Freshman guard Jemarl Baker will be out three months after undergoing microscopic knee surgery, Kentucky Coach John Calipari said Monday after the team’s 92-67 exhibition victory against Morehead State.
Baker has been billed as a perimeter shooter, a skill Kentucky figures to need with opponents expected to sag defenses in the lane.
Calipari downplayed the impact Baker’s absence will have. He said UK is a better shooting team that people think.
UK made six of 16 three-point shots in beating the Eagles.
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