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Caleb Grill heading back to Iowa State after Reus, Hummels injury

season at UNLV doubts for Dortmund

against Man City
(AP) — Caleb Grill will 2019-20, appearing in 29 of curacy and giving his all ev-
transfer back to Iowa State 32 games and making two ery time he takes the floor.
after playing last season at starts. His return to Ames will be
UNLV for new Cyclones Grill transferred after the very much anticipated and (AP) — It would be an “unbelievable story” to beat
coach T.J. Otzelberger. season to UNLV, where Ot- we’re excited for what he will Manchester City and reach the Champions League
zelberger was head coach. accomplish as a Cyclone.” semifinals despite injuries and other setbacks,
Otzelberger announced Grill initially had commit- Grill scored a career-high 27 Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic said Tues-
Grill’s move Tuesday. The ted to play at South Dakota points with seven 3-pointers day.
6-foot-3 guard started all 27 State when Oetzelberger against an Alabama team that
games for the Runnin’ Reb- was coach there. Otzelberger went on to earn a No. 2 seed Dortmund forward Marco Reus and defender Mats
els last season and averaged was hired at Iowa State four in the NCAA Tournament Hummels remain injury doubts ahead of the second leg
9.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and weeks ago. and advanced to the Sweet of the quarterfinals at home against City on Wednesday.
2.2 assists. “Caleb competes in every- 16. Both were substituted early after taking knocks in Satur-
Grill signed with Iowa State thing that he does,” Otzel- At Iowa State, Grill played day’s 3-2 win over Stuttgart.
out of high school in Maize, berger said. “He takes pride 13.7 minutes per game as a The two players are valuable not only for their contri-
Kansas, and played for the in his defense, making the freshman and averaged 2.1 butions on the field — Reus scored Dortmund’s goal
Cyclones as a freshman in right play, shooting with ac- points and 1.7 rebounds. against City in the 2-1 loss in the first leg last week —
but also as experienced team leaders in a squad which
otherwise leans heavily on up-and-coming players. Both
Madrid’s Sergio Ramos tests positive for were on the Dortmund team that reached the Champi-
ons League final in 2013.
the coronavirus “They have both amassed so much experience in the
Champions League, above all with Dortmund, and it
would obviously be a huge help if they’re on the field
with us again tomorrow,” Dortmund defender Manuel
(AP) — Real Madrid cap- Akanji said.
tain Sergio Ramos has Terzic said Jadon Sancho will not play against City. The
tested positive for the England forward has not played since March 2 because
coronavirus, the club said of a muscle injury, though he has recently resumed light
on Tuesday. training. Center back Dan-Axel Zagadou is also out for
the rest of the season after a recent knee operation.
Ramos had already been Terzic is only in charge of Dortmund on an interim basis
ruled out of Wednesday’s after Lucien Favre was fired in December. He is due to
second leg against Liverpool be replaced by Marco Rose for next season.
in the Champions League Dortmund is in fifth place in the Bundesliga and would
quarterfinals because of a miss out on Champions League qualification for next
muscle injury. season unless it can win this season’s competition.
Those hardships would make a win over City even more
Madrid’s other starting cen- satisfying, Terzic said.
tral defender, Raphael Varane, “What that would mean for me personally, obviously it
also won’t play in England would be an unbelievable story when you see how the
because of a positive test. He whole season has gone,” Terzic said. “As a team we want
also missed last week’s first to show that we can compete against the best teams in
leg, which Madrid won 3-1. this competition and that we can maybe eliminate the
Other Madrid absences on best team in this competition.”
Wednesday include Lucas Terzic surprised City in the first leg when he gave
Vázquez, who hurt his knee 19-year-old winger Ansgar Knauff his first senior start
at the weekend clásico against in any competition. Knauff put himself in contention to
Barcelona, and Eden Hazard, stay in the team when he scored the winning goal against
who is yet to regain his fitness Stuttgart on Saturday as a substitute for the injured Reus.
following a series of injuries. champion, has won six games and is unbeaten in 13 con-
Madrid, a 13-time European in a row in all competitions secutive matches.