Freeland to make the team to begin the season.
Now, the Dodgers’ position player group looks set, with Freeland likely to platoon at second base alongside Miguel Rojas while Tommy Edman continues recovering from an offseason ankle surgery.
Freeland and Kim had been competing for that second base opening throughout the spring, trying to serve as a left-handed-hitting option opposite Rojas.
But for much of camp, it appeared Kim had the advantage –– thanks not only to Freeland’s struggles in Cactus League play, where he hit .116, but the added dynamic of Kim’s speed and ability to play in the outfield, as well as the strides he seemed to be making early in the spring with his swing mechanics.
However, during his time with Team South Korea in the World Baseball Classic, Kim’s swing suffered a rapid regression. He went 1 for 12 in the tournament with six strikeouts, even against largely lesser-quality pitching. And when he rejoined the Dodgers last week, manager Dave Roberts said his swing was looking “out of sync” compared with earlier in the spring.
Freeland, meanwhile, impressed Dodgers brass enough with his improved plate discipline in camp, drawing as many walks as he did strikeouts (11 each) in the Cactus League.
He also punctuated his spring with a highlight, hitting a home run in Saturday’s Cactus League finale.
“I think he’s taken great at-bats,” Roberts said this week of Freeland, who hit .190 in 29 major-league games as a rookie last year. “The numbers, the surface line certainly isn’t there. But it’s still spring training.”
Sunday’s move might say more about the progress the club still wants to see Kim make, as sending him to Triple-A will provide him with regular playing time he wouldn’t have gotten if he began the season in the majors.
After signing a three-year, $12.5 million deal last offseason, Kim hit .383 in his first 37 games but then slumped to a .175 average over the second half of the year, with MLB pitchers quickly learning to exploit holes in his swing (most notably, an ability to adjust to spin below the zone).
And while Kim still finished his nine Cactus League games this spring with a .407 average, he also struck out eight times and drew only one walk, showing some of the same bad habits that derailed his rookie campaign.
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Here’s the last Cactus League game lineup:
Kwan CF
Martinez LF
Ramirez 3B
Hoskins 1B
DeLauter RF
Arias SS
Naylor C
Manzardo DH
Rocchio 2B
Williams P
Yankees trade infielder Jorbit Vivas to Nationals for pitcher Sean Paul Linan
TAMPA — The Yankees swung a minor trade on the final day of camp as they whittled down their roster to 26.
The club is sending infielder Jorbit Vivas to the Nationals for minor league pitcher Sean Paul Liñan.
Vivas was out of options and was not going to make the team, so the Yankees were able to get a non-40-man player for him instead of potentially losing him for nothing.
Liñan, 21, is a right-hander who split 2025 between Single-A, High-A and Triple-A, posting a 3.03 ERA across 19 games (15 starts) with 106 strikeouts in 77 1/3 innings.
He was originally signed by the Dodgers out of Colombia before being dealt to the Nationals in a package for Alex Call last summer.
Vivas was also an original Dodgers sign before being acquired by the Yankees with reliever Victor Gonzalez for Trey Sweeney ahead of the 2024 season.
He appeared in 29 games for the Yankees last season but hit just .161 with a .516 OPS.
Trading Vivas opens up a spot on the Yankees’ 40-man roster.
The Yankees need at least one open spot to officially sign Randal Grichuk, who is making the club after being in camp on a minor league deal.
Spring Breakout Game Thread: Milwaukee Brewers @ Athletics
The Brewers will take on the Athletics today in the second of two Spring Breakout exhibition games. The Spring Breakout games are a way to highlight prospect talent by giving each team an opportunity to field a full lineup consisting of players from all levels of their minor league systems. Today’s lineup consists almost entirely of top-30 Brewers prospects, including the organization’s No. 1 and 2 prospects (infielders Jesús Made and Luis Peña) in the top two spots of the order. Third baseman Andrew Fischer, who smoked a 112.4-mph ground-rule double off of Mason Miller yesterday, is hitting third.
Blake Burke, who had one of the biggest second-half breakouts in the Brewers’ system, is hitting cleanup. He’s followed by Josh Adamczewski, in left field today, and 2025 sixth-round pick Daniel Dickinson. Matthew Wood, 2024 first-round pick Braylon Payne, and Josiah Ragsdale make up the bottom of the lineup. Starting on the mound today is Tyson Hardin, Milwaukee’s No. 19 prospect, who recorded a 2.72 ERA and 9 K/9 last year between High-A and Double-A.
