Big Blue Preview: No. 24/20 Kentucky Women’s Basketball Plays Host to Monmouth on Thursday
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 24/20 University of Kentucky women’s basketball program will play host to Monmouth on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. ET in Historic Memorial Coliseum.
Doors open to fans one hour prior to tip.
The Wildcats are calling all girl scout troops! Don’t miss the opportunity to get a custom, unique, women’s basketball patch from the Kid’s Zone on the Rose Street side concourse. Also, look forward to a videoboard shoutout to your troop during the game. Special pricing is available to groups of 15 or more – e-mail WeAreUK@uky.edu for more information and to purchase tickets for your troop.
Fans can still purchase single-game tickets to the Kentucky-Monmouth game and all 14 of the program’s remaining home games this season. To shop single-game tickets, click here, and for a full list of the program’s nonconference promotional lineup, click here.
Darren Headrick will have the radio call for UK Sports Network in 2025-26, his ninth straight season as the voice of the Wildcats. His call will be carried on 630 AM WLAP in Lexington and on 790 AM WKRD in Louisville. It also will be carried on SiriusXM Channels 117 or 191 or through the SiriusXM App.
Big Blue Nation also can watch the game on SEC Network+, with Noah Frary and Christi Thomas on the broadcast.
UK Athletics recommends nine parking locations for fans attending games this season, including two parking locations with shuttle transportation (The Cornerstone Garage, High Street Lot). The shuttle at those parking locations starts 90 minutes prior to tip-off and breaks at the end of the first quarter. It resumes at the start of the third quarter and runs one hour postgame.
Kentucky is coming off a triumph over Morehead State, 75-59, in the season opener in Historic Memorial Coliseum on Monday.
Four players scored in double digits, including three players with a least 15 points from point guard Tonie Morgan (16), center Clara Strack (15) and guard Jordan Obi (15). It marked the first time the program had three players score at least 15 points each in a season opener since doing so against Presbyterian on Nov. 9, 2021 (Rhyne Howard, Dre’una Edwards, Treasure Hunt).
Strack and Obi also added 15 rebounds, becoming the first pair of UK teammates with at least 15 points and 15 rebounds each in the same game since at Texas A&M on Feb. 28, 2016 (Evelyn Akhator, Alexis Jennings).
Strack, an All-Southeastern Conference preseason selection and National Player of the Year Watch List candidate, stuffed the stats, also adding three blocks, three steals and two assists to go along with her 15 points and 15 rebounds.
The Wildcats, who got behind early in the game before they went on a 21-4 run to close out the first quarter, 25-17, and they led ever since.
UK improved to 10-0 under head coach Kenny Brooks all-time when the opponent scored fewer than 60 points. UK held MSU to 35.7 field-goal percentage. Since the start of the Brooks’ era, UK has held 23 of its last 32 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting from the field.
Kentucky collected 12 blocks against Morehead State, including a team-high four from forward Teonni Key. Since the start of the Brooks’ era, Kentucky now has five games with at least 12 blocks. Prior to last season, Kentucky had three such games in program history.
Thursday night’s game will mark the first meeting between the two teams in program history.
For more information on the Kentucky women’s basketball team, visit UKathletics.com or follow @KentuckyWBB on X, Instagram, and Facebook.
