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Transfers Nick Dorn and Jason Drake suffered injuries and their availability status for IU’s trip to Puerto Rico is unknown.
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball guard Jason Drake and forward Nick Dorn could be sidelined for the program’s upcoming trip to Puerto Rico.
The Hoosiers leave Monday for their foreign tour that will include three exhibition games including a pair of games against Mega Superbet, a Serbian professional club.
Drake and Dorn are dealing with undisclosed injuries that sidelined them during Wednesday’s practice and there isn’t an exact timeline for their return. IU coach Darian DeVries told reporters after practice that’s possible Dorn could miss time this fall.
“The timeline on both of them is a little up in the air, I guess,” DeVries said. “We’ll see where that leads. We’re obviously hopeful that both of them will be back in a relatively good timeline. But I don’t anticipate ― with Nick, especially, that would be something more in the fall. We’ll see how that shakes out as we move forward.”
Dorn had a standout sophomore season at Elon last year where he was one of six Division I players to average at least 15.0 points per game, make 70 3-pointers, and make 90 free throws while playing less than 1,000 minutes.
He averaged 15.2 points and 3.8 rebounds in 30.7 minutes per game last season. He’s made 47 career starts over two seasons and earned CAA All-Rookie honors as a freshman.
Drake landed in Bloomington after a series of one-year stops at Cleveland State, Butler Community College and Drexel. Last season, he averaged 11.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 3.1 assists while starting all 33 games for Drexel.
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