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Kentucky's Fitch has hernia surgery Posted: Tuesday July 29, 2003 6:30 PMLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Gerald Fitch underwent outpatient surgery Tuesday morning to repair a hernia, but the Kentucky guard shouldn't miss any practice time, coach Tubby Smith said. Fitch had the surgery at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He developed the hernia in late May in Colorado Springs, Colo., during preliminary tryouts for the U.S. team for the upcoming Pan American Games. Fitch re-aggravated the injury last week during the final tryouts for that squad. The senior from Macon, Ga., withdrew from the tryouts last Wednesday and returned to Lexington from Orlando, Fla. "Gerald is an integral part of our basketball team," Smith said. "We are thankful that by addressing the problem now, Gerald will be back to full strength when the team reports for the fall semester." The 6-foot-3 Fitch started 35 of 36 games last season and was Kentucky's second-leading scorer (12.3 points). He was third on the team in assists (2.4) and was the Wildcats' top 3-point shooter (41.5 percent). He will enter the season 78 points shy of becoming the 50th Kentucky player to score 1,000 points.
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