Guard Derrick Jasper injured his left knee late in the second half against Vanderbilt on Saturday. He sprained the medial collateral ligament in the knee, the same knee he had surgically repaired in June.
The injuries are not related, UK spokesman Scott Stricklin said. Jasper’s status for UK’s next game — Tuesday at Mississippi State — is unknown.
The injury occured with 1:06 left in regulation. Jasper was guarding Alex Gordon, who bulled into the UK player. The contact forced Jasper backward and he tripped over fallen teammate Perry Stevenson.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
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