Louisville center breaks left wrist

LOUISVILLE junior center Gorgui Dieng is out 4 to 6 weeks with a broken left wrist, the school announced.

Dieng will have a screw inserted into his scaphoid bone Tuesday at the Kleinert Kutz Hand Center. The 6-11 junior broke his wrist on Friday against Missouri.

Cardinals coach Rick Pitino said in a statement Monday that "with a little luck," Dieng will return for the start of Louisville's Big East schedule in January.

With Dieng sidelined, 6-10 sophomore center Zach Price, 6-9 senior forward Stephan Van Treese and 6-8 freshman center Montrezl Harrell will try to fill the void.

"We will miss his defensive presence and passing ability, but it's time for other guys to step up their performances," Pitino said.

Dieng fell taking a charge during the Cardinals' 84-61 victory in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas. He returned with his wrist taped and played 24 total minutes but missed Saturday's loss to Duke in the championship.

Dieng is averaging 8.2 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks for No. 5 Louisville (5-1). He set a single-season school record with 128 blocks as a sophomore to lead the Big East.

North Carolina coach Roy Williams said he's unsure whether sophomore P.J. Hairston will play at No. 1 Indiana on Tuesday night after suffering an injury to his left knee in practice.

* Indiana is still No. 1 in the Associated Press' poll, but the holiday weekend tournaments caused a lot of change below. Duke moved up to take Louisville's old spot at No. 2 after beating the Cardinals in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Michigan moved up one place to third.

Ohio State, Louisville, Syracuse, Florida, Kentucky, Arizona and Kansas round out the Top 10.

There were four newcomers to the Top 25, all ranked in the last five: Georgetown, Minnesota, Illinois and New Mexico.

* North Carolina State sophomore forward Thomas de Thaey is leaving the Wolfpack program, and will return to his native Belgium to be with his ill father and pursue professional basketball opportunities there.

* Pitt's Trey Zeigler, who was charged with drunken driving after police said he was found passed out behind the wheel early Sunday, was suspended indefinitely by coach Jamie Dixon.

Zeigler issued a statement through the team apologizing for his actions and saying "this is not indicative of the kind of person I am, nor the kind of person I want to be."

At Kansas, Jeff Withey had 16 points and 12 rebounds as the No. 10 Jayhawks (5-1) beat San Jose State, 70-57.

* At Notre Dame, Jerian Grant scored 22 points to lead the Fighting Irish (6-1) to a 92-65 win over Chicago State.

* At Lipscomb, Isaiah Canaan scored 32 points and Ed Daniel had 18 points and 18 rebounds as Murray State (5-1) won, 88-79.

* At Tennessee, Jarnell Stokes scored 19 points and went 7-for-8 from the floor as the Volunteers (4-1) rolled, 77-50, over Oakland.

* At Georgia State, Maurice Kemp had 16 points and 11 rebounds and East Carolina (5-0) prevailed, 62-53.

* At Stetson, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick scored 20 points as the Bulls (4-2) beat the Hatters, 63-54.

* At Marquette, Jamil Wilson's 15 points helped lead the Golden Eagles (5-1) over UMBC, 79-46.