Powell was hit early, and continued playing, but his shot was off. Word is that he had suffered a concussion, but was not put through the protocol right away as he was showing no symptoms of a head injury immediately after. When he asked why they were practicing at Rutgers, the coaches pulled him and put him into the protocol.
A handful of idiots on this board felt he was playing possum because his shot wasn't falling, and made up the whole thing. In reality, he took a hard shot - and then a bit later got jostled hard a couple of more times, which would have only exacerbated a concussion.
He wasn't playing particularly well before that hit, either, and we jumped out to a huge lead before the hit happened.