Oregon senior Chris Boucher suffered a torn ACL in the first half of Friday's semifinal with Cal.

Oregon senior forward Chris Boucher suffered a torn ACL in the first half of Friday's semifinal against California.

Oregon confirmed the injury hours later in a press release:

"Oregon senior forward Chris Boucher suffered a left knee injury during Friday’s Pac-12 Tournament semifinal game versus California that will cause him to miss the remainder of the 2016-17 season. An MRI on Saturday confirmed that Boucher sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which will require surgery at a later date. The injury occurred late in the first half when Boucher was battling for a rebound and fell awkwardly to the floor."

Boucher is Oregon’s third-leading scorer this season at 11.1 points per game and No. 2 rebounder at 6.1 per game. He leads the Pac-12 in blocked shots, averaging 2.6 per game, which also ranks 17th nationally.

The injury took place just before the half and Boucher felt a minor tweak the source says, but played the rest of the game, finishing with 10 points and two blocked shots. Boucher woke up in pain Saturday morning and had an MRI done that revealed the tear.

The senior is the single-season Oregon shot blocks leader and second in career blocks with 189. He averaged 11.8 points per game, 6.1 rebounds per game and 2.5 blocks while coming off the bench for much of this season.

Reserves Kavell Bigby-Williams and Roman Sorkin will be asked to play a much bigger role with Boucher shelved.

Oregon takes on Arizona in the Pac-12 Tournament Championship game at 8 p.m. tonight.