Former Kentucky guard Devin Askew lost for season due to hernia injury

Devin Askew spent one season at Kentucky and things did not go great. The former top-50 recruit was on the 2020-21 Kentucky team that had to battle COVID-19 with the rest of college basketball and finished the season at 9-16. Askew decided to move on after the year and spent last season at Texas. Things also did not go great in Austin, but the Southern California native appeared to find a good home in the Pac-12.

Askew returned to his home state this year but moved up to the Bay Area. The two-time transfer is currently a junior guard at California playing for former Georgia head coach Mark Fox in Berkeley. The Golden Bears have had some issues on the court (3-18 overall) this season, but Askew is putting up solid production for the first time in his career.

The junior has played 13 games leading the team in points (15.5) while also chipping in 3.4 rebounds, and 3.0 assists in 31.9 minutes per game. However, Askew has missed 8 of the last 12 games for Cal. The guard was officially ruled out for the season on Thursday night after undergoing successful sports hernia surgery.

This is a tough break for the former ballyhooed recruit who served as Kentucky’s point guard of the future heading into that 2020-21 season. However, Askew still has two full seasons of eligibility remaining and has a chance to be a go-to guy in the future for Cal basketball.

Best wishes to the former Wildcat in his upcoming rehab.