Starting North Carolina guard Dexter Strickland will sit out for the rest of the 2011-12 season after tearing his ACL in Thursday night’s game against Virginia Tech, University officials announced Friday.
With just less than 17 minutes left in the game against the Hokies, Strickland went down with pain in his right knee while driving to the basket and had to be helped off the Cassell Coliseum court.
“We’re going to have to make up a lot defensively,” center Tyler Zeller said after Thursday’s game.
Strickland shared the team lead in steals with 25 and had 39 assists — second only to guard Kendall Marshall. He averaged 7.5 points per game and had a team-high field goal percentage.
