UK’s Robinson needs wrist surgical treatment; season over

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• 40 “/ > Jeff BorzelloMar 1, 2025, 05:21 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
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• Graduate of University of Delaware.Kentucky guard Jaxson Robinson

, the team’s second-leading scorer, will go through surgical treatment on his wrist and miss the remainder of the season, coach Mark Pope stated Saturday.Robinson missed out on four straight games in February with the injury, however appeared

set to return this previous Wednesday against Oklahoma. He just played 12 minutes against the Sooners before reaggravating the injury, however, and was dismissed of Saturday’s game against Auburn.Pope made the statement after the Wildcats ’94-78 loss to the Tigers.”We sort of pertained to the last conclusion last

night that he’s going to get surgery, so he’s going Wednesday to the world specialist to have surgery on his wrist,”he stated.”When he decreased, we kind of understood that he was going to need surgical treatment, however he just wanted so terribly to play. He rehabbed it, and had an injection to try to make it functional, and then he was doing OK and then he went down in the first half at Oklahoma. … Editor’s Picks “There’s simply no way that he’s going to be able to play.”It’s a three-month healing, Pope stated, implying Robinson’s college career is over.Robinson, a 6-foot-6 fifth-year senior, followed Pope from BYU to Kentucky last spring and started the very first 23 games of the season for the Wildcats

. He ends the campaign averaging 13.0 points and 3.5 rebounds, shooting almost 38%from 3-point range.Robinson took pleasure in a breakout season last year under Pope, making Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year honors after averaging 14.2 points. He started his college career at Texas A&M before moving

to Arkansas, where he likewise stopped working to carve out a constant function. He then moved to BYU to play under Pope and immediately began 30 games in his first campaign with the Cougars.Kentucky has actually dealt with injuries this season, especially on the border. Kerr Kriisa suffered a foot injury back in early December and has yet to play considering that going through surgical treatment, while Lamont Butler has missed out on time during SEC play with a shoulder injury.