BYU coach Mark Pope on Childs Thursday: "He’s been doing sprints after practice like a madman. He can hold a ball right now. We’ll see how long it is until he can catch a contested ball..."

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Jan 18, 2020
7:12:44pm

@AJeffreyCall Jeff Call

BYU coach Mark Pope on Childs Thursday: "He’s been doing sprints after practice like a madman. He can hold a ball right now. We’ll see how long it is until he can catch a contested ball..."

BYU coach Mark Pope on Childs Thursday: "He’s been doing sprints after practice like a madman. He can hold a ball right now. We’ll see how long it is until he can catch a contested ball..."
— Jeff Call (@AJeffreyCall) January 19, 2020

https://twitter.com/AJeffreyCall/status/1218717876497997824

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@AJeffreyCall Jeff Call

1/18/20 6:56pm

Oh my goodness. Yoeli Childs is on the court warming up right now.

1/18/20 7:01pm

Yoeli is dressed and warming up.

1/18/20 7:05pm

Childs has missed the last three games after suffering an open dislocation of the index finger on his shooting hand in practice on Jan. 7. It looks like could see him back on the court tonight against No. 1 Gonzaga.

1/18/20 7:08pm

There's no doubt about Yoeli's desire to be on the floor tonight, particularly in a game like this against the nation's top-ranked team. We'll see if he gets cleared to play.

1/18/20 7:09pm

BYU coach Mark Pope on Childs Thursday: "He’s been doing sprints after practice like a madman. He can hold a ball right now. We’ll see how long it is until he can catch a contested ball..."

1/18/20 7:12pm

Pope on Childs Thursday: "...He’s going to come back and be spectacular. The one thing that I keep telling Yoeli is that it is such a gift because his legs are going to be so fresh down the stretch that he’s going to crush it.”

1/18/20 7:13pm

Yoeli was late joining his teammates on the court. The when I saw him down there, dressed and participating in warmups, I had to do a triple take to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing. Again, officially, it's a game-time decision as far as whether o

1/18/20 7:15pm

Watching warmups, Yoeli's finger injury seems to be affecting his shot. He's missed quite a few. But there's no doubt that his leadership, rebounding and defense would mean a lot to BYU tonight.

1/18/20 7:17pm

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