Just a couple days before its Friday night exhibition contest, the UW Sports Medicine Staff announced that Wisconsin redshirt sophomore forward Aleem Ford will have knee surgery on Wednesday after suffering an injury during practice.
With the surgery forthcoming, the staff declared Ford will be out indefinitely—though Wisconsin reported he “is expected to return” to the team later on during UW’s 2018-19 campaign.
During the 2017-18 campaign as a redshirt freshman, Ford played in all 33 games with 20 starts. The Lawrenceville, Ga., product scored 5.8 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per contest while leading the team in three-point percentage (40.