During the first half of the Iowa State game on Saturday, big man Mike Thorne Jr. went down with a knee injury. It is now being reported that the injury is going to require surgery and Thorne is likely out for the season but could return. No timetable has been set.
This now makes the 6th member of the Illinois basketball team that has been injured.
To begin the year Tracy Abrams was lost for the season, again. Freshman Jalen Coleman-Lands went out with an injury, which didn’t require him to miss any game time, but it was still bad because he needs as much time to learn the play calls as possible.