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Senior Henry Caruso.
Men's Hoops Team Loses Caruso to Foot Injury
December 14, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Princeton senior Henry Caruso, a first-team All-Ivy League honoree a year ago, will miss the remainder of the season due to a toe injury.
The loss comes three days after the program announced Caruso's classmate, Hans Brase, was lost for the rest of the season to a knee injury. Both Tigers – Caruso, a history major, and Brase, a sociology major – will graduate this spring.
"This is a really tough break for both Hans and Henry. The bottom line is that we're down two really experienced players," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, said. "But, I think this is an opportunity for all of us. We have a chance to grow and learn and get better and that's what we will do going forward."
Wednesday night's game against Saint Joseph's was the first one Caruso missed since the 2014-15 season opener at Rider. He gained a starting role late that season and was among the Tigers' starting five for 38 straight games beginning with the 2015 season finale at Penn.
After playing in eight games as a freshman, Caruso became a regular part of the rotation as a sophomore, appearing in the 2014-15 season's final 29 games while getting the six late-season starts on the way to a 6.1 point-per-game average. Last season, he was both Princeton's leading scorer (15.0 ppg) and rebounder (6.2 ppg) and was averaging 9.5 points per game this season.
Caruso finishes his career with 690 points, averaging 9.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
The loss comes three days after the program announced Caruso's classmate, Hans Brase, was lost for the rest of the season to a knee injury. Both Tigers – Caruso, a history major, and Brase, a sociology major – will graduate this spring.
"This is a really tough break for both Hans and Henry. The bottom line is that we're down two really experienced players," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, said. "But, I think this is an opportunity for all of us. We have a chance to grow and learn and get better and that's what we will do going forward."
Wednesday night's game against Saint Joseph's was the first one Caruso missed since the 2014-15 season opener at Rider. He gained a starting role late that season and was among the Tigers' starting five for 38 straight games beginning with the 2015 season finale at Penn.
After playing in eight games as a freshman, Caruso became a regular part of the rotation as a sophomore, appearing in the 2014-15 season's final 29 games while getting the six late-season starts on the way to a 6.1 point-per-game average. Last season, he was both Princeton's leading scorer (15.0 ppg) and rebounder (6.2 ppg) and was averaging 9.5 points per game this season.
Caruso finishes his career with 690 points, averaging 9.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
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