You can watch today’s final Spring Breakout game on MLB TV and MLB Network. First pitch is slated for 3:05 p.m. CT.
Phillies guarantee ace Cristopher Sánchez $107 million through 2032
The Philadelphia Phillies already had Cristopher Sánchez locked into a long-term deal that ensured the left-hander could remain a Phillie through 2030.
Yet they feel so strongly about their All-Star ace that they guaranteed him an extra $60 million into his mid-30s.
The Phillies announced Sunday, March 22, they signed Sánchez to a six-year contract that begins in 2027, runs through 2032 and includes a club option for 2033. Including the $3.5 million Sanchez will earn this season, he’s now guaranteed $107 million through 2032, according to The Athletic.
It’s an interesting maneuver for both sides: Sánchez had signed a four-year, $22.5 million contract in June 2024 that included club options of $14 million and $15 million in 2029 and ’30. That’s a decidedly club-friendly deal for a lefty who led all pitchers in baseball with 8.0 WAR in 2025, crossed the 200-inning mark with a 2.50 ERA and finished runner-up in NL Cy Young Award voting.
So what was in it for the Phillies? Extending Sánchez for two years and $60 million at the end of the deal, which, given inflation in pitcher salaries, might look like a bargain come 2034 and 2035.
As for Sánchez, he locked in a degree of financial security in originally signing the deal, but now has guarantee of a salary approaching market value by the deal’s end, all while remaining with a team that appears in it for the long haul.
It’s a significant leap of mutual faith by club and player.
While unusual, it’s not without precedent a club would go longer with a player they’d inked to a deal that’s already been out-performed. The Kansas City Royals signed catcher Salvador Perez to three extensions after he sailed past the five-year, $7 million deal he’d originally signed – eventually inking a five-year, $52.5 million deal a year before his first one expired.
And the Cleveland Guardians locked up franchise player Jose Ramírez to a seven-year, $141 million deal entering the option year of an original five-year, $26.5 million extension. In January, Ramírez added a seven-year, $175 million extension that superseded the final three years of that old deal and added four more seasons.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Cristopher Sánchez contract: Phillies ace gets $107M extension
Syracuse basketball hiring former player Gerry McNamara as head coach
A familiar face is heading back to Syracuse, as former assistant coach and player Gerry McNamara is finalizing a deal to become the Orange's next coach, USA TODAY Sports has confirmed.
McNamara, whose No. 3 jersey is retired at Syracuse, led No. 16 seed Siena to the Men's NCAA Tournament in his second season at the helm after leaving his post as an assistant under former Syracuse coach Adrian Autry, who was fired after the ACC tournament. The Saints led No. 1 overall seed Duke by 11 points at halftime before eventually falling 71-65 in the first round.
McNamara was an assistant at Syracuse for 15 seasons under legendary coach Jim Boeheim, whom he played for, and Autry.
McNamara made 135 career starts at Syracuse and averaged 13.3 points as a true freshman on the school's most recent national championship team in 2003. He's the school's all-time leader in 3-pointers and minutes played.
New Syracuse athletic director Bryan Blair, who was introduced March 19, is taking a swing with a fan-favorite — albeit inexperienced — coach. McNamara only has two seasons of head coaching experience, and has a 37-30 record across two seasons at Siena.
Syracuse finished with losing seasons for the first time since 1968-69 after going 14-19 in 2024-25 and 15-17 in 2025-26. Autry failed to reach the NCAA Tournament in his three seasons at the helm. Syracuse last made the big dance in 2020-21.
Just a few weeks ago, Siena was the No. 2 seed in the MAAC tournament, taking down No. 1 seed Merrimack in the conference championship game. After the Saints' strong end to the season, including scaring Duke in the NCAA Tournament, McNamara has landed the job at Syracuse with the purpose of building back his alma mater.
John Brice contributed to this story.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Syracuse great Gerry McNamara returning to coach Orange after 2 seasons at Siena
Yankees trade Jorbit Vivas to Nationals for pitching prospect Sean Paul Liñan
The Yankees are quicklyfinalizing the 26-man roster that they’ll bring with them to San Francisco for Wednesday’s season opener, and with several bubble roster spots recently solidified, all that’s left is bookkeeping on the margins.
