Injury sub for lost contact lens?

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Originally Posted by grunewar

Anyone see the Georgetown/UConn game tonight?

Late in the second half with Georgetown up the entire game and UConn making a run, a Georgetown player had a contact lens malfunction that went on for an extended period of time. I saw this incident late in the game stoppage (flipping channels ya know), and don't know if a TO was called. But the announcers said if this "game stoppage" went on any longer Jim Calhoun was going to go nuts. The player managed to fix his lens and stay in the game. Coincidence or not, the UConn run ended and Georgetown pulled away for an easy eleven point victory.....

A timely post on the subject!

Yep, watched the whole game from start to finish. The contact lens situation occurred early in the second half. Monroe, G'town's big man, caught a stray finger in the eye from a UConn player which dislodged his lens. There wasn't a foul on the play, so perhaps both teams got a little something from the situation. The officials were correctly patient with Monroe and a trainer trying to get his lens back in. Probably took about two minutes. No time-out was taken or charged.
Play resumed with Monroe in the game, but his contact lens still wasn't right, and he came out shortly thereafter to clean it up and reinsert it while on the bench.

The situation was well-handled.