Kerr Kriisa will miss Kentucky's exhibition vs. Kentucky Wesleyan

Kentucky will play its first exhibition game without Kerr Kriisa. The fifth-year senior guard will not play tonight vs. Kentucky Wesleyan due to a tweaked hamstring, according to Cameron Mills on the UK Sports Network pregame show. The minor injury also kept Kriisa out of the Blue-White Preseason Event last Friday.

On Friday, Mark Pope said that Kriisa suffered the injury last week in practice and was being held out for precautionary reasons.

“We actually finished our practice a couple of days ago with some heavy conditioning and he tweaked his hamstring,” Pope said on Friday. “It’s not even a strain. It was just a precaution tonight.”

Even though he is sitting out again tonight, Kriisa was still the first player out for warmups. He’s since changed back into street clothes.

First exhibition game and @KerrKriisa is the first player on the Rupp Arena floor getting up shots. #BBN pic.twitter.com/6H5SoYLIqr

— Keith Farmer (@KeithFarmer18) October 23, 2024

Freshman Travis Perry started at point guard for the Blue Team in Kriisa’s place on Friday. I would imagine he and Collin Chandler will get some extended run tonight behind or alongside Lamont Butler, the expected starter.

Kerr Kriisa declared out on the UK Pregame Show with a minor hamstring injury

Should see some extended run from these two tonight in his absence. pic.twitter.com/1d2DJVCu1n

— Jack Pilgrim (@JackPilgrimKSR) October 23, 2024

Kentucky vs. Kentucky Wesleyan: How To Watch

No. 23 Kentucky vs. Kentucky Wesleyan
7 p.m. ET | Wednesday, Oct. 23 | Rupp Arena

• Streaming: SEC Network+
• Home Radio: UK Sports Network – 630 WLAP, iHeart Radio (Tom Leach, Goose Givens)
• Online Radio: iHeart
• Live Stats: StatBroadcast

You can also follow the game on the KSBoard Game Thread, with Drew Franklin, Jack Pilgrim, Zack Geoghegan, and Jacob Polacheck providing commentary from Rupp Arena and the rest of us following along from home.