Miami Hurricanes preseason All-ACC guard Chris Lykes has been out for a month with an ankle injury, and there is no swift return in sight with Miami set to host North Carolina on Tuesday night at Watsco Center.
Again without the senior guard who first injured the ankle on Dec. 4 against Stetson, Miami (4-4, 0-3 ACC), which already has frontcourt players Sam Waardenburg and Rodney Miller out for season, tries to avoid its first 0-4 start in ACC play in the 8 p.m. tip on ESPN against the Tar Heels (6-4, 1-2).
On top of having no update on Lykes, fellow senior guard Kameron McGusty is “sore, beat up,” Larrañaga said, after returning in Saturday’s 66-65 loss to Clemson from missing three games due to a hamstring injury.