UK basketball guard Jaland Lowe returns to St. John’s game after injury
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- UK basketball guard Jaland Lowe left Saturday’s game against St. John’s with an injury.
- Lowe appeared to reinjure his right shoulder during the first half while playing defense.
- Lowe returned to the game for the Wildcats early in the second half.
Kentucky basketball guard Jaland Lowe appeared hurt, again.
UK’s top point guard left the early stages of the Wildcats’ CBS Sports Classic matchup against St. John’s with an apparent reoccurrence of the right shoulder injury that has plagued him all season long.
But, Lowe returned to the game for the Wildcats in the second half, and he was a big reason why UK emerged with a 78-66 comeback victory.
Lowe turned in a spectacular second-half performance, totalling 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the field, along with three assists and three rebounds in 15 minutes. He was a team-best plus-20 on the floor for the Cats on Saturday, with that entire differential coming in the second half.
Just before the under-16 media timeout in the first half, Lowe was defending a drive by St. John’s sophomore guard Joson Sanon, who appeared to bump into Lowe’s right shoulder. The Kentucky junior guard immediately reacted and backpedaled away, grabbing his right shoulder.
A shooting foul was called on Lowe as Sanon made his way to the hoop. Lowe — after immediately grabbing the same right shoulder he originally injured during UK’s Blue-White Game in October — clutched that part of his body and made his way back to UK’s locker room. Kentucky’s senior athletic trainer for men’s basketball, Brandon Wells, accompanied Lowe back to the locker room.
He was in the game for only seven seconds before suffering the injury.
Lowe didn’t appear back on the UK bench during the first half. But, Lowe came out for halftime warmups with his teammates and returned to the game with 17:07 to go in the second half.
Lowe sat out the early part of UK’s season with his right shoulder injury, before returning in time for Kentucky’s road loss to Louisville. Just two days after that defeat, Lowe re-injured the shoulder in a practice session. After missing nearly a month, Lowe returned to game action earlier this month during UK’s lopsided defeat to Gonzaga in Nashville.
Saturday’s contest against St. John’s marked the fourth straight game Lowe appeared in for the Wildcats. Despite being projected as UK’s starting point guard this season, Lowe has come off the bench in all six games he’s played since transferring to Kentucky this offseason from Pittsburgh.
This story was originally published December 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM.
