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Darlinstone Dubar is progressing with basketball activities but remains in concussion protocol as Tennessee basketball prepares for another big nonconference game.
The No. 1 Vols (9-0) face Illinois (7-2) on Saturday (5:30 p.m. ET, FOX) at State Farm Arena in Champaign, Illinois. The senior guard did not play in UT’s 75-62 win against Miami in New York on Tuesday.
Dubar is averaging 4.3 points and 3.0 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per game in four games. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound guard did not play in the first four games while attending to an undisclosed personal matter.
Darlinstone Dubar in concussion protocol for Tennessee
If Dubar is not available at Illinois, Tennessee has eight available scholarship players.
The Vols, who entered the season with 11 scholarship players, have three sidelined in Dubar, sophomore guard Cam Carr and sophomore forward J.P. Estrella.
Estrella is out for the season after undergoing season-ending foot surgery in late November. The 6-foot-11 Estrella played in three games before the foot injury that bothered him through the offseason persisted and caused him to have surgery. He averaged 4.7 points in 10.3 minutes per game.
Carr is in the midst of a four to six week absence with a left thumb injury, which he suffered against Austin Peay on Nov. 17. The 6-5 Carr averaging 4.8 points in 10.5 minutes per game.
Dubar is the second Vol to be in concussion protocol this season. Freshman guard Bishop Boswell missed UT’s season-opening win against Gardner-Webb for the same issue.
Darlinstone Dubar transferred to Tennessee from Hofstra
Dubar averaged 17.8 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 39.9% on 3-pointers as a senior at Hofstra last season. Dubar was named second-team All-Coastal Athletic Association. The Charlotte, North Carolina, native began his career at Iowa State.
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Dubar averaged 11.7 points and shot 38.1% on 3-pointers in his first four seasons.
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