Jeff Capel: Au’Diese Toney likely to be back for Syracuse

Mark Konezny-USA TODAY SportsAfter the news broke last night that freshman Au’Diese Toney would be out for the Clemson game, Pitt showed why he’s an important factor to the team while losing to Clemson 82-69 on the road. In what may have been simply a coincidence, Pitt played arguably its worst game defensively of the entire season. Toney is one of the team’s best defenders, and his presence was definitely missed last night.

Post game, Jeff Capel gave a status update on the freshman:

Jeff Capel said he hopes to have Au’Diese Toney back for Pitt’s game Saturday against Syracuse. There’s nothing broken in his hand, but they determined a few hours before the game tonight that he wouldn’t be able…