Duke Star Injured When Wake Forest Fans Storm Court After Upset Win
deadline.comWake Forest‘s Demon Deacons’ took a 83-79 upset victory over the No. 8 Duke Blue Devils Saturday afternoon, but the big story came after the final buzzer.
Fans stormed the court, and Duke star Kyle Filipowski was knocked down and sprained an ankle. He had to be helped off the court.
Filipowski led his team with 17 points in the game and is averaging 16.9 and 8.2 rebounds per game this year. Filipowski said later he thought the collision was intentional. “It’s just really ridiculous how that situation is handled,” Filipowski told WFMY News after the game. “I absolutely feel like it was personal.
Intentional for sure. Like I said, there’s no reason where they see a big guy like me trying to work my way off the court and they they can’t just work around me, you know?
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