41.   Joe Slusarski, rushed from the minors to fill one of their vacancies, lasted a total of nearly four innings before pulling a groin muscle.

42.   Juan Gonzalez returned to the lineup after missing four days because of tightness in his right groin muscle.

43.   Junior point guard Jeff McInnis was held out of practice Friday with a strained groin muscle.

44.   Just hours after Spencer was activated from the disabled list after recovering from an irregular heartbeat, Ledee strained a groin muscle while running out an infield hit.

45.   Kaba took to the bench seven minutes into the half because of a worsening strain in his right groin muscle.

46.   Last year he strained a groin muscle stealing a base on a cold night in New York.

47.   Kevin Edwards said he would return Friday after sitting out with a strained groin muscle.

48.   Kittles worked on his jump shot from all parts of the floor and then decided to test his injured left groin muscle.

49.   Long before he glided onto the ice for the pre-game warm-up, he tried to ease the strain on that groin muscle.

50.   Long before he glided onto the ice for the pre-game warmup, he warmed up to ease the strain on that groin muscle.