O'Rear out for the season

[UNI Fight]

Broken ankle. That's not good news for anybody.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...ws|text|Sports

Northern Iowa forward Lucas O’Rear will miss the rest of the season because of a fracture in his ankle.


The 6-foot-6, 260-pound senior was injured late Wednesday while going for a rebound during the Panthers’ 53-51 win over Illinois State.

Coach Ben Jacobson said it will be a two to three month recovery process.

[Born-a-Panther]

Re: O'Rear out for the season

I heard broken foot. Foot/ankle... broken is bad. This is just... ugh.

[UNI Fight]

Re: O'Rear out for the season

I heard broken foot. Foot/ankle... broken is bad. This is just... ugh.

We need a Mark Farley "Jeepers criminy" on this one.

[MeOW!]

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The three-peat just got suddenly MUCH tougher.

[jegbomb52]

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And also, I in no way shape or form expect Lucas to try to play through an injury like this. His future is in Baseball and whether its his plant foot or his drive foot, could be career ending if he damages it further.

[Born-a-Panther]

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I was on a high after reading about Vitale coming to the McLeod and reflecting - again - on how far we've come. Now I'm seriously seriously bummed.

[panther-state]

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Thats a big hit to our season. If Koch doesnt start showing up and Pehl/Rank can't put in quality mins for us the rest of this month and the MVC Tourney are going to be a huge challenge. But the nice thing about having a great coach like Jacobsen is we have a coaching staff that is more than capable of getting us through this and they have made great leaders out of guys like Kwadzo and Johnny

[Panther-Sheik]

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Time to step up and rally, boys. They can do it. SUCKS, though!!

[TheMacHouse]

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School/fans should honor him at next home game. He did give up the start of his baseball career to stick around. Need to have a Luuuuuuke chant going. Maybe some fans should look like Luke just to let the other team know the enforcer is still around.

[porkchop]

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And also, I in no way shape or form expect Lucas to try to play through an injury like this. His future is in Baseball and whether its his plant foot or his drive foot, could be career ending if he damages it further.

As good as our staff, trainers, and facilities are I know if I were him I'd be on the first plane to the Reds to get in the hands of MLB trainers and staff for the recovery. Thinks for all you have done for our program and school Lucas ...... here's to a bright future in the MLB.

[Panther789]

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Time to step up and rally, boys. They can do it. SUCKS, though!!

I think we can too. This staff will adjust.

One possible positive: We are going to be very difficult to guard on the offensive end. We will almost always have 5 very capable 3 point shooters on the floor. If Jake can do a bit more work on the inside, we may be able to pull this off.

[Hail Our Panthers]

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How about on the opening tip..everyone chant Luuuuuuuuuuuke.

[UNIpanther99]

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Very sad indeed. The guy will go down as one of my favorite Panthers of all time.

[TravelingPanther]

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Wish we would've gotten Pehl more mins. Especially in those blowout games.

[r54uni]

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Wish we would've gotten Pehl more mins. Especially in those blowout games.

What blow out games are you talking about. We are UNI - we don't have blow outs (except Drake)! We just win!!!!