It didn’t take long for Nick Richards’ late-season fadeaway to continue into Kentucky’s season-ending loss to Kansas State.
On the game’s first possession, a teammate penetrated, then passed the ball to Richards standing near the baseline. Instead of going to the basket with purpose or redirecting the ball to a teammate, he seemed surprised by the pass. He fumbled the ball out of bounds.
Wenyen Gabriel got off the bench and replaced Richards before the first television timeout. Richards did not play the rest of the half, and spent only five more minutes on the court the rest of the game.