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Kyle Ahrens suffers serious injury, Michigan State players and coaches emotional
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Being a part of a team is like being a part of a family. There may not be better evidence of that than what we saw in Chicago on Sunday afternoon in the B1G Tournament.
During Sunday’s championship game between Michigan State and Michigan, Spartans’ forward Kyle Ahrens jumped up for a rebounded and landed awkwardly and sustained what appeared to be a very serious ankle injury.
Ahrens screamed in pain and coaches and teammates rushed to his aid. As you can imagine, the scene in the United Center was an emotional one.
Here’s the video of Ahrens’ injury. It was an ugly scene, so watch with discretion:
https://twitter.com/betmybookie/status/1107375835550502916
Here were some of the emotional reactions from the United Center following Ahrens’ injury:
Watching these Michigan State kids cry alongside their injured teammate is making me cry. Wow. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/Ga8ek4t6uD
— Vic Lombardi (@VicLombardi) March 17, 2019
MSU players gather around Kyle Ahrens. Fans chanting his name. Left leg being immobilized. “We love you Kyle,” someone shouts. pic.twitter.com/7Mo3MGl3uU
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) March 17, 2019
The whole MSU team came out to support Kyle Ahrens and fans of both teams gave him a standing ovation after a gruesome-looking leg injury: pic.twitter.com/DrduJe0bPv
— Alex Roux (@a_roux) March 17, 2019
Tom Izzo can’t hold back his emotions. Crying as Kyle Ahrens left the court. pic.twitter.com/qaJRAsKu9K
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) March 17, 2019
Kyle Ahren’s parents greet him as he’s stretchered off the court. pic.twitter.com/XzMfeftp9Z
— Mike DeFabo (@MikeDeFabo) March 17, 2019
Ahrens has battled injuries throughout the year, but this was a heartbreaking moment. And it was easy to see how much it affected his teammates emotionally.
Ahrens was averaging 4.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game this season.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB