London Perrantes' visit to the doctor Monday afternoon confirmed what was apparent from his swollen nose and blood-spattered jersey the previous night.
The sophomore point guard sustained a broken nose and a mild concussion in a head-to-head collision with teammate Malcolm Brogdon early in the second half of Virginia's victory over Florida State on Sunday night.
Virginia is listing Perrantes as "day-to-day" in advance of its next game Wednesday at Wake Forest. If Perrantes cannot play, Brogdon and freshman Devon Hall would likely share ball handling responsibilities for the Cavaliers with freshman Marial Shayok also seeing additional playing time at wing.
Even a one-game absence for Perrantes would be ill-timed for a Virginia team that will not get injured wing Justin Anderson back for at least the next two weeks. The second-ranked Cavaliers (25-1, 13-1) are trying to protect a two-game lead in the ACC standings and remain on pace for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
One of the nation's premier pass-first point guards, Perrantes boasts an assist-to-turnover ratio of better than 3-to-1. He doesn't score a whole lot, but his ability to take care of the ball, get into the lane and set up his teammates is one of Virginia's primary weapons.
Virginia's offense had already been struggling lately without Anderson's outside shooting prowess and ability to attack the rim from the wing. The Cavaliers will wait and see whether they'll be without Perrantes too on Wednesday when they begin a four-game finishing stretch that includes three games on the road.
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