Zion Williamson out for Duke men's basketball's matchup at Syracuse Saturday night

<p>Zion Williamson will not play Saturday night after suffering a right knee sprain earlier this week vs. North Carolina.</p>

Zion Williamson will not play Saturday night after suffering a right knee sprain earlier this week vs. North Carolina.

For the first time all season, Zion Williamson will miss a complete game.

Williamson, the Blue Devils' star freshman, will not play in tonight's matchup at Syracuse after suffering a Grade 1 right knee sprain during Wednesday's game vs. North Carolina. The freshman remains listed as "day-to-day" after going down in the first minute of the Tobacco Road rivalry, leaving No. 1 Duke shorthanded as it fell to the eighth-ranked Tar Heels 88-72.

Williamson also missed the second half of Duke's 80-78 victory at Florida State back in January after he was poked in the eye, but the Spartanburg, S.C., native returned the following game. For the year, Williamson ranks second in the ACC in scoring at 21.6 points per game and leads the conference in field goal percentage, shooting 68.3 percent.

The Blue Devils and Orange tip off at the Carrier Dome at 6 p.m.


Mitchell Gladstone | Sports Managing Editor

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A junior from just outside Philadelphia, Mitchell is probably reminding you how the Eagles won the Super Bowl this year and that the Phillies are definitely on the rebound. Outside of The Chronicle, he majors in Economics, minors in Statistics and is working toward the PJMS certificate, in addition to playing trombone in the Duke University Marching Band. And if you're getting him a sandwich with beef and cheese outside the state of Pennsylvania, you best not call it a "Philly cheesesteak." 

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