Brandon Boston Jr. injured in opening minutes of Kentucky-Alabama game
Brandon Boston Jr. left Kentucky’s game at Alabama on Tuesday night less than two minutes into the first half after appearing to injure his left ankle.
Boston — the Wildcats’ leading scorer for the season — got off to a slow start to his freshman year, relative to his reputation as a top-five national recruit, but he had scored 18 points in each of Kentucky’s last two games.
Boston immediately hobbled to the locker room after spending a few minutes down on the court after suffering the injury. He suffered the injury with 18:18 left in the first half but returned to the UK bench area a few minutes later and re-entered the game at the 13:55 mark, with Kentucky trailing 13-7.
Kentucky lost the game, 70-59, and Boston ultimately played 31 minutes. He went 2-for-9 from the floor, scoring eight points to go with a team-high six rebounds.
Boston was averaging 12.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game heading into Tuesday night.
UK is already missing Terrence Clarke — the team’s other top-10 national recruit from the 2020 class — with an ankle injury. Clarke has not yet played in the Southeastern Conference schedule, missing seven straight games going into the contest at Alabama on Tuesday night.
This story was originally published January 26, 2021 at 7:10 PM.
