Seven-footer Lawson Lovering will likely miss the remainder of his freshman season after suffering an MCL injury during practice on Monday, BuffZone’s Pat Rooney confirmed.
Rooney reported that Lovering’s recovery time should be about six to eight weeks and it’s not expected he’ll need surgery.
In Lovering’s 18 games played this season, he averaged just 10.7 minutes but played an important role coming off the bench for usually Evan Battey.
The former four-star recruit out of Wyoming is now the third freshman on CU’s roster to suffer a major injury. Both Quincy Allen, who will miss the entirety of his rookie season due to a hip injury, and Javon Ruffin (right knee) have also been hit.
As we saw in Lovering’s first game missed at Oregon, former walk-on Will Loughlin is the next man up. Prior to Tuesday, the senior hadn’t seen the court since mid-November against Maine.
Boyle told BuffZone that the plan is to use Loughlin, who was recently put on scholarship, similarly to Lovering:
“He only got a couple (minutes) against Oregon, but I expect him to play kind of like Lawson was — eight, 10, 12 minutes a game depending on the opponent and the situation,” Boyle said of Loughlin. “I’ve got supreme confidence in Will. And his teammates do, too.”
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