WACO, Texas – Texas big man Dylan Disu had to be helped off the court after spraining his left knee in the Longhorns' 93-85 loss to 11th-ranked Baylor on Monday night. evening.
Disu fell to the ground and remained on the ground after becoming tangled with a Baylor player with just under 11 minutes left. The 6-foot-9 forward grabbed his left leg and was treated for several minutes before getting up. He put no weight on his leg as he was helped to the locker room.
Texas officials said Disu would be reevaluated after the team returned to campus in Austin. He returned to the bench at the end of the game and, while he rubbed his knee, he was not wearing any braces or bandages. Longhorns coach Rodney Terry indicated that Disu “was going to be fine.”
Terry said the team wasn't even sure Disu would play on Monday because he was dealing with a stomach bug all day.
“Give him a lot of credit for going ahead and trying to play in a really bad situation in terms of his health today. He tried to go ahead and play a little bit,” Terry said. “I was proud of what he was able to do tonight and how he tried to overcome it. He's going to be fine.”
Disu was injured during a stretch in which Texas missed 11 consecutive shots and the Bears went on a 21-2 run to take their first lead, which they did not relinquish.
In 10 minutes against Baylor, Disu scored 3 points on 1 of 4 shooting, with 3 assists, 1 rebound and 3 fouls. He entered the game averaging 16.8 points.
Disu missed the first nine games of this season while recovering from a left foot injury suffered during the NCAA tournament last season, in the same game he had 28 points and 10 rebounds against Penn State. He played just two minutes in the Longhorns' Sweet 16 win over Xavier, then missed the Elite Eight loss to Miami and had surgery after the season.
