WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Duke coach Jon Scheyer said point guard Caleb Foster will try to play in Friday night’s against St. John’s.
Foster in Duke’s regular-season finale and missed the first two rounds of for the top-seeded Blue Devils. He was on the court Thursday during the portion of practice open to reporters, but that largely consisted of stretching and a bit of shooting. It was hard to tell how mobile Foster might be.
鈥淗e had a good day of practice yesterday, doing a little bit. We have to see how he feels today. Hopefully he progresses well enough tomorrow where, again, it鈥檚 not like there鈥檚 a lot of practice time, but we have to make sure he鈥檚 in position before the game, more of a game-time decision,鈥� Scheyer said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 going to give it everything he has to go tomorrow night.鈥�
Foster is averaging 8.5 points per game this season. He’s made 30 starts.
鈥淚 just go back to when he got hurt, he told me, 鈥楲ook, if I do this and work every day, you got to promise me you鈥檒l let me put this uniform on again with our guys,鈥欌�� Scheyer said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 in a position where he鈥檚 going to try to do that tomorrow night.鈥�
Duke’s other main injury concern was big man Patrick Ngongba II. He missed the ACC Tournament with a foot issue, but of the NCAAs , scoring four points.
鈥淧at responded well. You never know how that鈥檚 going to go,鈥� Scheyer said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 on track to play again tomorrow, which is a really big deal for us.鈥�
The 6-foot-11 Ngongba is averaging 10.5 points on the season.
The short-handed Blue Devils struggled in their NCAA Tournament opener , and it took some time for them to pull away from TCU as well. Now they take on a physical, coached by Rick Pitino.
鈥淗opefully the depth, Pat and Caleb again are in position, that can give us also where there鈥檚 not the pacing, there鈥檚 just the effort in a game like this you have to have every possession,鈥� Scheyer said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 harder to play longer minutes. That鈥檚 something for us that鈥檚 going to be a key thing.鈥�
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