Missouri’s No. 1 offensive option, Russell Hansbrough, didn’t make it through the first quarter of the season opener before an injury has sidelined him.
.@KOMUChrisG said on the #Mizzou radio broadcast that Russell Hansbrough has a mild ankle sprain, according to @jeffparles. He won't return.
— Brandon Kiley (@BKSportsTalk) September 5, 2015
Russell Hansbrough leaves game with injury http://t.co/WDOS68721v
— CHILL (@RealCowboyFans) September 5, 2015
INJURY UPDATE: Russell Hansbrough is out for the rest of the game.
— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) September 5, 2015
Hansbrough, a 5-foot-9, 195-pound senior, carried 2015 times for 1,084 yards in 2014. He’s the top returning skill player on a Mizzou team without any experienced pass catchers.
If Hansbrough’s injury is a minor sprained ankle as reported, he should be OK by the time the Tigers open SEC play Sept. 26 at Kentucky.
C Evan Boehm left the game for Missouri as well, but since has returned.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
