CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina freshman forward Theo Pinson suffered a broken left foot against Wake Forest and is out indefinitely, the school announced Friday.
Pinson broke the fifth metatarsal bone, which was a re-fracture of an injury he suffered in high school, when teammate Joel James accidentally stepped on his right foot and pivoted to break free.
North Carolina coach Roy Williams stopped short of ruling out Pinson's return this season.
"We're still evaluating what all his options can be," Williams said. "It's not a very comfortable position for us because we feel like we're down quite a few personnel-wise anyway. And I think he was starting to come around."
Pinson appeared in every game this season and averaged 3.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 14 minutes per game. His type of foot injury generally takes about six weeks to heal.
He joined a growing list of injured Tar Heels who have made practices a shell of what they normally are.
Seven players did not dress out for Friday's practice including sophomore guard Nate Britt, who received 15 stitches in his lip after a collision during their win over Wake Forest. Williams said he wasn't sure if Britt would play in Saturday's game against Florida State.
Freshman point guard Joel Berry II has missed three games with a groin injury, beginning with Carolina's win over N.C. State last week. Williams said he will miss both the Florida State game and Monday's game against Syracuse and will be re-evaluated next week.
"He's still a ways away," Williams said.
Guard Marcus Paige has been nursing plantar fasciitis in his right foot since last month. He hasn't participated full contact in practice since early in the season.
Reserve guards Stilman White, Luke Davis and walk-on Sasha Seymore have all had injuries that have drastically altered the Heels' roster from the start of the season. Williams even resorted to call up Spenser Dalton, a 6-foot-3 guard from Carolina's junior varsity team just to be able to practice.
"Most bizarre I've ever had it," Williams said. "It wasn't much of a practice [Thursday], in fact it was no practice, we watched tape again and a little shooting. That was it."
The Heels go from a team that was deep on the perimeter to now having to tread lightly. But Williams said he didn't want that to affect their style of play. He still wants to push the tempo and get out in transition, limited roster or not.
"Maybe I'll use more timeouts, maybe that will be what the change is -- rest," Williams said. "I did that twice in the Wake game. I asked the guys before they went to the free throw line, 'Do you want me to take a timeout just to catch your breath?'"
North Carolina takes a four-game winning streak into Saturday's game against Florida State.