Goforth Named Top 13 Finalist For USA Basketball Collegiate Player Of The Year
Arkansas junior guard Sasha Goforth has taken a pause from basketball again.
The news was announced during the Razorback Sports Network pregame radio show ahead of the team’s ACC/SEC Challenge game Thursday at Florida State.
Goforth returned this season after missing all of 2022-23 to address a battle with gastroparesis.
The condition causes delayed emptying of the stomach and results in frequent vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain.
“She is doing OK,” Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors said during the show. “She came in a couple weeks ago and was starting to show some signs of some of the things that have crept in in the past that made basketball a really hard thing for her.
“She fought it for a couple of weeks and did the best that she could, and then after our trip to Fort Myers…came [to me] and it’s just a really hard time for her to keep playing basketball.”
In 7 games this season, Goforth averaged 3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 16.1 minutes per game. Her blocked shots average ranks fourth in the SEC.
“It was a sad thing for our kids, because it’s been a two-year thing,” Neighbors said. “She is still a part of our team. Nothing changes with that just like last year. But she is not available [and] she is not in uniform.”
There is no timetable for a Goforth return. She did not travel with the team to Tallahassee, Fla., for the game.
The Razorbacks and Seminoles are scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m. Central on ESPN2.
basketball a really hard thing for her.
“She fought it for a couple of weeks and did the best that she could, and then after our trip to Fort Myers…came [to me] and it’s just a really hard time for her to keep playing basketball.”
In 7 games this season, Goforth averaged 3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 16.1 minutes per game. Her blocked shots average ranks fourth in the SEC.
“It was a sad thing for our kids, because it’s been a two-year thing,” Neighbors said. “She is still a part of our team. Nothing changes with that just like last year. But she is not available [and] she is not in uniform.”
There is no timetable for a Goforth return. She did not travel with the team to Tallahassee, Fla., for the game.
The Razorbacks and Seminoles are scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m. Central on ESPN2.