One of those moves was to figure out what to do with infielder Jorbit Vivas, who was out of minor-league options and either had to be rostered, DFA’d, or traded. A very deep Yankees bench made it so that the first option was off the table, so GM Brian Cashman worked the phones, and it appears he has found a partner. Per Andrew Golden of the Baltimore Banner, Vivas is heading to the Washington Nationals in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Sean Paul Liñan.
What’s interesting about this trade is that both of these players were originally signed out of South America by the Los Angeles Dodgers. For Vivas, who was signed back in July 2017, he showed enough promise to have his contract selected by the Dodgers in November 2021 while he was still in High-A. The 5-foot-9 infielder’s bat slowed down after that, but he was still considered a decent prospect through the end of the 2023 campaign, when he and relief pitcher Victor González were traded to the Yankees for former first-round pick Trey Sweeney (now of the Tigers).
González had a fairly forgettable stint with the 2024 Yankees, but Vivas would spend the majority of the year with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (aside from a cameo in the bigs that did not involve any in-game appearances), eventually making his MLB debut in 2025 due to injuries to DJ LeMahieu, Giancarlo Stanton, and Jazz Chisholm Jr., playing both second and third base while LeMahieu, Chisholm, and later Oswaldo Cabrera hit the shelf.
For a guy who had just 66 plate appearances and a putrid .516 OPS in 29 games, he still had two memorable moments in pinstripes, one good and one bad. The good was his hitting his first major-league home run in a 1-0 win against the Texas Rangers back in May, which earned him the honor of being mentioned in a witty Pinstripe Alley headline.
The bad was, unfortunately, him being on the wrong side of one of the best throws you’ll ever see from Ronald Acuña Jr. in July, which saw the former MVP hose Vivas tagging for third and not sliding. This clip will be replayed long after Vivas is done playing professional baseball and I think he’d rather never see it again.
Vivas was at least serviceable minor league depth, but the Dodgers’ decision to start his clock two years before he was traded to New York eventually reared its head, leading to him departing the organization just after his 25th birthday. He’ll now join a Nationals organization that will offer him a roster spot as he slides into a competition for reps with José Tena, Brady House, and Nasim Nuñez.
There’s reason to be intrigued by Liñan, who MLB Pipeline ranked as the Nationals’ No. 27 prospect. Acquired from LA for Alex Call at the deadline, he spent much of the last two months on the injured list after a very strong campaign with High-A Great Lakes, which saw him post a 2.65 ERA with 39 strikeouts to just 14 walks in 37.1 innings. A high point was on April 25th, when he fanned 11 in a single outing:
Liñan’s strikeout stuff flashed significantly more in Single-A and rookie ball, but with him entering his age-21 season, there’s reason to believe he can get back to the strikeout machine he was.
As for his offerings, he tosses a low-90s fastball and mid-80s slider that Pipeline believes limit his ceiling, but he offers “a legitimate claim for the best changeup in Minor League Baseball.” Pipeline describes it as a screwball-like pitch that registered a whiff rate of 60 percent and looked a lot like the deadly Airbender we got familiar with last year with Devin Williams. Lucas Apostoleris of Baseball Prospectus echoed the enthusiasm around the changeup:
We’ve seen players with outlier pitches be optimized to the fullest extent under Matt Blake and Sam Briend’s pitching development, so to get a player like Liñan with such a great offering who’s young enough to mold into something for an infielder who was going to get DFA’d is savvy business.
Thunder's Ajay Mitchell, Wizards' Justin Champagnie suspended one game for altercation
What started as the usual NBA posturing and pushing quickly escalated into a fight Saturday, leading to suspensions.
Oklahoma City's Ajay Mitchell and Washington's Justin Champagnie each have been suspended one game for "fighting and escalating an on-court altercation which spilled over into the spectator stands," the league announced Sunday. Additionally, the Thunder's Jaylin Williams was fined $50,000, while Oklahoma City's Cason Wallace and Washington's Anthony Gill were each fined $35,000.
Everything happened with just 27 seconds left in the first half. After a Washington Bucket, Oklahoma City's Williams had the ball in motion to inbound it, bumped into Champagnie, and the two quickly exchanged words and began shoving each other under the basket. Then Ajay Mitchell jumped in and took everything to the next level.
FIGHT BREAKS OUT IN THUNDER-WIZARDS
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 21, 2026
4 PLAYERS EJECTED pic.twitter.com/Vm3cTdcqyz
At the time, Champagnie, Williams, Mitchell and Cason Wallace of the Thunder were ejected.
