Nick Evans is reported to have a broken bone in his wrist, and one of the posters on the SIU board states it is his "pisiform" bone, the smallest of the 8 carpal bones that make up the wrist.
http://classes.kumc.edu/sah/resources/handkines/bone/pisiform.html
"Fractures are rare. The pisiform is typically injured by a fall on an
outstretched hand in a dorsiflexed position, with the impact on the
hypothenar eminence."
Healing time is said to be 4-12 weeks, but if it is his non-shooting hand, he may be able to return earlier with a brace.
He is slated to return about the time SIU comes to Bradley on 12/28.
Also, SIU's Brandon Allen underwent arthroscopic knee surgery and reportedly had bone fragments removed, and may be out a couple weeks.
He has not yet played any minutes.
Torres Roundtree started & suffered a bruised knee in the UMass game on Nov. 12, leaving the game after just 5 minutes. He then attempted to play
in the Duke game, but that might have been a bit too premature of a return as he was removed in less than one minute and then didn't play at all in the UCLA game.
He returned to play 15 min. against Western Kentucky last Wednesday, scoring 3 pts. in the 79-70 loss.
He should be available for the game tonight vs. Saint Louis.
This game between SIUC (2-3) and Saint Louis (2-3) (both teams having one win over a DII) also is a reunion between two of SIUC's freshmen from McCluer HS
(Booker & Roundtree), and their old high school teammate, Femi John from McCluer who is at Saint Louis.
John has only played a few seconds of just one game so far this season, while Roundtree (1.3 points per game)
was a starter for SIUC before his injury and Booker (3 ppg) has averaged 14 mpg.