St. John’s sophomore Justin Burrell sustained three small facial fractures during practice Thursday and will miss this weekend’s Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden.
“He will be reevaluated next week,†St. John’s spokesman Mark Fratto said. “He’s already been fitted for a custom face shield. If things go well with the doctors, he’ll be ready to play with the face shield and he would be back for Miami Dec. 27.
“If it’s determined that he’ll require surgery to correct this, he’ll be out 3-4 weeks.â€
The Red Storm, who have won six straight and are 8-1 entering Saturday’s game with Marist. The winner will face the Columbia-Virginia Tech winner in Sunday’s title game.
Burrell sustained a right ankle injury in Saturday’s victory over Bethune-Cookman and played just 17 minutes.
St. John’s is already without senior wing Anthony Mason Jr., out for the season with a torn tendon in his right foot.