Tramon Mark injury update: Arkansas guard stretchered off in second half vs. North Carolina
Arkansas basketball guard Tramon Mark had to be stretchered off the court due to a back injury after a hard fall in the second half of the Razorbacks' 87-72 loss against North Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.
Mark took a tough spill in the paint after driving hard to the rim, landing on his back and remaining on the floor with no movement in his lower body for nearly five minutes. He was released from a local hospital after an MRI showed no significant damage to his back. After the game, coach Eric Musselman confirmed that Mark had suffered a back injury after the fall.
"It's his back," Musselman said. "Not his neck or head."
Eric Musselman with some clarification on Tramon Mark’s scary injury:
"It's his back. Not his neck or head."
Prayers up to Tramon🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/3AeEWO2Z44— Will Whitson (@will_whitson2) November 24, 2023
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The 6-foot-6 junior kept his team afloat throughout the game against the Tar Heels, finishing with 34 points on just 17 shots, connecting on 4 of 6 six 3-point attempts. Arkansas' second-highest scorer in the game was guard Layden Blocker, who finished with 11 points. Mark will travel back to Fayetteville with the team on Saturday morning.
Mark has appeared in all seven of Arkansas' games this season, averaging a career-high 15.8 points coming into the game against North Carolina. The one-two punch of Mark and guard Khalif Battle led Arkansas to winning four of its first five games of the season, but have dropped the last two matchups to Memphis and North Carolina.
Tramon Mark injury update
After a scary fall late in the second half against North Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis, Mark suffered a back injury, confirmed by Musselman after the game.
North Carolina beats Arkansas 87-72 in the consolation game down in the Bahamas.
But what matters is the health of Tramon Mark - who had 34 points before being taken off the court on a stretcher following a hard fall.— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) November 24, 2023
Musselman did not get into the specifics of the injury, but simply said that Mark had sustained a back injury rather, than to his arm to his head or neck.
Arkansas football provided an injury update after the game, stating that the junior has been released from the local hospital after an MRI showed no significant damage to his back. He will travel with the team back to Fayetteville on Saturday morning.
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