SPOKANE, Wash. -- Third-ranked Gonzaga will be without forward Killian Tillie for up to eight weeks after the junior had surgery for a stress fracture in his ankle.
Gonzaga coach Mark Few announced Tillie's injury on Tuesday. Tillie aggravated the ankle injury during fall practice and additional imaging revealed the stress fracture.
The 6-foot-10 Tillie averaged 12.9 points and shot 58 percent last season as a sophomore. Tillie was almost as good shooting 3-pointers, hitting nearly 48 percent of his long-range shots. He was a preseason all-West Coast Conference selection and expected to be one of the top scoring forwards in the country.