Georgetown center Vince Iwuchukwu out 6-8 weeks due to undisclosed medical procedure

Vince Iwuchukwu will probably be sidelined for the close to future for Georgetown, the college introduced on Tuesday afternoon.

Iwuchukwu is ready to bear a scheduled medical process, the college confirmed, and will probably be evaluated once more in six to eight weeks. Georgetown didn’t present any specifics, however stated that Iwuchukwu is “typically in good well being,” and is “in good spirits and appreciates the assist.”

Iwuchukwu transferred into Georgetown this previous offseason after stints at each USC and St. John’s. The 7-foot-1 heart was a five-star Rivals.com recruit popping out of highschool. He sustained main coronary heart failure and collapsed throughout a crew exercise forward of his freshman season with the Trojans, nonetheless, which led to a minor hospital keep. He performed in simply 14 video games that season.

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Iwuchukwu averaged simply greater than seven minutes per sport off the bench final season for Rick Pitino at St. John’s. He’s been an ideal addition for the Hoyas off the bench to this point this season, too. He’s averaged 11.8 factors and 4 rebounds per contest whereas taking pictures 60% from the sector of their first 4 video games of the yr.

The Hoyas went 18-16 final season and missed the NCAA event for a fourth straight yr. They maintain a 4-0 file coming into Saturday’s sport towards Wagner. Georgetown has overwhelmed each Maryland and Clemson already this fall, and can tackle No. 18 North Carolina in what will probably be its largest contest earlier than Huge East play kicks off subsequent month.