On February 19th 2015 Providence commit Alex Owens announced on his Twitter account that he would miss the remainder of his high school season with a knee injury after having an MRI the previous day. Wednesday Owens’ confirmed the worst fear that the MRI revealed a torn left ACL. Owens will have surgery on Friday, February 27th.

The severity of the tear and length of any rehabilitation are unknown at this time. Some players return to action between 6-9 months while others may take 8-12 months. Owens was having a stellar season for Oak Ridge prior to injuring the knee on February 6th. Providence has a player currently on their roster recovering from a torn ACL in Rodney Bullock.

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Providence’s 2015 big man commit Alex Owens injured his knee during his team’s district final loss on February 6th. Owens sat out Oak Ridge’s next game against Vero Beach and tried to give it a go against Winter Park on February 17th but re-injured the knee during pregame warmups, per a story in the Orlando Sentinel.

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