Found August 02, 2012 on Duke Hoop: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Nearly two years ago, a rising high school senior Quinn Cook came down awkwardly on his right knee in the Elite 24 All-Star game. Just a few days into September 2010, he had surgery to repair a partially torn ACL and was expected to be out of action for three to four months. However, being the competitor that he is Cook hurried back to the court less than two months later in the annual Oak Hill-Hargrave scrimmage. Although he was clearly fighting through pain the entire year at Oak Hill, Cook managed to average 21 points and 11 assists to lead his Warriors to a #7 national ranking. After his senior season, Duke decided to rest the incoming freshman point guard through September, forcing him to miss Duke’s trip to Dubai and China and numerous practices that the Blue Devils were afforded due to their overseas trip. On a team that was searching for an answer at point guard nearly the entire 2012 season, the missed practice time and delicate nature of the ACL recovery caused Cook to ave...
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