Wyoming sophomore center Adam Waddell re-injured his left ankle in practice Thursday morning, but associate head coach Fred Langley said Waddell expects to play in the Cowboys’ regular-season finale Saturday at UNLV.
Waddell first hurt the ankle Jan. 27 against Utah, and has been limited in both playing and practicing since then. In fact, he hasn’t practiced much opting to rest and treat the ankle so he can ply in games.
“Adam came in (Wednesday) and said his timing was off and wanted to practice to get his timing back,” UW associate head coach Fred Langley said. “About half-way through practice he came down on (sophomore center Boubacar Sylla’s foot) and twisted the ankle again.
“About 10 minutes later he got back in there but was hobbling worse than he was before so we shut him down. … I went over and talked to him and asked how bad it was and he said ‘Coach, I’m playing. I don’t want to talk about it. I’m playing.’ ”
Waddell averaged 9.7 ponits and 5.5 rebounds per game, but over the last six game he’s averaged six points and 2.7 rebounds, including just two boards in each of the last five contests.
UW coach Heath Schroyer wasn’t available for comment Thursday as he was on the road recruiting.
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