Duke center Kyle Filipowski got hurt when Wake Forest fans stormed the court. (Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Images)
No. 8 Duke was distressed in an 83-79 roadway loss to Wake Forest on Saturday, and star Blue Devil Kyle Filipowski was hurt in the after-effects.
The court at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum was instantly stormed by fans when the video game ended. Filipowski, a predicted top-10 NBA Draft choice, was strolling off the court when a fan run in his course. He appeared to hurt himself throughout the turmoil, triggering colleagues and workers to hurry and assist him to the locker space.
Duke head coach Jon Scheyer required modification as he talked to press reporters after the loss.
“Flip sprains his ankle,” he stated. “When are we going to prohibit court stormings?”
When Filipowski spoke, he clarified that he hurt his knee. He can be seen getting it in a bird's-eye view of the occurrence, which likewise appears to reveal him trying to push the fan out of his method. The 20-year-old sophomore's status moving forward is uncertain.
Calling the scenario “ludicrous,” Filipowski included that he took several hits throughout the mayhem.
“There's some videos of me getting typed the back. I definitely seem like it was individual, deliberate for sure,” he stated. “There's no factor they see a huge guy like me attempting to work my method off the court and they can't simply move me. There's no reason for that.”
ESPN simply revealed a brand-new angle of the court-storming at Wake Forest where Duke's Kyle Filipowski was hurt. Can plainly see where he injures his knee as a fan ridicules him while racing to midcourt. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/ABAsKC2kTI
— Kyle Boone (@kyletheboone) February 24, 2024
Filipowski had actually simply completed a strong video game versus the Demon Deacons, tape-recording 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 helps.
Before providing a disclaimer that he does not wish to remove from Wake Forest's win, Scheyer highlighted the risk of the fans' actions.
“When I played, a minimum of it was 10 seconds and after that they would operate on the flooring,” he stated. “Now, the buzzer does not even go off and they're operating on the flooring. This has actually occurred to us a lot this year.”
In his remarks, Scheyer referenced an event that saw Iowa super star Caitlin Clark hit a court-storming Ohio State Buckeyes fan after an upset last month. Clark didn't sustain an enduring injury, stating that the fan “knocked the wind out of her” while she was attempting to leave the wood.
Saturday's contest in between Wake Forest (18-9, 10-6) and Duke (21-6, 12-4) was a close one, including 14 ties and 14 lead modifications. Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis scored 29 points in the triumph, leading the charge to ward off Duke's five-game winning streak.
Scheyer kept in mind that the win must land the Demon Deacons in the NCAA competition,
