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Former Hopkins standout Chambers to miss 2015-16 season at Harvard

Harvard captain Siyani Chambers, a senior guard from Golden Valley, will miss the 2015-16 season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He averaged 9.9 points and 4.3 assists last season.

By Brian Stensaas

September 3, 2015 at 4:21AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Tough news for local basketball product Siyani Chambers.

The star Harvard guard out of Hopkins High School tore the ACL in his left knee and will miss the 2015-16 season with the Crimson.

Harvard's Siyani Chambers, points and smiles at his team as he dribbles in the final seconds of an NCAA college basketball game against Yale, Friday, March 7, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. Harvard won 70-58. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) ORG XMIT: CTJH110
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

According to the Boston Globe, Chambers will "take a voluntary leave of absence during the 2015-16 academic year" and return to the team for the 2016-17 season. He will also complete his degree in sociology.

Chambers would have been a senior captain this season and the top returning scorer (9.9 points, 4.3 assists, 1.5 steals per game last season) for the Crimson.

After winning big school state titles with the Royals in 2010 and 2011 and a third place finish in 2012, Chambers was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Ivy League in 2013.

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Brian Stensaas

Multiplatform Editing Team Leader

Brian Stensaas has been with the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2004. He is a Multiplatform Editing Team Leader, with reporting experience covering high school sports, the NHL, NBA and professional golf.

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