Rick Majerus suffers gashed leg during game

ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis basketball coach Rick Majerus gashed his left leg on the scorer's table after colliding with two players and missed most of the second half of a loss to Bowling Green on Saturday.

Majerus left the bench when the wound began to bleed profusely with 14:11 to go in the 67-61 loss and spent the remainder of the game getting treatment in the trainer's room. The 62-year-old coach is on blood thinner medication. Majerus told the Associated Press in a telephone interview from his home that he hoped to return to practice Monday. "Right now, it's under control," Majerus said.

Saint Louis led 37-33 when junior guard Paul Eckerle and a Bowling Green player dived for a loose ball. Majerus said he was trying to stop Eckerle's fall and didn't know how he had been upended. "Next thing I know, I'm looking up," Majerus said. "It's just unfortunate. Just dumb luck."