The South Carolina frontcourt needs help defending Oscar Tshiebwe. They might get it from seven-foot center Josh Gray.
When Kentucky travels to Columbia Tuesday night, Gray will be one week removed from a wrist injury. He injured it while breaking his fall in a loss to Mississippi State. Frank Martin withheld him from playing over the weekend, but shared that Gray could play with a soft cast on his injured wrist against Kentucky.
“Can he play? Yes,” Martin said Monday morning. “I didn’t think it was fair to play him the other day.