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Pinson to miss 2nd game for No. 12 UNC with ankle injury
North Carolina Tar Heels

Pinson to miss 2nd game for No. 12 UNC with ankle injury

Published Jan. 30, 2017 2:04 p.m. ET

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) No. 12 North Carolina won't have swingman Theo Pinson for a second straight game because of an ankle injury.

Coach Roy Williams said Monday that Pinson will miss Tuesday night's game against Pittsburgh but added that he's ''hopeful'' that the 6-foot-6 forward will return soon.

Pinson rolled his right ankle last week in a victory over Virginia Tech and did not play in a 77-62 loss at Miami on Saturday.

He missed the first 16 games after October surgery for a broken bone in the same foot. He is averaging 6.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists in six games for the first-place Tar Heels (19-4, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).

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