Duke's Mason Plumlee out indefinitely with broken wrist
Updated 11/12/2009 6:19 PM ET
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — One of eighth-ranked Duke's projected starters is out indefinitely with a broken wrist.
Team officials said Thursday that freshman Mason Plumlee fell hard during practice a day earlier and broke his left wrist. They say the injury will not require surgery, and will be evaluated weekly by the team's medical staff.
The 6-foot-10 newcomer was expected to join his older brother Miles Plumlee in the Blue Devils' bulked-up frontcourt. He averaged 12 points and eight rebounds in a pair of exhibition routs.
That makes two projected starters who won't be in the lineup Friday night when Duke opens the season against North Carolina-Greensboro. Guard Nolan Smith must sit out two games for playing in an unsanctioned summer league.
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