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College Basketball Notebook: ORU's Morton to have surgery
by Staff Reports , Tulsa World
The Oral Roberts basketball team lost a second player from the same practice session to a knee injury, head coach Scott Sutton confirmed Wednesday. An MRI showed that 6-foot-9 redshirt freshman Tim Morton had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will require surgery. Morton, who sat out last season, was injured about 15 minutes after true freshman Hunter McClintock injured his right knee in practice last Friday afternoon.
McClintock also will need surgery. Morton was being counted on to supply depth on the front line. The Eagles have only three more big men 6-foot-9 Kevin Ford, 6-foot-10 Damen Bell-Holter, and 6-foot-10 Javier Nasarre, who is recuperating from a foot surgery. Sutton said Morton has improved since redshirting last season. "You hate it for the him," Sutton said. "He sat out last year, and it's going to be three years since he's played in a game," Sutton said. Morton's last action was in 2006-07 for Cornerstone Christian, an elite prep school in San Antonio, Texas. He was denied ORU eligibility in 2007-08 by the NCAA Clearinghouse, but returned to school last year after the issue was resolved. MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer Uzoh, Thompson nominated for award: Tulsa's Ben Uzoh and Oklahoma's Amanda Thompson were among 30 men's and women's basketball players nominated for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. The honor is awarded to the top senior that excels in four areas of excellence - classroom, character, community and competition. The CLASS acronym stands for "Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School." North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and OU's Courtney Paris won the award last season. BY ERIC BAILEY, World Sports Writer
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