Financially, the suspended players got off lighter than the fined players. Missing one game without pay will cost Mitchell $17,241, while Champagnie will lose $13,503 (numbers via ESPN's Bobby Marks).
Champagnie will sit out tonight (Sunday) when the Wizards visit the New York Knicks. Mitchell will serve his suspension on Monday when the Thunder visit the Philadelphia 76ers.
Manchester City wins English League Cup by beating Arsenal 2-0
LONDON (AP) — Manchester City wins English League Cup by beating Arsenal 2-0.
Florida vs Iowa live updates: Prediction, how to watch March Madness Round 2 game
Follow all of Sunday's NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports' live updates.
The defending national champions didn't need a warm-up to get going in their title defense.
Florida scored an NCAA Tournament program record 114 points in its first round demolition of 16-seed Prairie View A&M. The Gators also set team NCAA Tournament marks in assists (29), field goals made (45) and field goals percentage (.643). UF's 59-point margin was also the second-largest in NCAA Tournament history.
Iowa is coming off a 67-61 win over No. 8 Clemson in Friday's first round. The Hawkeyes' All-Big Ten guard Bennett Stirtz struggled from the field (4 of 17) but still led with 16 points as Iowa won Ben McCollom's first March Madness game in black and yellow.
The winner of today's game will advance to next week's Sweet 16 to face No. 4 Nebraska in Houston.
Here's what you need to know for today's game:
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Florida vs Iowa live score
| TEAMS | 1H | 2H | F |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
What time is Florida vs Iowa?
- Time: 7:10 p.m. ET, Sunday.
What channel is Iowa vs Florida? How to watch, streaming info
- The game is airing on TBS, streaming via Fubo.
Florida vs Iowa prediction, odds
Odds provided by BetMGM, as of 1 p.m., Sunday.
∎ Andrew Abadie, Gainesville Sun: Florida 84, Iowa 73
The storyline of this matchup will be the two contrasting tempos between Iowa and Florida. The Gators play a much faster pace compared to the Hawkeyes. Look for Xaivian Lee and Boogie Fland to have big games as this matchup will be a test for the duo. Even with Iowa playing at a slower tempo, Florida's front court has a clear advantage.
∎ Tyler Tachman, Des Moines Register: Florida 86, Iowa 70
While Iowa has had a solid first season under Ben McCollum, the dream of a deep March run ends here. The Gators are simply too deep and too consistent. The loss to Vandy in the SEC Tournament was a bit of a wake-up call, plus this is essentially a home game for the Gators, since it's being played in Tampa. Expect the reigning champs to come out determined to repeat and send the Hawkeyes home.
- John Leuzzi: Florida
- Jordan Mendoza: Florida
- Ehsan Kassim: Florida
- Blake Schuster: Florida
- Moneyline: Florida (-550); Iowa (+400)
- Spread: Florida (-9.5)
- Over/under total: 145.5
Olivier Rioux height: How tall is Number 32 on Florida?
Earlier this season, Florida 7-9 center Olivier Rioux became the tallest player to play in an NCAA basketball game.
He broke the mark of Manut Bol, who was 7-7 and played at Division II Bridgeport.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Florida vs Iowa live score updates, highlights from March Madness Round 2
Highlights: Dylan Harper shines in first career start in win versus Pacers
Coming off a nail-biting win against the Phoenix Suns, the Spurs wrapped up their mini homestand against the Indiana Pacers. The Spurs would be without Stephon Castle and Devin Vassell due to their respective injuries. As a result, Dylan Harper made his first career start. The Spurs started with their foot on the gas pedal, outscoring the Pacers 42-29 in the first quarter. After taking a 13-point lead into halftime, the Spurs led by 15 after the third. The Pacers, ironically enough, were able to keep pace with the Spurs’ scoring, but could not get a stop on defense. The Spurs ultimately won 134-119.
Dylan Harper made his first career start and dropped 24 points (9-13 FG, 5-5 FT), four rebounds, and three assists. Dyl stepped up in Castle’s place in the starting lineup and played like a starting veteran guard. He looks unguardable in transition, and always seems to make the right dribble and slasher moves. He also got to the free-throw line and made all of his free throws. Shooting 69% from the field is more than an encouraging sign for this team. The 20-year-old continues to show that he has the talent to interchange with De’Aaron Fox or Castle to command the floor.
