6:00 P.M." WEDNESDAY NOV. 19 -- North Carolina freshman Tyler Zeller suffered a fractured left wrist in Tuesday's win against Kentucky and underwent surgery today at UNC Hospitals according to a UNC Athletics release.
Doctors with UNC's sports medicine department say normal recovery time for this kind of injury is 12-16 weeks" which likely makes it a season-ending injury.
Dr. Don Bynum performed the surgical procedure that ended late Wednesday afternoon. The surgery was termed a success and Zeller is expected to make a full recovery.
He was injured with 1:26 to play in the game when he was fouled while going in for a breakaway dunk and landed on his left wrist. He broke both the left radius and ulna.
""I hate this for Tyler" coach Roy Williams said in the release. He¹s such a great kid and he¹s going to be a terrific player for us. It¹s another big blow for our team" but it¹s more adversity that we have to overcome together.""
Zeller's injury adds to UNC's depleted backcourt" with Tyler Hansbrough sidelined indefinitely. Senior Marcus Ginyard also is out with an injury until December.
