Courtesy of SJUHawks.com
Saint Joseph’s leading scorer Lamarr Kimble will be sidelined for the rest of the season after sustaining a fracture in his foot during the Hawks’ loss to Massachusetts on Saturday. He has a fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his left foot which will require surgery and two months of recovery.
Kimble, a sophomore point guard, led the Hawks in scoring with 15.5 points per game, as well as assists with 4.5 per game. He scored double figures in 19 games, with five of 20 points or more.
This is the second season-ending injury to a Hawks’ leading scorer and point guard as junior Shavar Newkirk suffered a torn ACL on December 30 after leading SJU with a career-best 20.3 scoring average. Kimble is also the fourth SJU player to be sidelined for the year as sophomore Pierfrancesco Oliva was declared out for the year in June because of a chronic knee condition that required surgery. Freshman forward Lorenzo Edwards also underwent shoulder surgery in December because of a recurring injury.
Earlier this year, junior James Demery missed 10 games after suffering a stress fracture in his foot in the season opener. Demery has since returned and is averaging 13.2 points per game.
“We’re obviously disappointed for ‘Fresh’. We’ll certainly miss his on the court skills and do expect, as Shavar has done, that he will continue to be prominent in a leadership role. Speaking for the program, we’re all disappointed but not discouraged. Our challenge now is to exemplify ‘the Hawk will never die’ spirit,” said Saint Joseph’s head coach Phil Martelli.
Saint Joseph’s (10-14; 3-9) now has 13 healthy players, with nine on scholarship. The Hawks head to VCU on Tuesday evening.
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