Kentucky Basketball played its final preseason exhibition game with heavy hearts Thursday night in Rupp Arena, two days after the sudden passing of sophomore Daimion Collins‘ father, Ben. Ben Collins died unexpectedly Tuesday in Lexington, where he had recently moved from Texas to support his son’s college basketball career at Kentucky. In the days since Ben passed, Daimion flew back home to be with his mother, brother, and sister, while the team took a brief pause from basketball activities before Thursday’s home exhibition. John Calipari even asked his players if they should cancel the game, but Collins’ teammates, including his cousin, Cason Wallace, elected to play on for the Collins family.
Calipari on the passing of Daimion Collins' father, Ben Collins
