Wear Blue & Pack Historic Memorial Coliseum: No. 20/20 Kentucky Women’s Basketball Plays Host to Purdue on Tuesday

LEXINGTON, Ky. –The No. 20/20 University of Kentucky women’s basketball program will play host to Purdue on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. ET in Historic Memorial Coliseum, which will mark its last home game until Dec. 7.

Fans are encouraged to wear blue and pack Historic Memorial Coliseum for an evening full of giveaways and promotions, which include:

• There will be a Historic Memorial Coliseum clear bag giveaway at the entrances, while supplies last.
• Students will receive a “Basketball Heaven” t-shirt upon arrival, while supplies last.
• Students also will have the opportunity to win Apple AirPods, tickets to the men’s basketball games against Indiana and North Carolina, and an exclusive Everybody Watches Women’s Sports drawstring
• Students will receive pom-poms.

It’s also Teacher’s Appreciation Day. Join the program for a fun night of women’s basketball, while celebrating game-changing impact leaders in the community. Teachers may be eligible for discounted tickets to the Kentucky-Purdue game by emailing WeAreUK@uky.edu.

Doors open to fans one hour prior to tip.

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 98.5 FM ICONS in Lexington and on 790 AM WKRD in Louisville. It also will be carried on SiriusXM Channels 160 or 190 and through the SiriusXM App.

Big Blue Nation also can watch the game on SEC Network, with Tiffany Greene and Carolyn Peck 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.

The Wildcats are 5-0 on the season, including 3-0 inside Historic Memorial Coliseum. Kentucky is coming off a 32-point margin of victory over Marshall on Saturday, winning, 76-44, in Cam Henderson Center.

UK has won its last four straight games by at least 32 points. It also has won consecutive true road games – at Buffalo and at Marshall – by at least 30 points for the first time since 1999-00.

Moreover, the Wildcats have held  their last four straight opponents to fewer than 50 points for the first time since 2006-07. It is just the third season in program history that the Cats have held at least four straight opponents to fewer than 50 points (also including six straight in 1974-75).

Jordan Obi led the team in scoring at Marshall on 17 points, which marked the team’s fifth leading scorer through five games in 2025-26. Clara Strack (15), Asia Boone (14) and Teonni Key (10) also added double-digit scoring, while Strack collected her fourth double-double this season after tacking on 13 rebounds.

She leads the country with four double-doubles, while she also ranks sixth in the nation in rebounds per game (12.4) and sixth in the nation in blocks per game (3.0).

Tonie Morgan dished out 11 assists in Huntington, West Virginia, which marked her second straight game with at least 10 assists. She is second in the nation in assists per game (9.8).

Kentucky, who is averaging 85.2 points per game on 45.6 percent shooting from the field, while its holding opponents to 45.2 points per game on 28.5 percent from the field, is sixth in the nation in scoring defense and fifth in the nation in field-goal percentage defense. It also leads the nation in blocks per game (10.0).

The Wildcats trail the all-time series with the Boilermakers, 2-1, in a series that was only played in 1999, 2000 and last season in 2024.

Kentucky lost the first two games in the series. In the first matchup, Kentucky lost to Purdue, 48-40, on a neutral court on Dec. 18, 1999, before losing again, 87-67, on Dec. 1, 2000, in Memorial Coliseum. When Kentucky played Purdue in 2000, current associate head coach Lindsey Hicks was a freshman there. She had one rebound and one steal in just four-and-a-half minutes of action.

Five starters scored in double digits, including two that scored 20+ points, as Kentucky overcame a slow start to beat Purdue, 82-52, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, last season on Dec. 14, 2024.

The 30-point triumph marked UK’s largest margin of victory in a nonconference road game – at the time – since defeating Wagner by 39 points on Nov. 10, 2013. UK tied the school record for single-game, free-throw percentage (with at least 10 attempts) with 100.0 percent (12-of-12).

For more information on the Kentucky women’s basketball team, visit UKathletics.com or follow @KentuckyWBB on X, Instagram, and Facebook.