LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Former University of Kentucky basketball player Ed Davender was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for his involvement in a ticket scam.
Davender pleaded guilty in Fayette Circuit Court in May to taking money for UK men’s basketball season tickets, but never producing them. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports victims lost tens of thousands of dollars.
Fayette Circuit Judge James Ishmael said at sentencing that he had rooted for Davender as a player but he could not give him probation.
Davender, who is 44, will be eligible for parole after serving 20 percent of his sentence. He was taken into custody Friday afternoon.
Davender played for UK from 1984 through 1988. He is 11th on UK’s all-time men’s scoring list, with 1,637 career points, and fourth in career steals, with 191.
