No. 20 Kentucky Continues Home Stretch Saturday Night vs. La Salle
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Saturday is set to be a busy day inside Memorial Coliseum as the defending national champion Kentucky volleyball team and the No. 20 University of Kentucky women’s basketball team will hold a day-night doubleheader. Volleyball starts the day with a 1 p.m. ET start with women’s basketball tipping off at 8:30 p.m. ET. Both events are ticketed separate and Memorial Coliseum will be cleared between events.
Single-game tickets are $10 (all ages) in reversed seating areas, while general admission tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children (ages 6-18) and seniors (age 65+). Children aged 5 and under do not require a ticket in general admission areas. Kentucky women’s basketball 2021-22 season tickets are on sale at UKathletics.com/tickets. For more on mobile tickets, visit UKathletics.com/mobiletickets.
Regardless of vaccination status, all guests will be required to wear a mask while visiting Memorial Coliseum. Fans will not be required to show proof of vaccination to enter, but face coverings – covering the nose and mouth – are required for all fans as they watch the game from their seat and enter, exit, and move around Memorial Coliseum. Children 2 and younger will not be required to wear a mask. If spectators are unable to wear masks, they are encouraged not to attend in person for the sake of their health and the health of others.
Doors to Memorial Coliseum will open one hour prior to tip. All bags must adhere to the UK Athletics Clear Bag policy. All bags and items will be searched. To avoid additional touch points, fans are strongly encouraged to not bring unnecessary bags to Memorial Coliseum. More on UK Athletics’ Clear Bag policy can be found online, here.
Parking for games is available starting three hours prior to tip off in a majority of surface lots surrounding Memorial Coliseum, including the High Street Lot, East Maxwell Lot, Joe Craft Center Lot, College View Lot, Alumni Center Lot and Career Center Lot. The Cornerstone Garage and Parking Structure 2 open two hours prior to tip. The Gatton Student Center Lot is pay-to-park while all other parking options are free. The JCC Lot is primarily used limited mobility/handicap parking. No shuttles are being offered from any lot this season.
Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on SEC Network+ with Clay Ables and Christi Thomas on the call. Darren Headrick will have the call on the UK Sports Network (98.5FM in Lexington). Live stats and free live audio will be available online at UKathletics.com.
The Wildcats got back in the win column last Sunday, dominating Winthrop with a 92-47 victory. UK jumped on the Eagles from the start, holding a large lead at halftime. Rhyne Howard was brilliant in the game, earning the third ever triple-double in program history with
22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. UK hit a season-high 10 3-pointers in the game and five Wildcats scored in double figures for the first time this season.
Howard, redshirt junior forward Dre’una Edwards, senior guard Robyn Benton and freshman guard Jada Walker are all averaging double-figure scoring this season. Howard is earning 20 points per game with 8.3 rebounds. Edwards is averaging 18.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while Benton has scored 10+ in all four games with 12.8 points per game. Walker is averaging 10.8 points per game and has scored 10 or more in three straight.
La Salle enters the game with a 3-2 record and is coming off a 73-52 win over Lafayette on Tuesday at home. Mountain MacGillivray is the head coach of the Explorers, holding a 31-55 record in his third season. This is the first time UK and La Salle have met in women’s basketball.
For more information on the Kentucky women’s basketball team, visit UKathletics.com or follow @KentuckyWBB on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
