Hours after announcing the firing of men’s basketball coach Jim Christian with five games to go in the season, Boston College announced that second-leading scorer Wynston Tabbs will miss the remainder of the season due to a violation of the university’s COVID-19 protocols.
The redshirt sophomore guard hasn’t played since BC resumed following five COVID-related postponements, the Eagles losing all three games to fall to 3-13, 1-9 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. BC had just six scholarship players available for its Feb. 6 home loss to N.C. State, and both he and James Karnik were still unavailable for Saturday’s loss at Syracuse.
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Tabbs averaged 13.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists across 12 games and nine starts in 2020-21.
As a freshman in 2018-19, Tabbs averaged 13.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists, earning a regular spot in the starting lineup and an ACC Rookie of the Week honor. He missed the final 14 games following arthroscopic surgery on a chipped left kneecap, however, and missed the entire 2019-20 season when he required a second surgery that September.