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UCLA Basketball: Steve Alford Gives an Update on TJ Leaf’s Injury

When UCLA Basketball‘s freshman power forward went down early in the game against the Washington Huskies, you could almost hear a collective “nooooooooo” from Bruin fans.

Leaf has been a vital part to UCLA’s offensive resurgence this season as he is putting up a team-high 16.8 points per game, which is also good for 6th best in the Pac-12. Though the Bruins are stocked with talent, losing Leaf for any amount of time would be crucial to UCLA’s post-season success.

Early in the game, Leaf had landed awkwardly whilst defending a shot down low, which immediately caused him to fall to the ground and had stayed their for several minutes.