Caleb Foster will not be available when the Blue Devils host the UNC basketball team at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Caleb Foster hasn’t played since suffering a right lower leg injury in the second half of Duke’s notorious court-stormed loss to Wake Forest two weeks ago. The five-star freshman will be sidelined once more when Jon Scheyer’s team meets its UNC basketball rivals at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN).
“He can’t go [on Saturday night],” Scheyer told the media about Foster’s status on Thursday as his No. 9 Blue Devils (24-6, 15-4 ACC) try to tie the season series with UNC and send the No. 7 Tar Heels (24-6, 16-3) back to Chapel Hill with only a share of the conference’s regular-season championship.
“[He] is not there yet. And I wish I could give you a more full response than “he can’t go [against UNC], and he can’t even practice yet.”
Foster played 19 minutes off the bench in Duke’s 93-84 loss over UNC on February 3, fouling out after scoring five points, two rebounds, one assist, and one steal.
Although he is not one of the Blue Devils’ top weapons — he is the squad’s sixth-highest scorer at 7.7 points per game — he has made more than 40% of his 3-point attempts this season and has been an effective fill-in starter for a group that has suffered from a number of injuries.
It’s also worth mentioning that Caleb Foster led Duke to a primetime victory over Michigan State in November, scoring 18 points and going 4-for-5 from beyond the arc.
In other words, his absence reduces the Tar Heels’ potential X factor in Cameron Indoor Stadium. However, the Blue Devils are on a three-game winning streak without him.
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