Maryland men’s basketball forward Bruno Fernando has been sidelined for about two weeks with a left high ankle sprain, coach Mark Turgeon said Tuesday.
Turgeon hopes the freshman returns for Maryland’s season-opener at Stony Brook on Nov. 10. The seventh-year coach said Fernando is starting to participate more in practice.
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Michal Cekovsky, Ivan Bender and Sean Obi will be Maryland’s frontcourt rotation while Fernando is sidelined. Once he’s healthy, Fernando is expected to contribute, bolstering a team that averaged the fourth-fewest rebounds per game in the Big Ten last season. The Terps frontcourt dealt with an array of injuries last year and hope Fernando’s setback doesn’t linger.
247Sports ranked Fernando a four-star prospect and the eighth-best center recruit in the country. The 6-foot-10, 245-pound power forward has impressed the squad with his work ethic and physicality.
