Senior forward Casey Prather (bone bruise in right knee), UF’s leading scorer this season, is doubtful for No. 10 Florida’s matchup against Georgia on Tuesday night in the O’Connell Center, the school announced Sunday.
Prather sat out of the team’s practice Sunday afternoon and did not play in Florida’s 84-82 overtime win on Saturday at Arkansas, his first missed contest of the year. He also did not participate in the Gators’ two practices before Saturday’s contest.
After Florida’s home win against South Carolina on Wednesday night, Prather woke up Thursday with swelling in his right knee. Coach Billy Donovan went more into specifics about the injury on Friday afternoon before the team traveled to Fayetteville, Ark.
“We actually thought maybe there had been some cartilage tear with the way his knee was swelling, so he had an MRI (on Thursday),” Donovan said.
“Cartilage tear, his knee structure, all that stuff is fine.”
In 14 games this year — all starts — Prather has averaged a team- and career-best 17 points on 62.4 percent shooting, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
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Casey Prather (24) scores against Fresno State's Tanner Giddings (5) and Alex Davis (10) during No. 16 Florida's 66-49 win at the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic on Dec. 21 in Sunrise.
