Tar Heels G Ginyard out with foot pain
December 11, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP)—North Carolina says guard Marcus Ginyard will missSaturday night’s game against Presbyterian with pain in his left foot.
School officials said Friday that the move is a precaution. Team doctor TomBrickner says the senior’s pain is unrelated to the stress fracture that costhim most of his 2008-09 season, and says he is being evaluated but that “hedoes not have a fracture.”
Ginyard missed all but three games in late December and early January lastseason and received a medical waiver that granted him a fifth year. He startedeach of the first nine games for the 11th-ranked Tar Heels (7-2), is averaging10.4 points and has the team’s best shooting percentage from 3-point range.