Just hours before the Duke Blue Devils were set to take the court against the Pitt Panthers, head coach Jon Scheyer shared that sophomore center Patrick Ngongba II was questionable for the conference matchup.
Three days earlier, Ngongba had earned quite a bit of attention, fouling out of Duke's highly-competitive game against the UNC Tar Heels.
Then, in a pre-game shoot-around, Ngongba was seen wearing a wrap and brace on his left hand, the opposite of the hand that he usually had wrapped for games.
Patrick Ngongba with possible injury ahead of Pitt game
Early this season, Ngongba had already cemented himself as the starting center for the Blue Devils, supported by senior forward Maliq Brown, who saw a lot of time against North Carolina over the weekend.