Duke center Kyle Filipowski avoided a serious injury but was still “a little sore” Monday, two days after a collision with a fan left him lame during a court-raiding incident following the team's loss. the Blue Devils against Wake Forest on Saturday, head coach Jon said. Scheyer said.
The incident left Filipowski sporting an ice pack on his right knee after hitting that leg with the leg of a fan who was running alongside him toward midcourt.
Scheyer, who initially was wrong Saturday when he said Filipowski hurt his ankle, said Monday that the preseason Associated Press All-American did not require any type of internal imaging of the knee to look for a structural injury.
Filipowski did not limp significantly when he spoke to reporters after the game, although his status was not immediately clear for the 10th-ranked Blue Devils' Wednesday game against an eight-win Louisville team.
The image of Filipowski having to be helped off the court amid the chaos only added to the discussion about the dangers of storming the court in a season with multiple matchups, the most notable being when Iowa star Caitlin Clark , was accidentally knocked over by a fan running onto the court after an upset loss in January.
On Monday, Scheyer followed up his postgame call to ban court breaking with a petition for the ACC to implement that policy now, even with Duke with four regular-season games and only one on the road (at North Carolina State in March ). 4).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
