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Nate Oats provides injury update on Alabama guard Rylan Griffen

Alabama sophomore guard Rylan Griffen suffers calf injury against the Gators

Alabama dropped a road game on Tuesday night at the hands of the Florida Gators, 105-87. To add to the Crimson Tide’s woes, guard Rylan Griffen suffered an injury late in the contest when going after a loose ball.

Griffen appeared to have possession of the ball while in midair until two Florida players collided with him, forcing the ball out of bounds. Not only was Griffen injured on the play, but the officials ruled no foul and that the ball was out of bounds on Alabama.

Following the loss, head coach [autotag]Nate Oats[/autotag] would provide an injury update on the sophomore guard from Texas.

“He’s got a calf injury that we’re getting an MRI on in the morning. I’m not sure if it’s a bruise, strain, something.”

With fellow guard Latrell Wrightsell Jr. slowly working his way back into the lineup, Alabama can’t afford for Griffen to miss an extended period of time.

Griffen is averaging 11.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists this season for the Crimson Tide.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to monitor Griffen’s injury and will provide updates as they become available.

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Nate Oats updates the status of Latrell Wrightsell Jr. ahead of road trip to Florida

The sooner Latrell Wrightsell Jr. can get back in the lineup, the better!

Alabama guard Latrell Wrightsell Jr. has missed the last four games for the Crimson Tide with a head injury. On Monday, ahead of Alabama’s final road trip of the regular, head coach [autotag]Nate Oats[/autotag] updated the status of the sharpshooting senior.

Coach Oats would list Wrightsell as day-to-day and his status is still unknown for Alabama’s matchup against the Gators on Tuesday night in Gainesville.

“He’s been doing some basketball skills. He’s gotta get to a point where he can practice and then not have any type of headache the following day.”

“He was on a comeback protocol and then it got reset because he had a setback in it. It’d be nice to get him back. Again, it’s day-to-day. We’ve gotta see how he’s able to respond the next morning because once they go back to having a headache, they kind of start back at Day 0 again.

“But he’s coming along. As you could tell, he can shoot. He wasn’t doing anything live yet then.”

Getting Wrightsell healthy for the postseason will be critical for the Crimson Tide’s success both in the SEC tournament next week and the NCAA tournament later this month.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to monitor the status of Wrightsell and will provide an update as soon as one becomes available.

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