Bearcats G Tylen Riley sidelined with Hand Injury
Riley to be out 4-6 weeks with hand injury
Per GoBearcats:
Tylen Riley, a senior on the Cincinnati men’s basketball team, will be sidelined with a hand injury, first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun announced Thursday. Riley will be reevaluated in four to six weeks.
A native of Las Vegas, Riley averaged 15.0 points and 4.4 assists per contest, starting all 38 games this past season at Tulsa on his way to second team All-American Conference honors and American Conference All-Newcomer Team laurels. Riley scored in double figures 31 times, leading the Golden Hurricane on 12 occasions, and posted eight games with 20-plus points, including a 20-point game against Auburn in the NIT Championship. He led the American and ranked 11th nationally with 203 made free throws and ranked second in the conference in free-throw percentage at 87.1%.
For his three-year career, Riley has played in 89 games, including 51 starts, averaging 9.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest.