Kentucky's Reid Travis out 7 to 10 Days After Knee Injury Diagnosed as Sprain
The No. 4 Kentucky Wildcats improved to 11-2 in SEC play with a 66-58 victory over the Missouri Tigers on Tuesday, but lost forward Reid Travis to an injury in the process after the team announced he suffered a sprained right knee.
On Wednesday, coach John Calipari announced Travis would be out "a week to 10 days," but added it's a preliminary timeline and he hasn't received the test results yet.
Travis played just 13 minutes and finished with three points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal vs. the Tigers.
Travis arrived at Kentucky as a graduate transfer from Stanford and has quickly established himself as one of the most important players on the team. He is averaging 11.6 points and 7.1 rebounds a night as a double-double threat and is shooting 51.9 percent from the field.
Some of his best performances have come against notable competition, as he finished with 22 points and seven boards against Duke, 20 points and seven rebounds against North Carolina, and 18 points and 12 rebounds against Kansas.
He is one of four Wildcats averaging double figures in scoring this season alongside PJ Washington, Keldon Johnson and Tyler Herro.
Kentucky will continue to rely on Washington to anchor its frontcourt if Travis is forced to miss time and will likely turn toward the combination of EJ Montgomery and Nick Richards for depth purposes.
