What’s the injury news for Kentucky basketball before game at Texas A&M?
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- Kentucky is without Jaland Lowe, Jayden Quaintance and Kam Williams for game at Texas A&M.
- This will be the 11th straight game missed by all three of Lowe, Quaintance and Williams.
- UK and Texas A&M play Tuesday night at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
Kentucky basketball remains shorthanded for its final true road game of the 2025-26 season.
UK (19-10 overall and 10-6 in SEC games) will be without three players for Tuesday night’s SEC contest at Texas A&M (19-10, 9-7).
Mark Pope’s program is without junior guard Jaland Lowe, sophomore forward Jayden Quaintance and sophomore wing Kam Williams. All three players were listed as out on UK’s availability report for the game.
This marks the 11th straight game missed by all three of Lowe, Quaintance and Williams.
For Texas A&M, the Aggies are without junior forward Mackenzie Mgbako. A former five-star recruit and two-year starter at Indiana, Mgbako is out for the season due to a fracture in his right foot that required surgery. Mgbako played in only seven games for A&M this season. Mgbako underwent surgery for the same injury during the offseason, which caused him to miss the start of the Aggies’ season.
Kentucky and Texas A&M are set for a 7 p.m. ET start Tuesday at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
UK’s injury outlook means Pope’s team is down to just nine healthy scholarship players.
Lowe is out for the season after a series of right shoulder injuries required surgery. He appeared in only nine games for the Cats this season.
Quaintance, a sophomore forward, will miss his 15th straight game due to knee issues related to a torn ACL he suffered in February 2025 while a freshman at Arizona State. Quaintance was Kentucky’s top transfer portal addition during the offseason, but he’s only appeared in four games. Quaintance’s last appearance for UK came on Jan. 7, when he started a home loss to Missouri.
Over the weekend, Quaintance’s father addressed his son’s UK career and pro basketball aspirations in a series of social media posts.
Like Lowe, Williams is also recovering from surgery. Williams broke his left foot on Jan. 21 during UK’s home win over Texas. He’s set to miss his 11th straight game.
Pope has left the door open for both Quaintance and Williams to return this season. A potential return seems more likely for Williams, who is no longer in a walking boot and was seen shooting on the Rupp Arena court before Kentucky’s win over Vanderbilt on Saturday.
Last week, Pope spoke about the value of Williams’ possible return. Williams is averaging 6.9 points per game while shooting 34.8% on 3-pointers, 44.9% from the field and 95.0% from the free-throw line.
“He grew through the course of season into one of our most reliable people,” Pope said Thursday. “... We’re in desperate need of minute help to kind of relieve some of the minute pressure on our guys. And he brings an incredible skill set... If he comes back, it’s going to be a huge boon for us. If not, then we’ll find a way to make it work, because we have the pieces that we need.”
Including Tuesday’s game at Texas A&M, Kentucky has two games left in its regular season. UK’s regular season finale is Saturday afternoon at home against No. 5 Florida. The SEC Tournament starts March 11 in Nashville, Tennessee. Round of 64 games in the NCAA Tournament begin March 19.
Despite the injuries suffered by Lowe, Quaintance and Williams, Pope hasn’t yet played freshman forward Braydon Hawthorne or junior forward Reece Potter. Both Hawthorne and Potter are preserving redshirt seasons.
This story was originally published March 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM.
