IU takes a fall, gets up to win:
“BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University basketball team might have won one and lost one Wednesday night at Assembly Hall.
“Indiana won the game, holding on for a 68-63 victory over Penn State. But in doing so, the Hoosiers might have lost Bracey Wright, the Big Ten’s second-leading scorer, for an indefinite period.
“Wright suffered a left ankle sprain with 15:30 remaining in the game after hitting a 17-foot jumper. On the way down, Wright’s left ankle landed on the foot of Penn State’s Aaron Johnson. Wright immediately rolled into a ball, clutching the ankle. He had to be carried off the court by two teammates and didn’t return.
X-rays taken after the game were negative.
“Wright, who still led the team in scoring with 17 points, was not made available to the media after the game. The media relations department distributed a quote sheet with some of Wright’s postgame comments.
“‘I just came down on Aaron Johnson’s foot wrong and sprained my ankle,’ Wright said. ‘What made it worse was that I was just getting into a rhythm offensively. This was a must-win game. We needed this one and we got it.’ …”