Big Blue Preview: No. 18/18 Kentucky Women’s Basketball Plays at Arkansas on Sunday on SEC Network
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 18/18 University of Kentucky women’s basketball program (17-5, 4-4 Southeastern Conference), who also is 15th in the latest NET rankings, will play Arkansas (11-11, 0-7 SEC) at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Sunday, Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. ET.
It is the program’s first game back after an extended seven-day bye week.
Fans in the Fayetteville area can purchase tickets to the game here.
Darren Headrick will have the radio call for UK Sports Network on 630 AM WLAP in Lexington and on 790 AM WKRD in Louisville. It also will be carried on SiriusXM channel 106 or 190 and on the SiriusXM App.
Big Blue Nation also can watch the game on SEC Network, with Chuckie Kempf and Charli Turner Thorne on the call.
The Wildcats turn the page into a new month on a three-game losing streak for the first time under head coach Kenny Brooks. The Cats lost their last two games by a combined seven points and all three games by less than 20 points.
Kentucky is coming off a rescheduled game with Georgia, dropping the contest, 72-67, last Saturday. The game was moved up 24 hours earlier because of the winter storm.
Four of the five starters – in the reinvented starting lineup with the absence of Teonni Key – scored in double-digits, while Amelia Hassett knocked down four 3s and Asia Boone dropped in five. Hassett has 55 3s on the season and Boone has 58, which rank sixth and fourth in the SEC, respectively.
UK is one of five Division I programs with two players with at least 55 3s each.
Also in the game, Tonie Morgan recorded her sixth double-double on points and assists this season. She had 10 points and 12 assists, while playing all 40 minutes.
She is the first player in program history to have five games with at least 12 assists. Four of those five games came in the SEC, which are the most in a SEC regular season, by an SEC player, since at least 2002-03.
Despite the losing skid, Clara Strack, junior center, is still getting the national attention she is worthy of. The Wildcat was named to the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year Top 25 Watch List on Tuesday. Her 63 blocks are second in the nation and her 2.86 blocks per game are fifth in the nation, while she also is just 10 blocks away from tying her own single-season school record.
This is the 45th all-time meeting between Kentucky and Arkansas in a series that began in 1983.
Kentucky leads Arkansas, 28-16, in the series. UK trails UA, 11-8, in Fayetteville.
The Wildcats have a one-game win streak over the Razorbacks, with an 89-69 triumph at home last season on Jan. 26, 2025.
Kentucky lost its last appearance against Arkansas in Fayetteville, 88-61, on Jan. 25, 2024, but won the time before that, 78-55, Feb. 20, 2022.
For more information on the Kentucky women’s basketball team, visit UKathletics.com or follow @KentuckyWBB on X, Instagram, and Facebook.
