TCU basketball’s Bane out 8 weeks following thumb surgery
TCU sophomore Desmond Bane is recovering from a reconstruction of a ligament in his left thumb, the team announced Friday.
He suffered the injury in offseason workouts and underwent surgery Tuesday, assistant director of communications Steven Schoon said.
Bane was wearing a cast during a rally Thursday in downtown Fort Worth. He will wear it for four weeks and resume practice four weeks after that, Schoon said.
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Bane became a significant contributor down the stretch in the Frogs’ NIT championship season, starting the final four games of the tournament, because of a broken hand suffered by Jaylen Fisher.
Bane made four free throws in the final 24 seconds of a second-round win at Iowa. In the Big 12 tournament, he made three free throws with two seconds left in an 85-82 victory against No. 1 Kansas.
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This story was originally published April 28, 2017 at 9:33 AM with the headline "TCU basketball’s Bane out 8 weeks following thumb surgery."