Maten down

Georgia forward Yante Maten, who went down with a sprained right knee 95 seconds into the Bulldogs’ 82-77 home loss to Kentucky on Saturday, probably won’t return in the regular season.

Maten ranked third in the SEC in scoring (18.7 points per game) and eighth in rebounding (6.9 per game) before his injury, which came after Kentucky’s Isaiah Briscoe scored on a layup and fell back into Maten’s leg.

Georgia Coach Mark Fox said there was not a timetable for Maten’s return.

“It’s a very significant sprain,” Fox said. “It’s a serious injury and I don’t think our medical people or myself have any expectation of Yante returning during the regular season. The odds of that are very, very slim.”