Jaland Lowe has re-aggravated his shoulder injury multiple times since he first suffered the injury in the blue-white preseason scrimmage, including exiting back-to-back games before being held out of Tuesday’s game as a precaution. Lowe is such a valuable part of this Kentucky team, and that has showed itself numerous times this season. When he’s in, Kentucky’s offense runs smoother and their energy is better on defense.
Although Lowe was held out of Tuesday;s game against Bellarmine, don’t expect to see that anymore moving forward. Mark Pope expects him to play full-strength moving forward. No limited minutes, no sitting out. They’ll need him from now on, especially, as SEC play begins on the road on Jan. 3 at Alabama. The more time Lowe gets to heal, the better.
“He had a little bit of soreness, just a little bit of pain (Tuesday). So, we were just made the calculated decision to (hold him out). When he steps on the floor, I’d like him to be full-strength. I think that’s gonna be important for us going forward. I expect him to play every game, but this was just an opportunity for us to let him heal up a little bit more, especially with a break coming up now for a few days. Sometimes there’s a big difference between 48 hours and 96 hours or, you know, 120 hours and so, we’re trying to just buy a little bit extra time for him to try and heal.”…