What’s the latest injury news for UK basketball’s game against Georgia?
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- UK projects to have only nine scholarship players available for game versus Georgia.
- The Wildcats will be without Jaland Lowe, Jayden Quaintance and Kam Williams.
- Mark Pope has preserved redshirt seasons for Braydon Hawthorne and Reece Potter.
Kentucky basketball will be down to just nine healthy scholarship players for the seventh straight game.
UK’s availability report for Tuesday night’s home game against Georgia lists three players — Jaland Lowe, Jayden Quaintance and Kam Williams — as out for the contest at Rupp Arena.
On the other side, Georgia has all of its players available for the game.
That’s a significant development. Sophomore guard Jeremiah Wilkinson had missed Georgia’s two most recent games due to a reported shoulder injury. Wilkinson — who transferred to Georgia this past offseason from California — leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 17.1 points per game. Wilkinson also leads the Bulldogs in steals with 41 on the season.
At this point, playing without Lowe, Quaintance and Williams is something the Wildcats are used to.
Lowe, a junior guard, is out for the season after undergoing surgery to address a series of right shoulder injuries that date back to October, when Lowe injured that shoulder during UK’s Blue-White scrimmage. Williams, a sophomore wing, is also on the mend from surgery after he suffered a broken left foot in January during a home win over Texas.
Quaintance has only played in four games for Kentucky this season due to knee issues. A 6-foot-10 sophomore forward, Quaintance suffered a torn ACL in February 2025 while playing as a freshman at Arizona State. Quaintance had surgery to address that injury in March. He made his UK debut in a win over St. John’s on Dec. 20 in Atlanta, but Quaintance hasn’t suited up for the Wildcats since Jan. 7.
Tuesday will mark the 11th straight missed game for Quaintance. Last week, UK head coach Mark Pope said Quaintance’s return to game action is “not imminent right now.”
While Quaintance is still expected to turn professional following the end of this season, he may not be selected in the lottery pick range of the NBA draft. In ESPN’s most recent ranking of 2026 NBA draft prospects, Quaintance checked in at No. 18 overall.
During a press conference last week, Pope said Quaintance and Williams haven’t been ruled out for the remainder of the season.
Despite these injury absences for Lowe, Quaintance and Williams, Kentucky has elected to not play freshman forward Braydon Hawthorne or junior forward Reece Potter. Hawthorne and Potter are both preserving redshirt seasons.
Kentucky and Georgia are set for a 9 p.m. start at Rupp Arena.
This story was originally published February 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM.
