Auburn's Okeke leaves win over North Carolina after leg injury
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Auburn forward Chuma Okeke was assisted off the floor after an apparent non-contact left leg injury during Friday's Sweet 16 game against North Carolina.
Auburn’s Okeke with the brutal knee injury. Prayers out to him 🙏🏽 #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/pomYjmgecd
— Sports ON Tap (@SONTHighlights) March 30, 2019
Amazing sportsmanship from UNC's players to greet Chuma Okeke as he made his way off the court pic.twitter.com/cAMeBjZsAK
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 30, 2019
Okeke did not return. The sophomore was having a monster game for the Tigers, logging 20 points and 11 rebounds before the injury. The Tigers defeated the Tar Heels 97-80 to advance to their first Elite Eight since 1986.
"We don't know his status," Tigers coach Bruce Pearl said of Okeke afterward, according to Stadium's Jeff Goodman. "We think it could be serious."