Published on Monday, February 08, 2010
By Press Telegram Staff Writer
Poly High boys basketball coach Sharrief Metoyer declared Shelton Boykin out for the season a few days after he sustained a fractured right wrist Dec. 30 in a holiday tournament in Texas.
In the back of Metoyer's mind, however, there was always the confidence that Boykin - a 6-foot-5 senior shooting guard committed to Long Beach State - would somehow find a way to return.
"I was always hopeful," Metoyer said Monday.
Boykin played roughly five minutes in a 61-53 Moore League victory over Millikan on Wednesday. He scored one point, making 1 of 4 from the free-throw line and missing his two field goal attempts. Boykin played similar minutes in a 71-52 victory over Jordan on Friday, scoring nine points on 3 of 4 from the field and 3 of 5 from the free-throw line.
Metoyer said Boykin's cast came off a week ago Saturday.
"The next day he went to a couple of shooting workouts and did some ball-handling and dribbling and he was able to do it," Metoyer said
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