Southern’s Hyder out indefinitely

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  -- Southern starting point guard Christopher Hyder could miss the rest of the season because of a blood clot in his left shoulder.

Hyder, a sophomore from Dallas, played through pain in the shoulder the past two games. When the pain didn’t subside in the wake of the Jaguars’ 60-36 victory against Jackson State on Monday, Hyder underwent more thorough testing, which revealed the blood clot.

Coach Roman Banks said Wednesday tha
t one of Hyder’s ribs “is pinching on an artery,” which led to the clot.

Hyder is taking blood-thinning medication to treat the clot and will undergo surgery in the next two or three weeks to relieve the pressure on the artery.

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