Overlake boys’ basketball player Trent Halverson, a junior forward and the team’s second-leading scorer, will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken tailbone after he went up hard for a rebound and fell awkwardly on his back during Tuesday’s 68-54 loss to Bellevue Christian.

Tailbone injuries are especially difficult because the pain limits mobility, according to Overlake assistant athletic director Steve Meredith.

“It hurts to stand, and it hurts to sit,” said Meredith, referring to Halverson. “With this particular injury, our options are slim and none.”

For nearly three heart-stopping minutes, Halvorson lay face-down on the floor near the key underneath Bellevue Christian’s basket after the awkward fall late in the first quarter.

He was helped up by Overlake’s medical staff, holding his lower back as he was escorted to the training room, and was eventually transported by ambulance to the emergency room at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah as a “precautionary move” according to head coach John Wiley.

He was diagnosed with a broken coccyx, also known as the tailbone, found at the base of the spine.

Halvorson is the team’s best scorer behind Danny Poplawski, averaging 8.3 points per game.

“When you have our second-leading scorer going out in an aid car, it doesn’t make us feel real hopeful,” Wiley said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Trent.”