Bruce Pearl expects Wendell Green to miss 'a couple of days' with ankle injury

Auburn bounced back from their lone loss of the season to Memphis with a 72-64 home win over Georgia State on Wednesday. Unfortunately for the Tigers, junior guard Wendell Green left the game early with an ankle injury, which head coach Bruce Pearl gave an update on following their win.

“Wendell turned his ankle and will be evaluated, probably be out a couple days,” Pearl said.

Green would be a big loss for the Tigers, as he’s currently their leader in points and assists per game averaging 13.8 and 3.8 per game. Auburn was also missing their third-leading scorer KD Johnson in Saturday’s game, who was a late scratch due to an internal matter and coach’s decision according to Pearl.

Hopefully, the No. 19 Tigers’ roster can hold up and remain as healthy as possible ahead of their upcoming west coast road trip, as they take on USC and Washington on the road in their next two games.

Wendell Green injury sidelines Auburn’s leading scorer

Before Wendell Green’s injury, he was leading Auburn in scoring and assists this season, averaging 13.4 points and 3.9 assists per game. He also averages 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game.

Along with Green, the Auburn backcourt has been powered by the likes of guards KD Johnson (10.9 PPG), Allen Flanigan (8.3 PPG) and Zep Jasper (3.7 PPG).

Pearl indicated that freshman guard Tre Donaldson will likely have to step up in a major way with Green limited or out for the next few days. Donaldson is averaging 1.4 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 8.6 minutes per contest so far this season, appearing in seven of the team’s 10 games so far.

“He will play some more,” Pearl said, according to Ferguson. “He’ll play some more. He probably will back up Wen, and we’ll see. I played him some at the 2 tonight because he was playing so well.”

Auburn will return to action on Sunday with a road trip to USC. The Tigers and Trojans are slated for a 5:30 p.m. ET tip on ESPN.