The UNC men’s basketball team suffered yet another setback on Saturday afternoon, when the school revealed that both Garrison Brooks and Justin Pierce will not dress out to play in the Tar Heels’ game at No. 11 Louisville.

Brooks–who has been dealing with a scratched cornea in recent weeks–will miss the game due to an unspecified illness, while Pierce is out with a sprained left ankle.

This will leave freshman Armando Bacot as UNC’s lone frontcourt player remaining in the rotation, which will surely force head coach Roy Williams into making some creative lineup adjustments to try and compensate.

Brooks is averaging 15.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for the Tar Heels this season, while Pierce has averages of 5.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per outing.

 

 

Photo via Todd Melet

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