Coppin State will play without its leading scorer, guard Michael Harper, at Kentucky. Harper contracted food poisoning sometime Monday or Tuesday.
Harper is averaging 15.3 points per game. He also leads the team with 14 teams.
When asked how much it would hurt Coppin State to play without Harper, Athletic Director Derrick Ramsey said, “A bunch.”

Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
