Alaska’s Menk suffers broken nose vs Star
Alaska’s Eric Menk goes back to the dugout before being taken to Cardinal Santos Medical Center after suffering a broken nose in the second quarter of the Aces’ game against the Star Hotshots Tuesday night at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Randolph B. Leongson/INQUIRER.net
Alaska’s Eric Menk suffered a broken nose after being on the receiving end of an inadvertent elbow from Star’s Marc Pingris Tuesday night.
Menk took a wayward elbow from Pingris as the Hotshots forward’s last-second attempt in the second quarter got blocked by Calvin Abueva.
The 41-year-old Menk writhed in pain with blood gushing out of his nose as both teams went back to their respective dugouts.
Alaska assistant coach Louie Alas ruled Menk out of the second half.
Aces head trainer Gus Vargas said that the 41-year-old Menk will be brought to Cardinal Santos Medical Center.
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