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Mississippi State's Nick Weatherspoon Stretchered Off, Taken to Hospital After Injury

Mississippi State's Nick Weatherspoon was stretchered off the court after a bad fall in the Tennessee game Friday and taken to the hospital for a neck injury, the team announced.

Weatherspoon was on the ground after falling in the first minute of the second half when Kyle Alexander stepped on his neck. Play didn't stop after Weatherspoon's original fall, and Weatherspoon was kicked on the next possession.

Players from both teams gathered around Weatherspoon and clapped as he was was carted off.

Here's a video of the injury.

Weatherspoon's older brother Quinndary Weatherspoon who also plays for the Bulldogs was seen crying