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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff Writer
Missouri men’s basketball leading scorer Caleb Grill was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, according to a team spokesperson, after suffering an injury to his head and neck during Wednesday night’s home game against Lindenwood.
The spokesperson, Jason Veniskey, said Grill was “responsive” after being taken off the floor on a stretcher in the first half of the Tigers’ 81-61 win in Columbia.
After the game, Missouri coach Dennis Gates said he was awaiting the results of Grill’s CT scan but that all signs were positive.
Grill was injured while trying to grab a rebound; he appeared to get hit by an opposing player before his neck snapped back and he fell to the floor. Gates said “an elbow” to Grill’s head and neck area caused the injury.
Trainers surrounded Grill and placed him on the stretcher. He gave the home crowd a thumbs-up sign as he was leaving the court.
“No one likes to see their teammate go down,” Gates said. “In fact, we’ll go over [to the hospital] and check on him and make sure everything is OK. But to my knowledge, he was responsive with us, leaving this arena with his thumbs up. … Credit to our team, our EMS team. They did a great job and I’m very thankful.”
Grill entered the game averaging 15.5 points and connecting on 55% of his shots from beyond the arc. The veteran guard missed the majority of 2023-24 after suffering a wrist injury during the season.
