Just as Tennessee basketball was approaching a clean injury report, a new name has appeared on the list.
Freshman reserve guard Clarence Massamba will not be available for Tennessee's next game with a right hip injury. The Vols (16-7, 6-4 SEC) head to Starkville to take on Mississippi State (11-12, 3-7) at Humphrey Coliseum on Feb. 11 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
Massamba has appeared in nine games this season. He played a season high 14 minutes in the 94-52 win over Gardner-Webb on Dec. 21 and briefly got on the court at the end of the Vols' blowout win over Ole Miss on Feb. 3.
Massamba was born and grew up in France, though he briefly attended high school in Gainesville, Florida. He went back to Europe play professionally in the LNB Espoirs league for AS Monaco Basket's U21 team.
He and Ethan Burg, who played two seasons in the Israeli Basketball Super League, were cited in the Charles Bediako lawsuit among 38 student-athletes who played in a professional basketball league and were deemed eligible to play this season.
Wynton Jackson covers high school sports for Knox News. Email: [email protected]
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