LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 20 University of Kentucky women’s basketball program will play host to No. 18 Louisville on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. ET in Historic Memorial Coliseum. Tickets for the Top 20 matchup are sold out.
A very limited number of student tickets will be available to claim at the UK Ticket Office windows, located at the Lexington Avenue entrance, beginning one hour prior to tipoff. Students can show their UK ID to claim a ticket, while supplies last.
The game will be shown on SEC Network+ with Noah Frary and former UK star Bria Goss calling the action. Darren Headrick will have the radio call for UK Sports Network in his eighth straight season as the voice of the Wildcats. His call will be carried on 98.5 FM ICONS (Lexington) and 1080 AM WKJK (Louisville).
The contest will mark UK’s first ranked matchup of the season. Kentucky’s most recent ranked win was against then-No. 1 South Carolina, 64-62, on March 6, 2022, to win the 2022 Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Wildcats are 3-0 to begin the season, with wins over USC Upstate (98-43), Northern Kentucky (70-41) and Wofford (76-42). This season marks just the second time in program history that the Cats have allowed 43 points or less in each of their first three games, with the first instance occurring in 1974-75. It also marks just the third time in program history that the Cats have won each of their first three games by at least 29 points (2011-12, 2017-2018, 2024-25).
UK enters the in-state matchup leading the nation in blocks (12.7) and ranking second in the nation in assist-turnover ratio (2.2). It actually ranks in the top 15 in the nation in nine categories overall, also featuring assists (22.7) and rebounds (49.3).
Coach Kenny Brooks and his Wildcats are coming off a win over the Wofford Terriers last Tuesday, in which they made a season-high 10 three-pointers. It marked the first time the Cats have made at least 10 three-pointers in a game since December 2022. The Cats also logged at least 20 assists and at least 10 blocks for the third straight game this season.
Four players are averaging double-digit scoring, including Clara Strack (17.7), Dazia Lawrence (12.7), Clara Silva (12.0) and Georgia Amoore (11.7). Strack and Hassett are leading the team in rebounds, with 11.3 per game and 10.3 per game, respectively.
This is the 60th meeting between UK and U of L. Kentucky leads the all-time meetings with Louisville, 34-25, in a series that dates back to Dec. 15, 1975. U of L, coached by Jeff Walz, has won the last seven straight meetings (2016-23), while the two teams didn’t meet during the COVID-19 season of 2020-21. UK won five straight meetings before that (2011-15).
The Wildcats lead the Cardinals in games played in Lexington, 22-7. The two teams haven’t played in Memorial Coliseum since Dec. 17, 2017 when U of L defeated UK 87-63. The last two games that UK hosted U of L, they were held at Rupp Arena (2022 and 2019).
The last time UK defeated Louisville was in December 2015, which also was the last time UK defeated U of L in a home game. The last time UK defeated U of L in Memorial Coliseum was in December 2013.
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