Florida center Micah Handlogten was taken off on a stretcher during the SEC tournament final after suffering a severe lower left leg injury early in the game.
Micah Handlogten suffers a leg injury and is stretchered off in the first half of the SEC championship game. severely injured his lower left leg in the opening minutes of the Southeastern Conference tournament final Sunday and was taken off the court on a stretcher.
Handlogten, a 7-foot-1 sophomore, had two rebounds in two minutes and was trying to come down with a third when he landed awkwardly on his left foot with 17:46 remaining in the first half. He immediately went down in pain and rolled onto his side, putting his hands to his face. The sound of bone apparently breaking could be heard on TV with blood immediately visible on the back of his calf.. Play then stopped with 17:39 left as trainers rushed out to tend to Handlogten, and everyone inside Bridgestone Arena went silent. His parents were brought to the court from their seats in the stands.
Handlogten's leg was placed inside an air cast before he was placed on a backboard, then lifted onto a stretcher. Teammates came over to him as Handlogten was taken off the court. Fellow sophomoreHandlogten was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for tests, according to ESPN's Marty Smith. Handlogten averaged 5.5 points and was fifth in the SEC with 7.1 rebounds per game during the regular season.
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