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MUNCIE, Ind. — When K.J. Walton first suffered his right-ankle injury this past November in a game against Northern Kentucky, the Ball State basketball guard initially thought it was much worse than it turned out to be.
But while it wasn’t as serious as expected, he still felt he couldn’t be the type of player he’d been to that point in the season or the previous season. He didn’t possess the explosiveness he once did. He felt limited.
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So, after first attempting to play through the injury.