Talk about strength and determination. Brad Waldow wouldn’t even let his tooth getting knocked out stop him from leading his team to victory. Read more after the jump.
The Saint Mary’s sophomore forward scored a career-high 23 points and matched his career high with 16 rebounds in the Gaels’ 69-66 overtime win over San Diego in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference tournament in Las Vegas. What’s most impressive is that Waldow continued to play well even after taking an elbow to the mouth that knocked his tooth out and caused bleeding.
Waldow was trying to defend USD’s Chris Manresa with 5:17 left in regulation and his team up 51-50 when the injury occurred. As Manresa was coming down from grabbing a rebound, his elbow caught Waldow in the mouth, knocking out the Saint Mary’s forward’s tooth.
What’s funny is that he quickly ran over to his coach to hand him the tooth as he tried to stay in the game. Waldow recorded four points, three rebounds, and one block after getting his tooth knocked out. He had surgery this morning.
*If you actually want to see pictures of his tooth knocked out, check the gallery above*
