Duke Guard Plays 18 Days After Foot Surgery, Wins the Game
Caleb Foster rolled into the press conference on a knee scooter with his foot in ice, having just scored 11 points to save Duke's season. Just 18 days earlier, surgeons had repaired his fractured foot.
Caleb Foster had no business being on a basketball court Friday night, but the Duke guard wasn't about to miss his shot at redemption.
On March 7, Foster fractured his foot during a game against rival North Carolina. The next day, he had surgery. Eighteen days later, he checked into Duke's Sweet 16 matchup against St. John's and scored seven straight points to rescue his team from a 10-point deficit.
"There are no analytics, no statistics to measure how big his heart is," said Duke coach Jon Scheyer. The final
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