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UNC Basketball: Brandon Robinson to miss 2-4 weeks with injury

By Zack Pearson

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 01: Brandon Robinson #4 of the North Carolina Tar Heels is helped off the floor after being injured in the closing seconds during the second half of their game against the Boston College Eagles at the Dean Smith Center on February 01, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Boston College won 71-70. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 01: Brandon Robinson #4 of the North Carolina Tar Heels is helped off the floor after being injured in the closing seconds during the second half of their game against the Boston College Eagles at the Dean Smith Center on February 01, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Boston College won 71-70. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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The UNC Basketball program will be without guard Brandon Robinson for 2-4 weeks as he deals with an ankle injury

The bad injury luck just keeps coming for the North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program and the latest one is very significant.

Just a week after the Tar Heels received news that freshman point guard Cole Anthony would return to the court, UNC will lose a wing for at least the next two weeks. Head coach Roy Williams told reporters on Thursday that senior guard Brandon Robinson will miss 2-4 weeks with a sprained ankle.

Robinson suffered that ankle injury in the final minute of UNC’s loss to Boston College on Saturday when he came down on Jared Hamilton’s foot to contest a three-point attempt. Hamilton leaned into Robinson and sold it as a crucial foul call that eventually gave Boston College the win. The wing also missed Monday’s game at Florida State.

With the news of the Robinson injury, UNC will now be without their third-leading scorer and best three-point shooter for Saturday’s game vs. Duke. Losing Robinson is huge as the Tar Heels have struggled to score this season including an 11-minute stretch in the loss at Florida State. Just a few weeks back, Robinson set a new career-high with 29 points in a big win over Miami.

The Tar Heels will likely go with junior Andrew Platek in the starting lineup in Robinson’s absence beginning this Saturday vs. Duke.

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