Big Blue Preview: No. 11/12 Kentucky Women’s Basketball Plays Host to Hofstra on Sunday, Final Nonconference Game of the Regular Season
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 11/12 University of Kentucky women’s basketball program, who also is seventh in the latest NET rankings, will play host to Hofstra inside Historic Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. ET.
It is the program’s final nonconference game of the regular season.
Doors open to fans one hour prior to tip.
Big Blue Nation is encouraged to wear white to the game. It is also Junior Wildcat Club Day. Only Junior Wildcat Club members are eligible to attend to pregame festivities – sign up today here and pre-register for this event from the link sent to your email prior to the game.
Fans can still purchase single-game tickets to the Kentucky-Hofstra game and all nine 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 Kentucky-Hofstra radio call for UK Sports Network, marking 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 channel 388 and on the SiriusXM App.
Big Blue Nation also can watch the game on SEC Network+, with Noah Frary and Christi Thomas on the call.
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 closes out the calendar year and its regular-season nonconference slate with Hofstra, boasting a 12-1 overall record and a 6-0 home record going into the final game of 2025.
The Wildcats will look to maintain their undefeated record in regular-season nonconference games hosted inside Historic Memorial Coliseum under head coach Kenny Brooks, sitting on a 14-0 mark including last season and this season.
Just around the corner is the start of Southeastern Conference action, where Kentucky will take on No. 4 Louisiana State in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on New Year’s Day on Thursday.
Before then, this weekend’s tuneup will feature a Kentucky team that is ranked in the nation’s top 25 in 12 categories. Those include scoring offense (81.4), scoring defense (50.8), scoring margin (30.7), winning percentage (92.3), blocks per game (8.2), assists per game (18.7), 3 attempts per game (29.2), 3s made per game (9.2), fewest turnovers per game (10.7), field-goal percentage defense (31.7), rebound margin (11.3), assists-turnover ratio (1.75).
Four starters averaging double-digit points per game, with junior center Clara Strack leading the charge (16.2), while two more players are averaging at least 9.0 points per game. Three starters are shooting at least 52.0 percent from the field, while senior point guard Tonie Morgan is close behind with 48.0 percent from the field.
Moreover, Amelia Hassett and Asia Boone each have at least 30 3-pointers already this season as the team improved to 9.2 3-pointers per game after knocking down 15 in its last game.
The Wildcats are sharing the ball, too, with more than 18.7 assists per game, meanwhile averaging just 10.7 turnovers per game for a 1.75 turnover-assist ratio that ranks eighth in the nation.
On defense, UK has defeated eight opponents this season by at least 27 points and it has held all 13 opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting. UK combines that with a nation-leading 8.2 blocks per game.
Kentucky leads Hofstra, 1-0, in the all-time series. The lone meeting was on Nov. 26, 2005, when the Wildcats defeated the Lions, 67-54, on a neutral court at the Pepperdine Thanksgiving Classic in Malibu, California.
Lions head coach Danielle Santos Atkinson was an assistant on the Wildcats’ staff for two seasons in 2012-13 and 2013-14. The Wildcats advanced to the Sweet 16 her first year and followed that up with an Elite Eight appearance in her second go-around.
Atkinson and Kentucky assistant coach Josh Petersen also have familiarity, overlapping one season on staff together at Florida State (2013-14) and another season on staff together at Pittsburgh (2018-19).
For more information on the Kentucky women’s basketball team, visit UKathletics.com or follow @KentuckyWBB on X, Instagram, and Facebook.
