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Nebraska is down to 10 active scholarship players with the season-ending injury to Gill.

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound guard from Raleigh, North Carolina, ruptured the patella tendon in his right knee Sunday night. Surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, and the usual recovery time is six to eight months.

The Huskers returned to Lincoln on Christmas after a four-day break and had a workout that night.

“I feel awful for Anton,” Miles said. “It happened 15 minutes into practice on a layup. He was going up to dunk it and there was no contact. It just gave out. That was really a downer for everybody.”

Gill has had knee issues since he transferred from Louisville a year and a half ago. NU trainers shut him down for two months in late summer because of persistent pain from tendinitis.

In 12 games this season, with one start, Gill averaged 3.8 points and 1.9 rebounds, shooting 27.1 percent from the field.