EUROSTEP AND-ONE! Dyl pulls out the crossover dribble in transition, creates space, and then eurosteps into an and-one finish over Aaron Nesmith!
STAR TYPE OF PLAY! This time in transition, Dyl crosses over Quenton Jackson and rises up for a one-handed slam!
Keldon Johnson dropped 24 points (10-12 FG), four rebounds, and four assists. Like Harper, KJ led the team in scoring. In just 25 minutes, KJ shot 83% from the field, including 67% from three-point land. No matter what the Pacers’ defense threw at him, KJ was simply on fire. 16 of his 24 came in the first half off of bully ball and three-point splashes. Sixth Man of the Year? Spurs fans seem to think so.
Victor Wembanyama dropped 20 points, eight rebounds, six assists, five blocks, and a steal. Wemby shot 44% from the field, grabbed both offensive and defensive boards, dished out lob dimes, and shut down the Pacers in the paint. Wemby is such an anomaly that even when he misses a shot, he easily grabs his own miss and puts it back in, sometimes in one motion. With 11 games remaining, Wemby’s case for MVP and DPOY continues to heat up as the highlights keep adding up.
Smooth ball movement! Wemby cuts to the paint and receives a pinpoint dime from Harrison Barnes for the easy slam! HB finished with 12 points, four rebounds, and a dime.
Lobbed it up from Helotes! Fox lobs it up from the logo with one hand to a cutting Wemby who elevates for a monster jam!
Lob City Dimer! Wemby and Carter Bryant run the P&R, resulting in an alley-oop connection with CB as the finisher!
FRENCH VANILLA IS SERVED! Wemby dominates this sequence by stuffing Jay Huff’s shot attempt and then lobbing it up for Luke Kornet in transition for the alley-oop connection! Kornet finished with nine points, eight rebounds, four assists, and a block.
POP THE CHAMPAGNIE! Wemby finds Julian Champagnie in the corner, who then drives in and finishes past Nesmith for a poster slam!
UNSTOPPABLE. Wemby misses the floater, corrals his own miss, spins off of Pascal Siakam, and puts it back in with a slam!
UNSTOPPABLE AGAIN! Wemby posts up Nesmith and steps into the paint through contact, slamming it home for the and-one! Too big and too strong!
All in all, this was another take-care-of-business game for the silver and black. Even when they started slacking with a lead, the Spurs were able to keep a sizeable lead for the entire game. Even when several starters are out, this team is still dangerous and tough to guard. With only 11 games remaining, the Spurs will look to lock up the second seed, or barring an OKC Thunder collapse, possibly take over the first seed. This young, contending team has already made lifelong memories for Spurs fans everywhere, and the playoffs will add even more.
Finally, here are the full game highlights.
The Spurs travel to Miami to take on the Heat this Monday at 6:00 P.M. (CST) on Peacock/NBCSN/FDSN-SW.
Maple Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz takes puck to throat during warmups in scary scene
Toronto Maple Leafs goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz was scratched from Saturday’s scheduled start against Senators in Ottawa after taking a puck to the throat during warmups.
Stolarz was taken to the hospital for precautionary imaging and later released, according to NHL.com.
Head coach Craig Berube said after the game, a 5-2 loss, that he didn’t have an update on the netminder’s condition, but Stolarz was expected to meet the team for the flight back to Toronto.
Anthony Stolarz will not start tonight for the Maple Leafs after taking a shot up high in warmups pic.twitter.com/2fsusNGRuQ
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 21, 2026
Joseph Woll, who had just faced 36 shots on goal in Friday’s overtime loss to the Hurricanes, started in Stolarz’s place, surrendering five goals in the one-sided wash.
Forward William Nylander, who took the shot that pelted Stolarz, reflected on the freak accident after the game — revealing that he’d talked with the goalie, and he seemed to be doing alright.
“Obviously it’s, you know, really tough to see that happen,” Nylander said. “I mean, I always come in and shoot the puck in the glove, and this one just came off a little bit to the left, and I hit him in the neck. So, I mean, I was obviously worried for him, but, I mean, I’ve been texting with him, so he seems to be OK.”
Stolarz, 32, is 8–9–3 with an .894 save percentage across 22 games (21 starts) in second season with the Maple Leafs, following a run to the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers in 2024 as Sergei Bobrovsky’s backup.
