When Travis Steele took the podium Friday for Sunday's pre-game press conference ahead of a visit from Providence, Xavier's head coach announced that transfer Ben Stanley suffered a torn ACL in Wednesday's win over St. John's and is out the rest of the 2020-21 season.
Stanley went down awkwardly against St. John's and immediately grabbed his knee. He walked off the court and returned to the bench a short time later.
Stanley, who transferred to Xavier from Hampton University and only became eligible a few weeks ago after the NCAA instituted a blanket waiver for all transfers this season, played in four games and averaged 6.