Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
December 10, 1997

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Arizona Daily Wildcat Donnell Harris

Arizona junior center Donnell Harris has orders from his doctor and a higher authority - his mother - to improve his diet after suffering a gallbladder attack.

Harris underwent a procedure Monday at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale to remove fluid near his gallbladder.

"It was brought on by his diet, which included beef, pork, hamburgers, french fries and ice cream - the stuff he likes to eat," Renate Harris said. "He can't eat that stuff anymore."

Bad news for Harris, who said that the one thing he does before each game is eat ice cream.

The doctors have told him he has to stick to a strict diet and eat chicken that is not fried, or steamed fish.

"He doesn't like chicken or fish, but he's going to have to change that," the elder Harris said.

Harris, who is averaging 5.3 points and 2.5 rebounds a game, has missed five games and hasn't been able to attend school for the last two weeks while undergoing tests.

Harris is down to 188 pounds and needs to regain 15 to 20 pounds to be strong enough to play again, coach Lute Olson said. No return date has been set.

Briefly

Student Rec Center Finals Hours

Dead Day, Dec. 11 - (normal hours)
6 a.m.- midnight

Friday, Dec. 12 -
6 a.m.-11 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 13 -
8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Sun. Dec. 14 -
10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Mon. Dec. 15 - Fri. Dec. 19
6 a.m. - 10 p.m.

By the Numbers

10:

Places in the Associated Press Top 25 poll that Arizona is ranked ahead of perennial Pac-10 champion Stanford, the first time in school history Arizona has been ranked ahead of Stanford. The Wildcats, on the strength of a 4-0 start and a defeat of No. 12 Nebraska this weekend, climbed to the eighth spot in the polls, the program's highest ranking ever. Stanford, meanwhile, has lost three of their first four games, to Purdue, Wisconsin, and Tennessee.