Kentucky Guard Jaland Lowe Expecting To Enter Transfer Portal, Has Ties To Lucas Family

Trinton Breeze
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Former ACC point guard Jaland Lowe announced yesterday morning that he plans to enter the transfer portal after spending one season at Kentucky.

Lowe has ties to the Miami Hurricanes staff. His godfather is John Lucas, the father of Hurricanes head coach Jai Lucas.

Lowe had an up-and-down year with Kentucky, dealing with a shoulder injury suffered before the 2025–26 season. He played in just nine games, averaging 8.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in 18 minutes per game, while shooting 35.8% from the field and 20.8% from three.

Before transferring to Kentucky, Lowe was the main guy for a Pittsburgh Panthers squad. He started 31 games as a sophomore and 19 as a freshman. During the 2023–24 season, he averaged 12.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game in conference play.

In the 2024–25 season, Lowe averaged 16.8 points, 5.5 assists, 1.8 steals, and 4.2 rebounds over 30 games, while playing 35.4 minutes per contest. He shot 37.7% from the field, 26.8% from three, and 88.3% from the free-throw line.

Miami is looking to replace starting point guard Tre Donaldson, and Lowe’s already has connections to the staff.

Will the Hurricanes make a move? Time will tell.
 

Comments (8)

He was good at Pitt. If anyone can return him to form it's Jai. But I think there will be better options.
 
He was good at Pitt. If anyone can return him to form it's Jai. But I think there will be better options.
His shooting percentages at Pitt were terrible. Seemed like a volume scorer who wasnt efficient.
 
Better than you guys are giving him credit for - 3rd team All ACC as a sophomore.
 
I watched UK play quite a few games last year. And after every game I called my brother in law, who played at UK in the ‘80’s, and said the same thing, “they need a point guard”.
I would not touch a PG off that UK team with a 10 foot pole. UK effectively played without a PG, and it completely limited their team and forced a shooting guard/small forward, Otega Oweh, to have PG responsibilities. And it ended poorly and predictably.

UK’s entire portal class was a disaster. This young man has been pushed off their team. We should not be collecting scraps off the cutting room floor.
 
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