Sitting in the North Carolina locker room with his right wrist and elbow wrapped in ice Saturday afternoon, Kendall Marshall provided his daily health update to reporters.
He said he participated in the team's workout on Saturday, which included passing, catching and shooting but no full contact.
His availability for Sunday's game against Kansas -- which will be played a full week after Marshall fractured his wrist against Creighton -- depends on how he's feeling after Sunday's shootaround. But Marshall feels better about his chances to play than he did about Friday's game vs. Ohio.
"Every 24 hours, it's felt better," Marshall said. "It's a positive, they said, that there's not that much swelling at all. The bone is getting great blood flow. Things like that. (And) as far as the strength in my wrist, it has gotten better every 24 hours. . . . We'll see. If it continues to get better, there is a shot. But as of right now, if we were to play in 20 minutes, I wouldn't be playing."
"Obviously, it's going to be sore. It's going to hurt. It'll be like that for the next six weeks. It's just a matter of how pain I can stand as well as be able to help my team."
Marshall said he was happy to get back on the court Saturday, but of course, it wasn't easy.
"I definitely felt the pain, but there's going to be pain there for the next six weeks," Marshall said. "It's just a matter of how much I can take."
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