COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina freshman forward Collin Murray-Boyles is out indefinitely with mono according to the South Carolina athletics department.
The former A.C. Flora standout forward is expected to play a vital role with the team once he is cleared to return to the court.
In 2022-23, Murray-Boyles played his senior year at Wasatch Academy in Utah, a program which is a part of the newly formed National Interscholastic Basketball Conference (NIBC), a league that features that top high school programs in the nation. He led the team averaging 15.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.0 steals per game. His 15.0 points per game were third in the NIBC and his 8.8 rebounds led the conference.
Murray-Boyles rose up the recruiting rankings after his standout season in Utah and was named a consensus four-star prospect ranked inside the top-100 players in the country.
The 6-7 Murray-Boyles did not participate in the Garnet & Black Madness last week due to what was described as a sickness. The news on mono comes on the same day as the Gamecocks host Wofford in a charity exhibition to benefit the Maui Strong Fund.