Saturday’s game vs. Virginia Tech will be a family reunion for one Kentucky Basketball player. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s cousin Nickeil Alexander-Walker is a freshman at Virginia Tech and one of the Hokies’ best players so far this season. Through ten games, the 6’5″ guard is averaging 14.4 points and 2.2 assists, and on Saturday, could go head-to-head with his cousin, with whom he shared the backcourt at Hamilton Heights Christian Academy last year.
Earlier this afternoon, Alexander-Walker participated in a teleconference with reporters and opened up about his relationship with Shai.
“That’s like a brother to me,” Alexander-Walker said.