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Update: Nojel Eastern’s ankle injury not as bad as originally feared

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SHARE Update: Nojel Eastern’s ankle injury not as bad as originally feared
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Evanston sophomore Nojel Eastern suffered an ankle injury Saturday. Eastern was playing in Kentucky at a Nike EYBL event with his Meanstreets club basketball team.

Earlier this week Eastern was named to the 2015-16 USA Basketball Junior National team.

https://twitter.com/nikemeanstreets/status/592103093770317827

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