Maryland forward Ivan Bender suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee during Friday’s win over Maryland-Baltimore County and will miss the remainder of the season, the team announced on Sunday.
The loss of Bender is the latest blow for a frontcourt that has thinned considerably over the past week. On Thursday, Maryland announced that sophomore forward Justin Jackson would miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, and the 6-foot-9, 230-pound Bender was expected to play a pivotal role at the power forward position in the wake of Jackson’s absence.
“I thought he was really playing well,” Maryland Coach Mark Turgeon said after the forward was injured on Friday night.