Kentucky Women’s Basketball Announces Season Opener Against Morehead State on Nov. 3
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 2025-26 University of Kentucky women’s basketball team will play host to Morehead State for its season opener in Historic Memorial Coliseum on Monday, Nov. 3, it was announced by head coach Kenny Brooks on Wednesday.
Tickets – season and single-game – the tip time and the TV designation will be released soon.
The Wildcats lead the Eagles, 33-4, in the all-time series, which officially began on Feb. 10, 1975. The Cats also lead in Historic Memorial Coliseum, 23-1, according to home-and-away records going back to 1976.
UK has won the last 16 meetings, a stretch that began with a 106-71 triumph at home on Feb. 20, 1990. The last time the two teams met, UK defeated MSU, 73-48, at home on Nov. 11, 2022.
Brooks, who was named the 2025 Sporting News National Coach of the Year after his first season at the helm of Kentucky, returns for his second season in 2025-26. His roster currently features 11 student-athletes, including seven returners, three transfers and incoming freshman McDonald’s All-American Kaelyn Carroll. Of the seven returners, two are coming off injury, including 6-foot-1 guard Jordan Obi and 6-1 guard Dominka Paurová, while three return as last season’s leading rebounders and shot blockers, including Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year Clara Strack, Teonni Key and Amelia Hassett.
Brooks directed UK to a 23-8 overall record in 2024-25, including an 11-5 mark in the SEC to finish in fourth place in the loaded league. In the process, Brooks tied the late Terry Hall as the quickest head coaches in program history to reach their first 20 wins at UK (24 games). Brooks also joined Hall as just the second head coach in program history to begin their first season at UK undefeated through seven games.
The Wildcats, who earned five ranked triumphs, ranked as high as No. 8 in the Associated Press poll, while they went on to earn the four seed and double bye at the SEC Tournament and the four seed and hosting privileges in the NCAA Tournament. The Cats broke or tied 12 school records before ending the season as the nation’s leader in blocks per game (7.0).
Meanwhile, star-studded point guard Georgia Amoore went on to earn consensus All-America, Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Top Five Finalist, ESPN Newcomer of the Year, SEC Newcomer of the Year and All-SEC First Team – among other awards and honors – before being picked No. 6 overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics, while Strack became a Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Top 10 Finalist, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Defensive Team.
The excitement abounded for the program Brooks built off the court, too, with reserved season tickets selling out prior to the season, and four home games, including its final three home games, selling out in advance of the tip times.
Also off the court, Brooks’ team assembled a 3.59 grade-point average in Fall 2024, the program’s highest GPA in 10 years (outside of the Covid-affected semester in Spring 2020).
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