Kansas Guard Shakeel Moore Out 6-8 Weeks With Damaged Foot

Kansas guard Shakeel Moore might miss as much as eight weeks after breaking his foot in a pickup sport. This implies the Jayhawks will probably be with out a second guard for the beginning of the season, following Elmarko Jackson’s knee harm. Moore, a fifth-year senior switch, is projected to return near the beginning of the common season.

Fifth-year senior guard Shakeel Moore is not going to take part in Kansas Basketball Boot Camp drills

“He’ll be out for an prolonged time frame,” Kansas coach Invoice Self mentioned. “He did require surgical procedure two weeks in the past. We don’t know precisely when he’ll be again. He is not going to be again by way of the primary portion of our common apply [in late September]. We expect we can have him again for the [start of the] season, however in all probability not till near that.

“All the pieces went nicely. The surgical procedure went good. They anticipate a speedy restoration however not one that may get him again till that six-to-eight-week vary from now.”

Moore is not going to take part in KU Basketball Boot Camp drills, which start Tuesday and run by way of subsequent week.

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By 124 profession NCAA regular-season video games (68 begins) throughout 4 seasons (2020-24), Moore has averaged 8.4 factors, 2.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.4 steals, and 24.5 minutes per contest whereas taking pictures 42.4% from the ground, 31.2% from 3-point vary, and 70.7% on the free throw line.

Moore started his profession at NC State earlier than transferring to Mississippi State, the place he averaged 7.9 factors final season. In 32 video games (15 begins) of the 2021-22 season with the Bulldogs, he averaged profession highs of 9.8 factors, 2.3 assists, and 1.7 steals per contest.

Within the SEC that season, he completed tenth in steals (53), 14th in defensive win shares (1.9), 18th in defensive field plus/minus (2.7), eleventh in defensive ranking (4.2), 18th in help share (19.3%), and fourth in steal share (3.9%).

Mississippi State, NC State have been a mixed 30-15 when Moore scored at the least 10 factors

The 6-foot-1 Moore averaged 7.9 factors, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists final season in 33 video games (22 begins) with Mississippi State. He scored in double figures 13 occasions, together with a season-high 16 factors towards Murray State on Dec. 13, 2023.

The Bulldogs and Wolfpack have been a mixed 30-15 when Moore scored at the least 10 factors. He additionally picked up a number of steals in 41 of 99 profession video games with the Bulldogs.

In the meantime, 41 of 52 efforts with 2-plus steals have been at Mississippi State. Moore dedicated to the Jayhawks shortly after Jackson tore his patellar tendon, which can trigger him to overlook the upcoming season.

Moreover, Kansas coach Invoice Self is retaining veteran guard Dajuan Harris Jr. and backup Jamari McDowell from a workforce that went 23-11 final season. Nevertheless, he additionally rebuilt his backcourt within the switch portal.

Self landed Wisconsin standout AJ Storr, Alabama star Rylan Griffen, South Dakota State guard Zeke Mayo, David Coit from Northern Illinois, and Noah Shelby from Rice. Second-team All-American Hunter Dickinson and veteran KJ Adams Jr. are returning within the publish as nicely.