Cal Poly's Booker injures hand
Bad news from Durham, N.C., where the Cal Poly Pomona men's basketball team is preparing to play Division I juggernaut Duke
Senior forward Donnelle Booker injured his hand during the two-hour practice at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday. Coach Greg Kamansky said the Cajon High School product is going to try and play because this is the chance of a lifetime. But how long he will play and how effective he will be is anyone's guess.
Kamansky said the injury occurred when Booker went to block a shot. He fears the hand is broken which would likely end his season. There is considerable swelling and Booker will have an X-ray when the team gets back to Southern California.
Losing Booker would be devastating because the Broncos only carry 10 players to begin with he is the most experienced player on the roster, now in his fifth year. Booker has already been out one year, injuring his knee in 2008-2009 - his true junior year,
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Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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