Pitt soon-to-be junior Jorge Diaz Graham suffered more bad luck on the injury front, the Panthers announced Friday, as the 6-foot-11 forward underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury.
Diaz Graham is expected to miss eight weeks.
This past season, he appeared in 16 games for Pitt off the bench, becoming a key rotation member for coach Jeff Capel’s squad, but was sidelined in mid-January because of an ankle ailment that ultimately required surgery Feb. 8, ending his 2023-24 campaign.
He averaged 3.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 10.4 minutes of action per game.
“The injury is a small setback for Jorge, but we are confident that he will make a full recovery,” Capel said in a release. “Jorge will work hard with our training staff during the recovery process, and we expect him to be ready to continue his on-court development later this summer. It is an unfortunate injury, but Jorge has been through this before and will attack the recovery process with a great attitude.”
Diaz Graham, a native of Spain’s Canary Islands (along with his twin brother, fellow Pitt forward Guillermo Diaz Graham), has appeared in 47 contests for the Panthers with one start dating to 2022.
