Often referred to as the front-runner for national player of the year, Johni Broome, left the game against South Carolina at the 13:45 mark of the second half after his left foot came down on teammate Chaney Johnson as he was defending Collin Murray-Boyles.
Broome was met by Auburn’s medical staff and several assistants under the basket and was helped off the floor putting no pressure on his left foot.
“We know that he's got a pretty serious sprain. We will MRI and X-ray it when he gets back and hopefully, that's what it is. Don't know much more than that,” head coach Bruce Pearl said on the Auburn Radio postgame show.
The 6-foot-10 graduate-senior left Saturday’s contest with six points, shooting 3-for-11 from the field, and only a trio of rebounds – marking Broome’s lowest point total in a game since leaving the Georgia State game two minutes in with an injury.
Auburn’s other two big men, Dylan Cardwell and Chaney Johnson, had three personal fouls a-piece with 13:45 left at South Carolina.
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