Dayton Flyers

Feb. 20, 2007

An MRI examination has revealed that University of Dayton senior forward Monty Scott has a partial tear in the patellar tendon of his right knee, ending his playing career with four games left in the regular season. Scott will undergo surgery to repair the injury on Thursday afternoon. A typical rehab program for an injury like this is four-to-eight weeks.

Scott initially injured the knee in practice leading up to Sunday's game against Massachusetts. The responding to treatments, he was able to start against UMass, but as the game went on it was apparent Scott could not continue to play. He was limited to a season-low 19 minutes on Sunday, scoring just three points, although he did grab four rebounds and block two shots against the Minutemen.

Not counting Sunday's injury-shortened game, he closed his career by scoring in double figures in seven of his last eight games.

Scott had started all 25 games for the Flyers this season, averaging 10.0 points and 4.4 rebounds a game.

The Reynoldsburg, Ohio native finishes 36th in career scoring at UD, with 1,054 points. He is also tied for sixth in three-point field goals made (158, tied with Alex Robertson). As a sophomore, he was Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and the Flyers' White-Allen MVP.

Dayton is at Saint Louis Wednesday evening. The Flyers are 16-9 overall and 6-6 in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Game time is 8:00 p.m. EST.