Just over a month after Iowa women's basketball star Caitlin Clark collided on the court with an unidentified woman amid an Ohio State victory celebration, Duke's Kyle Filipowski was injured Saturday as a wave of Wake Forest fans rushed their home court after the Demon Deacons' 83-79 defeat of the No.
8 Blue Devils. A fan ran into Filipowski, and the Duke star hobbled off the court with help from teammates. «This gotta change...,» Filipowski posted on X after the game.
Duke coach Jon Scheyer called for court storming to be banned, and Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes agreed. Said Scheyer: «How many times does a player have to get into something, where they get punched, or they get pushed, or they get taunted right in their face?
It's a dangerous thing.» It's a question that has emerged with renewed urgency this college basketball season as several stars in the men's and women's games have been caught in the middle of storms.