WSU Basketball Player Collapses On Court

[Redbird Recon]

Prayers with D.J.

[Aargh]

I think it's worth mentioning that on one of Marshall's first recruiting trips after being hired by WSU, he went to watch a player who had remained committed to WSU.

Marshall ended up watching Guy Ntang-Alang collapse and die on the court. It's not surprising that WSU has the personnel, equipment, and training to handle emergency situations that can occur and seem to be especially prominent in basketball players. If your school does not have an EADS, please encourage them to get one. They save lives.

These situations probably occur at about a .001% rate (that's my guess). That's 1 out of 100,000. When it happens to your guy, the odds go up to 100% for that guy and about 7-1/2 % for your team.

Bowles' condition has been upgraded from "Serious" to "Fair".

[rlh04d]

Wow. That's awful to hear, but I'm glad to hear it looks like he'll be okay.

Awesome job by the support staff to be able to get him immediate help. I was really looking forward to seeing Bowles on the court, but God ... I'm just happy he's alive.

[unipanther99]

Every gym in the country needs an AED. I don't care if it's a Jr. High crackerbox or a NBA arena, they should be every bit as required as a fire extinguisher.

Glad to hear he's doing well and kudos to the trainer for his quick response.

[glm38]

I'm also glad it appears he will be ok. A small part of my job is being a BLS (CPR) instructor for my Dept. Its too bad more people don't take the time to learn BLS training (includes AED training) . A lot of lives could be saved and sometimes seconds count.

Its probably too early to predict his career is over. Sometimes something like this can be related to a cardiac abnormality that can sometimes be permanently corrected by surgery or other means. I'm sure his physicians and the university will proceed cautiously in any case.

[sixth ace]

Glad to here he has been upgraded to fair and is doing better. I hope he has a full recovery and prayers for his parents, family & friends. I saw the AED device advertisements a year or so ago, not only should every gym have one but every business in the country should have one. Quick and effect actions saves lifes

Again here to prayers and hope this young man recovers fully

[Aargh]

D. J. Bowles was released from the hospital. There is no diagnosis of why he collapsed. More tests will be run

With as long as he was in the hospital, and the number of tests I suspect they ran, I imagine they will be sending the test results out to some other labs to see if anyone at other places sees something in those tests.

There is no indication of his BB status. I imagine word will leak out if he's at practices and what he does at practices.

[Aargh]

Bowles is now at the Mayo Clinic undergoing more tests. It wasn't reported that all the tests done locally were negative, but that can be inferred from his going to the Mayo Clinic.

[RoyalShock]

Bowles underwent surgery yesterday while at Mayo to install an internal defibrillator.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... r/2810387/

[agrinut]

Bowles underwent surgery yesterday while at Mayo to install an internal defibrillator.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... r/2810387/

With this development, I'm guessing it is a condition rather than onetime thing.