Brandon Williams out indefinitely with knee injury, won’t play vs. Washington schools

Arizona Wildcats freshman guard Brandon Williams will not play against Washington and Washington State this week due to a right knee injury.

“He’s going to be sidelined indefinitely right now with his knee,” Arizona coach Sean Miller said Monday on his weekly radio show. “We’re hopeful that we can get him back at some point, but right now we’re not going to be able to have him ready to play this week.”

Williams tweaked his right knee on Jan. 26 in Arizona’s loss to UCLA. The ASU game was the first Williams has missed this season, though he was limited on Dec. 19 against Montana due to soreness in the same knee.

Williams missed his entire junior season of high school after having surgery on that knee to correct osteochondritis dissecans, a joint condition in which bone underneath the cartilage of a joint dies due to lack of blood flow, so it is never a good sign when it is flaring up.

When Miller was asked if Williams recent injury is related to that surgery, he could not rule it out.

“I think time will tell,” Miller said after the loss to ASU.

Williams is Arizona’s third-leading scorer (12.0 ppg) and leading assister (3.7 apg). The timing of his injury is unfortunate because he had been playing the best basketball of his career and the Wildcats, losers of three straight, could certainly use him on the court right now.

Williams was averaging 13.8 points and 3.5 assists in Pac-12 play before his injury, upping his shooting percentages to .436/.400/.836.

“Without Brandon Williams,” Miller said, “we lose a lot of firepower.”

This story will be updated.

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