Limited to just 34 games last season due to knee surgery, the veteran goalie inked a four-year, $15 million contract in September to stay in Toronto through the 2029–2030 campaign.
Injury problems have followed Stolarz into his new contract, already missing 33 games earlier this season to nurse an upper-body injury.
The Maple Leafs (29–29–13) sit 13 points behind the Red Wings for the Eastern Conference’s second wild card spot, and they’ll next head down to Boston for a Tuesday night matchup with the Bruins.
Silas Demary Jr. injury update: Will UConn G play vs UCLA in March Madness?
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Connecticut basketball looks to advance to the Sweet 16 for the third time in the last four years under Dan Hurley on Sunday with a win over UCLA.
But the 2-seed Huskies may have to do it without point guard Silas Demary Jr., who was listed as "questionable" for the March 22 second-round game against the 10-seed Bruins in the NCAA's initial player availability report.
The 6-foot-4 guard was held out of UConn's first-round win over 15-seed Furman at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Friday, March 20 as he continues to rehab from an ankle injury he sustained in the Big East Tournament.
Demary has had a major impact for the Huskies after transferring from Georgia, and is a big reason UConn's defense has bounced back to a top-15 defensive unit.
The loss of Demary — and his backup, Jaylin Stewart — was notable in UConn's offensive flow against Furman, as the Huskies weren't able to pull away against the Paladins. UConn finished with 22 assists on 32 made shots from the field, shooting 49% from the field.
The Huskies and the Bruins are set for an 8:45 p.m. ET tipoff from Philadelphia. Demary's official status for the game will be known at 6:45 p.m. ET when the next player availability report is released.
Here's the latest on Demary's status:
Will Silas Demary Jr. play tonight in NCAA Tournament? Status vs UCLA
Demary was once again listed as questionable by UConn in its NCAA player availability report on Saturday. The next availability report will come out at 6:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, two hours before tip-off.
If he is unable to go against UCLA on Sunday, it would be the second straight game he misses with that ankle injury. Stewart, who is also dealing with a lingering injury that precedes Demary's, was also listed as questionable on the Huskies' injury report.
Silas Demary Jr. injury update
The Huskies point guard sustained an ankle injury in the second half of UConn's Big East Tournament championship game loss to St. John's on Saturday, March 14. The injury came when St. John's forward Zuby Ejiofor blocked Demary's transition layup and then was stepped on by the Big East Player of the Year.
Demary told assembled media on Thursday, March 19, that he was continuing to rehab his ankle as much as he could and that he was good to go to play in the Huskies' opening round game vs. Furman.
"I'll be able to play tomorrow," Demary said.
Instead, he was listed "questionable" on the Huskies' injury report for the game before being downgraded to "out." Following the Huskies' 82-71 win vs. the Paladins, Hurley said Demary was "close" to playing against the Paladins.
"I don't want to make any more predictions. The information that I shared in New York (at the Big East Tournament) was the information that I was provided with," Hurley said. "It was close. He tried. He couldn't get himself to the point where he felt like he could go. He's got two more days. ... We'll see where that goes."
What is Silas Demary Jr.'s injury?
Demary is dealing with an ankle injury.
Silas Demary Jr. stats
Here's a look at Demary's season stats:
- Points: 10.9
- Rebounds: 4.5
- Assists: 6.2
- Blocks: 0.2
- Steals: 1.6
- Shooting: 46.1%
- 3-point shooting: 41.6%
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Silas Demary Jr. injury update: Will UConn guard play vs UCLA today?
Wizards forward Justin Champagnie and Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell suspended 1 game for fighting
NEW YORK (AP) — Washington forward Justin Champagnie and Oklahoma City guard Ajay Mitchell each received a one-game suspension for fighting and escalating an on-court altercation that spilled into the seating area during a game, the league announced Sunday.
Both were suspended without pay. Thunder forward Jaylin Williams was fined $50,000, while Oklahoma City guard Cason Wallace and Wizards forward Anthony Gill each received $35,000 fines for their roles in the altercation that took place late in the first half of the Thunder’s 132-111 victory on Saturday night.
Following a basket by Gill, Williams and Champagnie began shoving each other under the basket. Gill and Mitchell became involved and the quarrel quickly escalated. After a lengthy review by the officials, Champagnie, Williams, Mitchell and Wallace were all ejected.
Champagnie will sit out Sunday as the Wizards face the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Mitchell's suspension takes place Monday when Oklahoma City plays at Philadelphia.
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