The University of Kentucky women?s basketball team (15-14, 4-10) received the No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 seed Auburn (15-12, 6-8 SEC) in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament Thursday, March 3 in Greenville, S.C., at the Bi-Lo Center. Game time is slated for 3:15 p.m. ET and the game will be televised live on FSN South (SEC-TV).
Kentucky?s only meeting of the regular season against the Tigers came on Feb. 13 in Auburn, Ala. UK fell 65-50 as AU senior Natasha Brackett scored a game-high 20 points. Kentucky shot just 30.5 percent (18-of-59) from the field but outrebounded the Tigers 44-37. UK Hoops freshman Samantha Mahoney scored a team-high 13 points followed by nine points and nine rebounds from freshman Chante? Bowman.
Auburn leads the overall series 21-9 and has won six straight over the Cats. Auburn also leads the series 4-1 in games played in the SEC Tournament. UK?s last meeting vs. the Tigers in the conference tournament was in 2003 and Auburn won 68-62. UK?s lone win in the SEC Tournament against AU came in 1995 in the opening round, 75-51.
The winner will meet No. 2 seed Tennessee Friday, March 4 in the second round at 3:15 p.m. ET.
FIRST ROUND
Thursday, March 3
1:00 p.m. Seed #8 Florida vs. Seed #9 Alabama [RSN]
3:15 p.m. Seed #7 Auburn vs. Seed #10 Kentucky [RSN]
7:00 p.m. Seed #5 Ole Miss vs. Seed #12 South Carolina [RSN]
9:15 p.m. Seed #6 Mississippi State vs. Seed #11 Arkansas [RSN]
SECOND ROUND
Friday, March 4
1:00 p.m. Seed #1 LSU vs. Game 1 winner [RSN]
3:15 p.m. Seed #2 Tennessee vs. Game 2 winner [RSN]
7:00 p.m. Seed #4 Georgia vs. Game 3 winner [RSN]
9:15 p.m. Seed #3 Vanderbilt vs. Game 4 winner [RSN]
SEMINFINALS
Saturday, March 5
7:00 p.m. Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner [RSN]
9:15 p.m. Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner [RSN]
FINALS
Sunday, March 6
7:00 p.m. Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner [ESPN2]
All Times Eastern