Shelvin Mack
Shelvin Mack says he’s fine. The former Bryan Station star, now a starting guard on Butler’s national finalists — who’d have thunk it? — said he had been suffering from food poisoning that started Thursday night. That caused him to cramp up during the second half of Butler’s 52-50 win over Michigan State on Saturday night. After scoring 12 points in 17 first-half minutes, Mack played just eight the second half, and said he took himself out because he didn’t want to short-change his teammates.
Mack appeared at the Butler press conference today, and in a break-out room for more interviews. (UK’s DeWayne Peevy was the moderator in Mack’s room.) He said he used to have problems with cramps until he changed his diet this season. He thought that last night’s problem went back to whatever caused his food poisoning on Thursday. Mack also said he expects to practice today, and will play Monday.
Mack also said that his good friend, UK’s Darius Miller, would be among his guests for Monday night’s game with Duke. Mack said he’s leaving a ticket for Miller, who played with Mack both in AAU ball and on the U.S. Under-19 world championships team last summer.
I’ll be writing a story/update on Mack for on-line today and the print edition on Monday.
Shelvin Mack talks about Monday night from John Clay on Vimeo.
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