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Alabama basketball issues initial availability report for Kentucky game

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Alabama forward Derrion Reid
Alabama forward Derrion Reid (Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY Sports)

Alabama issued its first availability report for tomorrow’s road game at Kentucky.

The Crimson Tide will travel to Rupp Arena in Lexington to take on the Wildcats on Saturday, Jan. 18, in a top-10 matchup. The SEC game will tip off at 11 a.m. CT and air on ESPN.

Latrell Wrightsell (Achilles) has been on every report this season, and Houston Mallette (knees) has been on the last three. Freshman forward Derrion Reid was added before the Ole Miss game and did not play in the loss. Reid is dealing with a lower-body injury.

Alabama head coach Nate Oats provided an update on Reid’s health on Friday.

“He’s still recovering,” Oats said of Reid. “He didn’t go full 5-on-5 today. So he’s questionable for tomorrow. We’ll see. If he’s not able to go tomorrow, hopefully next week. I think from everything Clarke (Holter)’s telling me, he’s coming along. I just don’t know how quickly, if it’ll be tomorrow yet or not.”

If Reid does not play on Saturday, the Crimson Tide will be down to nine scholarship players.

Alabama and Kentucky must update their availability reports 90 minutes before tip-off.

Alabama Availability Report

Latrell Wrightsell Jr. – Out
Houston Mallette – Out
Derrion Reid – Questionable

Kentucky Availability Report

Kerr Kriisa – Out
Lamont Butler – Questionable
Andrew Carr – Probable

SEC Availability Report Policies

Beginning with the 2024-25 athletics season, all Southeastern Conference schools will provide public reports on the availability of student-athletes to participate in each conference game in the sports of football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.

Prior to an SEC basketball game, an institution must issue the Initial Report the night before a game by 7 p.m. CT (or, for an institution that played a game the day before, by 11:00 am local time the day of the game, or two hours before the game starts, whichever is earlier).

Designated Participation Statuses 

If an institution has knowledge that a student-athlete may not be able to participate in the upcoming game for any reason (including, but not limited to, injury, illness, suspension, ineligibility, or personal matter), the institution must accurately designate the student-athlete’s participation status on the Initial Report as follows: 

– Out – Will not play / 0% chance to play

– Doubtful – Unlikely to play / 25% chance to play

– Questionable – Uncertain to play / 50% chance to play

– Probable – Probable to play / 75% chance to play

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