Kendall Marshall fractures right wrist as UNC beats Creighton

Update: CBS Sports reports that Marshall's dad said he'll have surgery to have a screw inserted into the wrist.

Tar Heel point guard Kendall Marshall, who had 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting with 11 assists in Sunday's win over Creighton, broke his right wrist midway through the second half.

Tar Heels guard Kendall Marshall fractured his wrist Sunday.
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By Bob Donnan, US Presswire
Marshall was injured when he was fouled by Ethan Wragge on a drive to the basket with 10:56 remaining. Marshall jumped up after being knocked to the floor and made one of two free throws. But those were his final points of the game. He missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 7:09 remaining and did not shoot again, although he had two assists before coming out of the game with 1:54 to play.

"Let's get the bad stuff out of the way first," UNC coach Roy Williams in his opening remarks at the post-game press conference. "Kendall's got a fracture of the scaphoid bone of the right wrist. We'll speak to the hand specialist tonight with Kendall and his family and we'll see what happens after that."

Marshall was asked how he reacted when he was told of injury.

"It hurt, it hurt," Marshall said. "Like I said, first and foremost I hurt for my team. I want to be there to be able to help them to the best of my ability. What they told me, I took it a little harsh, told my parents, we took it a little harsh. But, I'm looking forward to getting back on the road and getting back to Chapel Hill.

"Our players have a will to win, and the last thing a player's going to do is let a sickness or injury get in the way of a game that they want to win. So, I didn't want to come out. Coach asked me if I wanted to, I said no, I was good. But, obviously late in the game it tested me a little bit."

The one piece of good news is that Marshall is left-handed and this is his right wrist.

"That's the most positive thing," Marshall said. "If it was my left hand I'd be telling y'all right now I'm not playing next week. Being that I was still able to be out there and help my team out and get them, in positions… that's encouraging.

This is a huge blow for UNC, a team that is already dealing with an injured starter (John Henson, who also has a wrist injury but returned to action on Sunday.)