Louisville, KY (Sports Network) – Louisville’s Kevin Ware played in his first game Wednesday since suffering a gruesome broken leg injury against Duke in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n
Ware suffered a compound fracture after he landed awkwardly while trying to block a shot in the first half of Louisville’s eventual 85-63 win over Duke. He was taken from the court on a stretcher.<\/p>\n
He returned in an exhibition tilt against Pikeville and swished his first shot attempt, a 3-pointer, from the right wing.<\/p>\n
“I honestly thought I would air-ball my first shot,” Ware said.<\/p>\n
Ware, who wore black wraps on both of his lower legs, finished with six points and four rebounds in 10 minutes in the Cardinals’ 90-61 victory.<\/p>\n
Ware was cleared to practice with full contact Sunday, but he wasn’t expected to play Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“I wanted to get him some minutes just to get over the jitters of being back just in case we used him against Charleston,” Louisville head coach Rick Pitino said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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