Indiana basketball's starting center takes hit to the head, leaves game vs. Tennessee Tech
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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball's starter center Samet Yigitoglu exited Thursday night's game against Tennessee Tech after taking a hit to the head in the opening minutes.
Yigitoglu got hit as he went up for a shot and stayed back under his own basket as play continued. The contact opened up a cut around his right eye and he walked back to the locker room while pressing a towel to his head to stop the bleeding.
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At the next stoppage of play, the officials reviewed the play for a flagrant foul, but announced that it was just "incidental contact" to boos from the crowd at Assembly Hall.
Yigitoglu, who came into the game averaging 6.7 points and 6.0 rebounds, nearly matched his season scoring average in less than two minutes by scoring at the rim on Indiana's first three trips down the floor. Sam Alexis came off the bench for the Hoosiers with Yigitoglu sidelined.
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Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek.
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