Ole Miss is preparing to play Kentucky without leading scorer David Huertas, Coach Andy Kennedy said on Wednesday during the Southeastern Conference Tournament press conferences.
Huertas is hobbled by a bone bruise on his left foot. He did not participate in all of the customary public shootaround on Wednesday.
“I feel better than the past three or four days,” Huertas said. “I hopefully I can do well (against Kentucky).”
In the regular-season victory over UK, Huertas scored 21 points. He comes into the SEC Tournament as the league’s No. 5 scorer (18.2 ppg in conference games.
In preparing for the worst-case scenario, Kennedy said he would prepare as if Huertas would not play.
“If he says he can go, we’ll play him,” the Ole Miss coach said. “If he says he can’t, then we’ll have to make do.”
It’s a season of making do for Ole Miss, which lost three three point guards to injury early this season.
Kentucky and Ole Miss begin the SEC Tournament by tipping off at 1 p.m. Thursday.
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