KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — One starter in, one starter out for Kentucky basketball.
Fifth-year senior guard Lamont Butler, who has an injured shoulder, won’t play Tuesday night versus Tennessee. The 6-foot-2, 208-pound California native was listed as “out” on the SEC’s availability report, which posted at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, two hours before the Wildcats and Volunteers were set to square off at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Tuesday will be the third game this season Butler has missed because of injury. He sat out consecutive games (Gonzaga and Colgate) last month.
Butler paces the Wildcats in assists (4.8) and steals (1.76) per game. His 13.2 points per outing is No. 2 among UK players, trailing fellow guard Otega Oweh‘s 15.9.
While Butler won’t take the floor, another fifth-year senior, forward Andrew Carr, is back after a one-game absence. Carr started UK’s first 18 games this season before sitting out last week’s loss at Vanderbilt with a back injury.
Carr averages 10.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 27 minutes per game. He’s made more than half his shots (53.9%; 69 for 128) from the field during the 2024-25 campaign. That’s the second-best percentage on the team after center Amari Williams at 56.3% (67 of 119).
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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky basketball: Lamont Butler sidelined with shoulder injury
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