University of North Carolina Athletics
Strickland Tears ACL, Out For Rest Of Season
January 20, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 20, 2012
Chapel Hill - University of North Carolina guard Dexter Strickland tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in Thursday's win at Virginia Tech and will be unable to play the rest of the 2011-12 season.
Strickland, a junior from Rahway, N.J., suffered the injury early in the second half in Blacksburg as he drove to the basket.
He started every game this year for the 16-3 Tar Heels and shared the team lead in steals with 25 and was second in assists with 39. He was shooting a team-high 57 percent from the floor and was averaging 7.5 points per game.
Surgery to repair the torn ligament has not been scheduled.
(Head coach Roy Williams is traveling and will issue a quote later this evening)
