Francis' Knee Hurt in Trojan Practice

Francis’ Knee Hurt in Trojan Practice

By Ben Bolch

Jan. 17, 2006 12 AM PT

USC freshman point guard Ryan Francis bruised his right knee Monday during a collision with a teammate and could not finish practice. His status is listed as day to day, and he will undergo precautionary X-rays today.

“He’s a tough, tough cat,” Coach Tim Floyd said. “When he goes down, the building goes quiet because he never goes down. He might get down, but he bounces right back up. But he stayed down and couldn’t finish practice.”

Francis, whose steal in the final seconds helped preserve the Trojans’ 71-66 victory over Washington State on Saturday, is averaging seven points, 3.9 assists and 3.1 rebounds.

-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Francis’ Knee Hurt in Trojan Practice

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