{"id":532658,"date":"2026-01-12T22:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532658\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:50:20","slug":"jaland-lowe-jayden-quaintance-injury-updates-mark-pope-reveals-latest-on-status-of-kentucky-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532658\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaland Lowe, Jayden Quaintance injury updates: Mark Pope reveals latest on status of Kentucky duo"},"content":{"rendered":"

After only playing for three minutes in Kentucky<\/a>\u2018s win over Mississippi State<\/a> on Saturday, Wildcats guard Jaland Lowe<\/a> left the game with a shoulder injury. On Monday, Kentucky head coach Mark Pope<\/a> provided an update on Lowe\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was in some pain yesterday,\u201d Pope said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re kind of doing consults and I was hoping he would wake up yesterday morning feeling perfect, but he didn\u2019t. We\u2019ll just kind of move forward with that. We have a meeting today at 4 (p.m.) and we\u2019ll maybe see what kind of game plan we can put together. \u2026 Jaland Lowe brings something to our team that nobody else else brings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lowe has battled injury issues all season after dislocating his shoulder in a preseason scrimmage. His injury has caused him to miss seven games for the Wildcats this season.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh transfer is averaging 8.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, while shooting 35.8% from the field and 20.8% from beyond the arc this season. If Lowe plays again for Kentucky this season, he will lose his ability to redshirt this year.<\/p>\n

Lowe wasn\u2019t the only injured Wildcat on Saturday. Kentucky big man Jayden Quaintance<\/a> didn\u2019t play against Mississippi State due to knee swelling. Quaintance missed Kentucky\u2019s first 11 games this season while recovering from a torn ACL he suffered last February.<\/p>\n

Quaintance debuted in Kentucky\u2019s 78-66 win over St. John<\/a>\u2018s, tallying 10 points and eight rebounds in just 17 minutes of action. However, he hadn\u2019t scored more than five points in a game since. On Monday, Mark Pope also provided an update on Quaintance\u2019s injury status.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has progressed. He has made progress, feeling better,\u201d Pope said. \u201cWe did some more testing, so that\u2019s an ongoing thing, too, that we\u2019re going to probably figure out more about in the next couple of days as we kind of do consults.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quaintance is a projected lottery in the 2026 NBA Draft. Although Kentucky was without two of its top talents on Saturday, the team had one of its best showings of the season.<\/p>\n

After a slow start, Kentucky caught fire, outscoring Mississippi State 49-28 in the second half. The Wildcats weren\u2019t afraid to share the wealth, posting a season-high 21 assists. Nobody outshined preseason SEC Player of the Year Otega Oweh<\/a>, who racked up 22 points.<\/p>\n

Kentucky will look to build on its momentum Wednesday when it squares off against LSU<\/a> at 7 p.m. ET. The game will air live on the SEC Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After only playing for three minutes in Kentucky\u2018s win over Mississippi State on Saturday, Wildcats guard Jaland Lowe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,1466,5403,7910,6,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-532658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jaland-lowe-23-fort-bend-marshall","10":"tag-jayden-quaintance-24-word-of-god-christian-academy","11":"tag-mark-pope-91-newport-senior","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115884577572765448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}