Kentucky forward Harris taken to hospital after collision

LEXINGTON, Ky. --- Kentucky forward Ramon Harris was taken to a hospital after colliding with a teammate during the first half of Kentucky's victory over Lamar on Wednesday night.

Harris, a junior, was preparing to run up the floor when he ran into guard Michael Porter. The two appeared to hit heads and both fell to the floor. Harris tried to get up, then fell back to the ground. He laid there several minutes before paramedics took him away on a stretcher with his mother at his side.

Harris was alert and undergoing tests at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, team spokesman DeWayne Peevy said. Harris had movement in all his extremities, but the nature of his injury had not been determined.

Coach Billy Gillispie said doctors were checking Harris' back and spine for damage but that preliminary tests were encouraging.

Porter also had trouble getting up after the collision but was able to walk off the floor with an ice pack over his left eye. He returned to the bench late in the first half with 10 stitches over the eye and did not play the remainder of the game.

Harris was averaging 9.3 points and 3.2 rebounds this season for the Wildcats.