IU basketball guard Gabe Cupps out indefinitely after surgery to fix ‘nagging injury’

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BLOOMINGTON – IU basketball sophomore guard Gabe Cupps underwent successful surgery Wednesday to repair what a program news release described as “a preexisting, nagging injury to his lower body.” Per that release, Cupps will be out indefinitely.

Injuries have hampered the start of Cupps’ second season at IU.

He played 14 minutes across the Hoosiers’ first two regular-season games, before sitting out three of the next five. Cupps played just 10 minutes in Indiana’s appearance in the Battle 4 Atlantis, six against Louisville and four against Providence, while he dealt with what at the time was an unspecified injury. He has not appeared in any of the Hoosiers’ three games since returning from The Bahamas.

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The arrival of transfers Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle, as well as the emergence from the bench of freshman Bryson Tucker, allows coach Mike Woodson the depth necessary to manage without Cupps. Fifth-year senior Anthony Leal has also factored into Woodson’s rotation at times recently.

Cupps has not been alone in his injury issues. Carlyle only this week returned from another unspecified issue which had sidelined him for three games.

IU finishes the December portion of its Big Ten schedule on Friday night at Nebraska. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

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Publish date : 2024-12-11 21:34:00

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