No. 25 North Carolina will be without Seth Trimble for the foreseeable future.
Trimble broke a bone in his left forearm during team practice Sunday, the school said. Details of the injury are not yet known, but he will undergo surgery later this week. Trimble is available indefinitely. More precise dates for his return will be determined after the procedure.
“So sad for Seth,” head coach Hubert Davis said in a statement. “He’s such a great kid and teammate, and he worked so hard his senior year. He loves being a Tar Heel and we love him. The good news is he will be back at some point this year and I know he will continue to be a great leader for us until he returns to the lineup.”
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Trimble, a senior captain, averaged 11.6 points and five rebounds per game last season for the Tar Heels. He also had 17 points and eight rebounds Friday night in a blowout 87-74 win over No. 19 Kansas that moved them to 2-0 on the year.
With Trimble sidelined, North Carolina will likely have to turn to freshman Luka Bogavac and former West Virginia star Jonathan Powell to fill the gaps. Bogavac, a freshman from Montenegro, scored five points in 19 minutes against the Jayhawks on Friday after the NCAA cleared him to play last week just before the season opener.
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North Carolina went 23-14 last season and barely made the NCAA Tournament after winning eight of its last 10 games. The Tar Heels host Radford next Tuesday and NC Central on Friday. They also have matchups with No. 22 Michigan State, No. 9 Kentucky and Ohio State in the non-conference slate before the end of the year, all of which will be much more difficult to handle without Trimble.
