Life-threatening injuries are the absolute worst-case scenarios for sporting events, and today at Raleigh’s PNC Arena, we had that play out.
NC State was hosting South Carolina State when a South Carolina State player went down with an apparent medical emergency.
Eventually, the player in question (identified as Ty Solomon) was taken out on a stretcher. There was a lengthy delay, before South Carolina State players voted to return to the court:
And then, finally, some good news:
That’st clearly the best way it could have ended, though it’s unfortunate that it had to happen to begin with. Hopefully Solomon makes a full and quick recovery.
[Pack Pride/247Sports, screengrab via Pack Pride]