WRAL Sports Fan

North Carolina State University

State's Degand struggling (again) with knee injury

By Jason Jennings

Feb 6, 2009

N.C. State point guard Farnold Degand is continuing to struggle with a left knee injury, which is why he played only three minutes Tuesday night in the Wolfpack’s win over N.C. Central.

State plays Sunday at Virginia Tech at 1:30 p.m. That game will be shown on WRAL-TV.

Lowe told 99.9 FM The Fan on Thursday that Javi Gonzalez has played well in practice this week and might start at the Hokies. Degand started against NCCU.

Degand has played well at times but the knee injury has lingered as State’s point guard situation has been fluid all season. Lowe said Friday that Degand tweaked the knee again while running in a physical education class Tuesday before the game. Sometimes the injury responds well to rest.

Degand is expected to play Sunday in some capacity.