Kentucky vs Missouri score today, UK basketball game updates

LEXINGTON — Every time Jaland Lowe steps on the court, be it a practice or a game, is like rolling the dice. Or, as he described it during a news conference Tuesday morning, “it’s a risk” whenever he suits up for Kentucky basketball because of his ongoing shoulder injury.

He originally injured the shoulder during the Blue-White game on Oct. 17. He’s reinjured it twice more since then.

Expected to be the Wildcats’ starting point guard this season, Lowe has yet to appear in the lineup since the regular season tipped off. Each of his seven outings this season has been in a reserve role.

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With the injury hanging over his head like a guillotine that could end his 2025-26 campaign at any moment, Lowe has had to learn to play a new way.

“I don’t know if y’all will notice on TV as much or in person,” he said. “But sometimes when you’re on the court, you can realize I’m not doing some things that I would love to do in the moment, just as a competitor and as a fighter. I can’t do some of those things. I have to pull back sometimes just to not put myself at a huge risk.”

Lowe acknowledged having to rein in his aggressive tendencies is “frustrating” to no end.

“But if I wanna play, I gotta do what I gotta do,” Lowe said.

Lowe and the rest of his teammates aim to help Kentucky bounce back from last week’s loss at Alabama. UK has that opportunity tonight, hosting Missouri at Rupp Arena in the Wildcats’ SEC home opener.

UK (9-5, 0-1 SEC) and Missouri (11-3, 1-0) are unranked in the two major polls (USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches and AP Top 25).

Courier Journal sports reporter Ryan Black and columnist C.L. Brown are at Rupp Arena and will have live updates throughout the game — here and on X, formerly known as Twitter — and complete coverage after. You can follow them on X at @RyanABlack and @clbrownhoops.

Follow along with live updates from today’s game between the Wildcats and Tigers below:

• TV channel: ESPN2
• Livestream: Fubo (free trial)

The game between the Wildcats and Tigers will air nationally on ESPN2.

Authenticated subscribers can access ESPN2 via TV-connected devices or by going to WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app.

Those without cable can access ESPN2 via streaming services, with Fubo offering a free trial.

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Betting odds: Kentucky is a 12 ½-point favorite (-112) on DraftKings, which set the over/under at 149 ½ points (-115/-105).  

Tom Leach (play-by-play) and Jack Givens (analyst) will have the UK radio network call on 840 AM in Louisville and both 630 AM and 98.1 FM in Lexington.

You can also listen online via UKAthletics.com.

• Oct. 17: Blue-White game (Click here to read takeaways from the intrasquad scrimmage.)
• Oct. 24: exhibition vs. Purdue (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 78, Purdue 65
• Oct. 30: exhibition vs. Georgetown University (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Georgetown 84, Kentucky 70
• Nov. 4: Nicholls (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 77, Nicholls 51
• Nov. 7: Valparaiso (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 107, Valparaiso 59
• Nov. 11: at Louisville (KFC Yum! Center) | SCORE: Louisville 96, Kentucky 88
• Nov. 14: Eastern Illinois (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 99, Eastern Illinois 53
• Nov. 18: vs. Michigan State (Champions Classic; Madison Square Garden, New York) | SCORE: Michigan State 83, Kentucky 66
• Nov. 21: Loyola University Maryland (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 88, Loyola Maryland 46
• Nov. 26: Tennessee Tech (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 104, Tennessee Tech 54
• Dec. 2: North Carolina (Rupp Arena; ACC/SEC Challenge) | SCORE: North Carolina 67, Kentucky 64
• Dec. 5: vs. Gonzaga (Bridgestone Arena; Nashville) | SCORE: Gonzaga 94, Kentucky 59
• Dec. 9: North Carolina Central (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 103, North Carolina Central 67
• Dec. 13: Indiana (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 72, Indiana 60
• Dec. 20: vs. St. John’s (CBS Sports Classic; State Farm Arena, Atlanta) | SCORE: Kentucky 78, St. John’s 66
• Dec. 23: Bellarmine (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 99, Bellarmine 85
• Jan. 3: at Alabama | SCORE: Alabama 89, Kentucky 74
• Jan. 7: Missouri (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m.
• Jan. 10: Mississippi State (Rupp Arena), 8:30 p.m.
• Jan. 14: at LSU, 7 p.m.
• Jan. 17: at Tennessee, noon
• Jan. 21: Texas (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m.
• Jan. 24: Ole Miss (Rupp Arena), noon
• Jan. 27: at Vanderbilt, 9 p.m.
• Jan. 31: at Arkansas, 6:30 p.m.
• Feb. 4: Oklahoma (Rupp Arena), 9 p.m.
• Feb. 7: Tennessee (Rupp Arena), 8:30 p.m.
• Feb. 14: at Florida, 3 p.m.
• Feb. 17: Georgia (Rupp Arena), 9 p.m.
• Feb. 21: at Auburn, 8:30 p.m.
• Feb. 24: at South Carolina, 7 p.m.
• Feb. 28: Vanderbilt (Rupp Arena), 2 p.m.
• March 3: at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
• March 7: Florida (Rupp Arena), 4 p.m.

Record: 9-5 (0-1 SEC)

• Denzel Aberdeen (guard, senior)
• Collin Chandler (guard, sophomore)
• Mouhamed Dioubate (forward, junior)
• Brandon Garrison (forward, junior)
• Braydon Hawthorne (forward, freshman)
• Walker Horn (guard, senior)
• Andrija Jelavić (forward, sophomore)
• Jasper Johnson (guard, freshman)
• Jaland Lowe (guard, junior)
• Malachi Moreno (center, freshman)
• Trent Noah (forward, sophomore)
• Otega Oweh (guard, senior)
• Reece Potter (forward, junior)
• Jayden Quaintance (forward, sophomore)
• Zach Tow (forward, senior)
• Kam Williams (guard, sophomore)

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Reach Kentucky men’s basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @RyanABlack.