USU's Modou NIang hurt -- Brady Jardine activated

Here's an Aggie roster change:

Niang out, Jardine might play
Jared Eborn
Deseret News
Dec. 30, 2008

Utah State's bench took a hit Tuesday when it lost sophomore center Modou Niang.

The 6-foot-9 center from Senegal had a solid outing on Monday against Howard with six points and four rebounds in 16 minutes. But during warmups prior to USU game against Houston Baptist, Niang was on the sidelines with his left hand in a cast...

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And here is Jared Eborn with an update as Brady Jardine did play last night and is no longer redshirting.

What's interesting is that Modou Niang was in the midst of redshirting last season when Stew Morrill became so disgusted with the play of his bigs in a game that he inserted Niang into a game -- thereby ending Niang's redshirt status. If our memory serves us right (which is true about half the time but we never can tell which half) Niang was originally in street clothes for that game last season but changed into a uniform at halftime.