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Creighton announced Sunday that freshman Marcus Zegarowski is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his right hand. Zegarowski suffered a fifth metacarpal fracture in his hand during Sunday’s 76-54 win over Xavier. He will be evaluated again during the week.

Presumably, the Jays’ medical staff will have to decide whether it’s safe for Zegarowski to play through pain or if there will be a longer recovery process, possibly requiring surgery. If Zegarowski can go, he will, McDermott said.

“You’d have to cut his hand off for him not to play,” McDermott said after the game. “We were going to shut him down at halftime, but we talked with him and actually had his folks come (to the locker room). They’re some tough, hard-nosed people.”

Zegarowski showed that Sunday. He scored 13 points despite injuring the hand early in the first half. He grimaced at times during the action and didn’t warm up with the team after halftime. But Zegarowski returned to the game with his right hand heavily wrapped — and played 12 minutes in the second half.