URI’s Matthews Out 4-6 Weeks With Fractured Wrist
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
University of Rhode Island guard E.C. Matthews will be out four to six weeks with a fractured left wrist, which he suffered in the closing minutes of URI's 88-81 loss to Nevada on Monday night.
Matthews suffered the injury in the closing minutes of the game while going up for a layup and landing on his wrist upon coming down.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTMatthews stayed down on the court for several minutes before getting up and going to the locker room. He returned to the game after only missing about a minute of action.
Prior to getting injured, Matthews poured in 18 points in 30 minutes of action. Of his 18 points, 15 of them came in the second half.
URI returns to action on Sunday, November 19 when they host Holy Cross at the Ryan Center.
Matthews Injury History
Matthews will miss extended time for the second time in his college career.
In 2015-16, he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first half of the first game of the year, forcing him to take a medical redshirt and allowing him to play this season.
Leading up to this season, Matthews missed time in the preseason due to knee tendinitis.
Filling in for Matthews
The guard position is the spot that URI is deepest at.
The Rams will use a combination of Jared Terrell, Jarvis Garrett, Jeff Dowtin, Stanford Robinson and freshman Fatts Russell to fill the spot left my Matthews.
URI's E.C. Matthews is out 4-6 weeks with a left wrist fracture, per Dan Hurley. Happened last night versus Nevada.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) November 14, 2017
URI's EC Matthews is out 4-6 weeks with a left wrist fracture, Dan Hurley told ESPN. Kid has had tough luck with injuries.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) November 14, 2017
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