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Utes Lose Whiting For The Season
12/17/1999 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 17, 1999
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah junior guard Trent Whiting has been declared as a medical redshirt for the remainder of the 1999-2000 season. The announcement came from head coach Rick Majerus after the Utes' game against Sioux Falls on Friday night.
Whiting did not suit-up for the last two games and has been limited all season by a congenital condition in his femur bones. Players are able to take a medical redshirt in the first half of the season if they have not played in over 20 percent of a team's total regular-season games. The Kuna, Idaho, native and former junior college All-American at Snow College averaged 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in five games this season.
Whiting can return next season with two full years of eligibility. However, his injury may be career threatening.
"We just lost our starting point guard for the year officially, although it happened almost two weeks ago," said Majerus. "But, our loss is not as bad as Trent's loss. Trent was a great kid, great competitor, really loved the game and enjoyed playing it. In spite of a high pain threshold, it unfortunate that you can't compensate for a physical abnormality. Hopefully we can identify [the problem], rectify it, and he can remedy this and go on with his career, but there's also the possibility that may not occur. Doctors everywhere seem perplexed. We've taken him to a number of specialists. We certainly are at a great loss relative to contribution he could make to the team, but I think he'll feel a sense of loss even more because he was someone who really enjoyed the game."
It was also announced Friday night that senior forward Hanno Mottola, who missed the first eight regular-season games with a knee injury, has been cleared to play by team doctors and will dress for Utah's game against Chicago State on Saturday. Mottola, a preseason candidate for the Wooden and Naismith awards, sustained a slight MCL tear in his left knee in Utah's final exhibition game on Nov. 9.
Nate Althoff, who sprained his left ankle in the first half of Friday night's game against Sioux Falls, could be out 10-14 days according to team doctors.
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