Former college basketball star Mo Creek escapes Ukraine as Russia invades

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(NEW YORK) — Sitting in his living room at home in the U.S., Maurice “Mo” Creek holds his mother’s hand days after escaping Ukraine as she holds back tears.

“I still sit here and I cry every day,” Pammy Morgan told ABC News. “Maurice was over there and it was not looking good. It was sickening. I mean, I’ve lost like 10 pounds. We couldn’t sleep. We couldn’t eat — phone’s ringing off the hook.”

Creek, who played for the University of Indiana and George Washington University, spent last Saturday and Sunday in and out of a bomb shelter