Kentucky
Four players out for Tennessee-Kentucky basketball game
Tennessee (16-6, 6-3 SEC) will play at Kentucky (16-7, 7-3 SEC) on Saturday in SEC basketball play. Tipoff between the Vols and Wildcats is slated for 8:30 p.m. EST at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.
The game will be televised by ESPN with Karl Ravech (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst) on the call.
Kentucky leads the all-time basketball series, 164-79, against Tennessee, dating to Feb. 16, 1910. Rick Barnes is 12-13 against Kentucky as Tennessee’s head coach.
A Tennessee-Kentucky availability report is listed below for Saturday’s basketball game in SEC play. Four players are listed as out, while three student-athletes are questionable.
Tennessee-Kentucky basketball game injury report
Tennessee junior forward Cade Phillips is out. He will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 basketball season due to a recurring shoulder injury.
“We will sincerely miss having Cade on the court and he is certainly disappointed that he won’t be able to play the rest of the regular season, but it’s essential he gets healthy,” Barnes said on Dec. 8, 2025. “Cade did all he could to play through this injury as long as possible.”
Troy Henderson, Felix Okpara and Amaree Abram are listed as questionable for the Vols at Kentucky.
Sophomore guard Kam Williams, junior guard Jaland Lowe and sophomore forward Jayden Quaintance are also listed as out for Kentucky.
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