Arizona basketball: Parker Jackson-Cartwright out 8 weeks with high-ankle sprain

It’ll be two months before Arizona gets its starting point guard back

Arizona Wildcats point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright will be out for approximately eight weeks with a high-ankle sprain, head coach Sean Miller said Monday.

Jackson-Cartwright suffered the injury last Wednesday against Texas Southern and Miller previously said the junior would be out for a “considerable amount of time”, which apparently means eight weeks.

That timetable means Jackson-Cartwright is likely to return in late January or early February, aka in the midst of Pac-12 play.

Jackson-Cartwright missed Saturday’s game against Gonzaga in which Arizona lost 69-62. Kadeem Allen started in Jackson-Cartwright’s place, and the Wildcats’ offense had one of its least efficient games.

Arizona shot just 38.6 percent as a team, and had seven assists to 12 turnovers.

Before the injury, Jackson-Cartwright was leading the team in assists per game (5.3), and posted 37 assists to 11 turnovers in seven games.

The rest of the Wildcats have 80 turnovers to 61 assists.

Arizona also had no comment on Allonzo Trier’s status. Trier was cleared to travel with the Wildcats to L.A. for Saturday’s contest versus Gonzaga, but Miller said that is not necessarily a good sign for his playing status.

“The only good sign is when he walks out there and plays,” Miller said of Trier.

Trier has missed all eight games for unspecified reasons and a timetable for his return is unclear.

Arizona (6-2) returns to action Tuesday when it hosts UC Irvine. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. and the game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.

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