Injury sidelines Latvian basketball player Blūms early in NCAA season

Latvian basketball player Blūms, who plays this season for Penn State in the US college basketball championship NCAA, has missed his team's last two games because of an injury. According to the source, he could be absent for another four matches. The nature of the injury is not specified.

The 21-year-old managed to play in the season opener, in which Penn State beat Canisius 97-57. Blūms spent 19 minutes on court, scored five points, grabbed four rebounds and made four assists.

Since then the Latvian has not played in two games, including the match against Pittsburgh overnight.

Third NCAA season

This is Blūms's third NCAA season but his first with Penn State. For the previous two seasons he represented the Wildcats of Davidson University. Last season there he averaged 12.4 points per game and became the team's top scorer, even though he never joined the starting five.

The team's start to the season

Penn State has begun the new season with two wins in three games. The team has four more matches scheduled before the end of November.