Markus Burton injury update: TBS broadcast reveals unfortunate news about Notre Dame guard

On November 27, 2024By Littum

Notre Dame guard Marcus Burton is out for the rest of Tuesday night’s game against Rutgers with a knee injury, it was revealed on the TBS broadcast.

Burton suffered the injury in the first half when a Scarlet Knights player landed on top of him. He had to be taken to the dressing room and was later seen back on the bench with his leg propped up as a sideline reporter Allie LaForce offered the update on his status.

“Burton came out of the dressing room and you can tell he looks devastated,” she said. “He has had his foot braced and he will not return to this match. Just a reminder to everyone in case they missed it, he took a pretty hard fall and his knee got hit pretty hard. He went back to the locker room and decided he would not return to the game. They will wait until after the game to take him to get his knee evaluated more.”

The 2023-24 ACC Rookie of the Year, Burton is the leading returning scorer for the Fighting Irish at 17.5 points per game. game in addition to 4.3 assists last year. He had gotten off to an even better start through the first five contests this year, averaging 21.4 points on 34.6% from 3-point range.

Burton made his only shot attempt of the game and has two points as Notre Dame held a 35-34 halftime lead. Fighting Irish coach Micah Shrewsberry opened up the challenge the team faces in the second half without him.

“That’s one of our main ball handlers,” the coach explained. “One of the guys we run a lot of things for. They stepped up their pressure and we’ve just got to handle it a little bit better. We’ve got to settle down. We’ve got more guys to bring it and to help us . We have to have a better offense.”

A three-start recruit out of Penn High School (IN), Markus Burton has been a gem of a player compared to his recruitment. He was listed as no. 152 player and no. 24 point guard in the 2023 class according to the On3 Industry Rankinga weighted average utilizing all four major recruiting media companies.