Matthew Hurt suffers broken hand after getting off to strong start in G League
Dec. 4—ROCHESTER — Rochester's Matthew Hurt was off to a strong start in the G League, a minor-league professional basketball league, before suffering a hand injury.
Hurt, a 6-foot-9 forward, is a member of the Memphis Hustle in the G League, an affiliate of the Memphis Grizzlies.
He was averaging 19.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 blocks after two games, but suffered a broken hand in the second game. Hurt was injured while going for a rebound. He got his hand caught in the jersey of another player and it twisted. He was shooting 52.0% from the field.
He suffered his injury in late November and was only scheduled to be sidelined for two or three weeks.
"They put a screw in it, it shouldn't be a problem," said Richard Hurt, Matthew's father. "It's just kind of a bummer at the time that it happened."
This is Hurt's third season in the G League. He played just 13 games as a rookie in 2021-22 before suffering a season-ending knee injury. He had a strong season a year ago with the Hustle when he averaged averaged 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. He shot 59.5% from the field and 39.3% from 3-point range.
Michael Hurt, Matthew's older brother, is currently living in North Carolina.
Michael was a standout basketball player at John Marshall and played for the University of Minnesota. The 25-year-old works for a finance company out of the Twin Cities. He can do the job remotely, however, so he moved to Charlotte with his girlfriend.
He was in Rochester over Thanksgiving break and helped out with some of the John Marshall boys basketball practices.
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Tyler Gunnarson of St. Charles is taking part at the 2023 World Abilitysport Games.
The international track and field competition began last week and will conclude on Saturday. The event is being held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Gunnarson, a junior at St. Charles High School, is one of just 22 athletes from the United States competing in the World Abilitysport Games. Gunnarson is an elite wheelchair racer who excels in numerous track and field events.
This past summer he set the U.S. national adaptive record in the 200-meter dash at the Hartford Nationals. Gunnarson completed the sprint in 27.99 seconds.
Besides the 200 national record, Gunnarson won national age-group titles in the 100, 800, 100 special and the 800 medley relay at the Hartford Nationals. He also finished runner-up in the 400, 5,000, discus and javelin.
In order to be considered to compete at the World Abilitysport Games, athletes had to apply and meet certain criteria, including having at least two or more years of competition experience at the national level.
Jonathan Gunnarson, Tyler's father, is also one of the U.S. coaches at the World Abilitysport Games.
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Rochester's Anna Miller had a strong game for the Drake University women's basketball team in a 94-88 loss to the University of Minnesota in double overtime last Saturday.
Miller, a Mayo grad, had 17 points, 13 rebounds, three blocked shots and two assists in the loss to the Gophers.
Miller is a 6-3 junior forward. She is has started all eight games for Drake this season and is averaging 10.6 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.4 blocks per game.
She had a breakout sophomore campaign in 2022-23. Miller was named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year, the MVC Sixth Player of the Year and was a league All-Defensive Team member. She appeared in all 32 games, made eight starts and averaged 10.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. She led Drake and ranked second in the MVC with 72 blocks.
Guy N. Limbeck is a sports writer for the Post Bulletin. His Local Notebook appears each Tuesday. He can be reached at
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