Girls’s Basketball Returns Residence, Wildcats and Spartans Battle Sunday on Nationwide Sock Day, Trivia Day – UK Athletics

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Again from its tropical journey, the College of Kentucky ladies’s basketball program will play host to UNC-Greensboro on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. ET inside Memorial Coliseum. The sport, which can mark Kentucky’s first in 10 days and first at house in 17 days, shall be broadcast on SEC Community+, with Jeff Piecoro and Christi Thomas on the decision.

The primary 1,000 followers in attendance will obtain a free pair of Kentucky-themed socks to have fun Nationwide Sock Day, whereas Large Blue Nation can also be inspired to take part in Trivia Day actions by downloading the BBNFX app.

Doorways to Memorial Coliseum will open one hour previous to the tip time. Baggage should adhere to the UK Athletics Clear Bag coverage, and baggage and objects shall be searched. To keep away from further contact factors, followers are strongly inspired to not convey pointless baggage to Memorial Coliseum. Extra on UK Athletics’ Clear Bag coverage could be discovered on-line here.

Parking for video games is obtainable beginning three hours previous to tipoff in a majority of floor heaps surrounding Memorial Coliseum, together with the Excessive Road Lot, East Maxwell Lot, Joe Craft Heart Lot, Faculty View Lot, Alumni Heart Lot and Profession Heart Lot. The Cornerstone Storage and Parking Construction No. 2 will open two hours previous to tip. The Gatton Scholar Heart Lot is pay-to-park whereas all different parking choices are free. The JCC Lot is primarily used for restricted mobility/handicap parking. No shuttles are being provided at this level within the season.

Darren Headrick may have the decision on the UK Sports activities Community on 98.5 FM in Lexington. Free stay audio shall be out there on-line at UKathletics.com and stay stats shall be out there on-line at KentuckyStats.com.

The Wildcats are 5-1 this season, after they returned to the stateside with a 1-1 document on the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, The Bahamas, final week. There, Kentucky tried to place collectively a comeback in opposition to then-No. 14/14 Virginia Tech, however regardless of tying the second quarter and outscoring the Hokies by 13 factors within the second half,  it misplaced ultimately, 82-74, on the primary day of the championship. Nevertheless, UK rallied again in opposition to Dayton, incomes a 70-44 triumph on the ultimate day of the championship, simply in time for Thanksgiving on the resort. The Wildcats held the Flyers to the fewest quantity of factors they’ve held a crew to all season.

Sophomore guard Jada Walker has led the crew in scoring thrice this season, together with in opposition to the nationally ranked Hokies, whereas graduate guard Robyn Benton has produced double-digit scoring in all six video games. Three gamers are averaging double-digit scoring in 2022-23, together with Benton (14.3), Walker (14.0) and Blair Inexperienced (10.5).

Kentucky is capturing 42.1 p.c from the sphere, whereas its averaging 73.5 factors per recreation this season. Greater than 63.0 p.c of its 172 discipline objectives have been a product of its 109 assists. The Wildcats are second within the Southeastern Convention and are ranked 16 nationally in assists per recreation, averaging 18.2.

Maddie Scherr, a junior switch from Oregon and a Florence, Kentucky, native, is answerable for a bulk of that work, main the SEC and ranked eleventh nationally in assists per recreation (6.7). She additionally leads the convention and is ranked thirteenth nationally in assists/turnover ratio (3.33).

In the meantime, as a crew, the Wildcats are wreaking havoc on the defensive aspect of the ball, pacing the league in turnovers compelled (25.3) and turnover margin (9.5). Walker has confirmed to be a menace on that aspect of the ball, pacing the league and ranked fourth nationally in steals per recreation (3.83).

Kentucky is holding its opponents to 37.5 p.c from the sphere and fewer than 60.0 factors per recreation.

UNC-Greensboro (4-3) has three gamers averaging a minimum of 10 factors per recreation, together with Nasia Powell (10.9), Kennedy Simpson (10.7) and Religion Value (10.1). Khalis Cain is averaging 10.1 rebounds per recreation for the crew. UNC-Greensboro is coming off a loss in extra time in opposition to Presbyterian, 67-54, at house final Wednesday. In that recreation, the Spartans erased a nine-point deficit within the fourth quarter to pressure an extra time with the Blue Horses.

The 2 groups have confronted one widespread opponent this season in Radford. The Spartans garnered an 18-point win in opposition to the Highlanders in mid-November, whereas the Wildcats rallied for a four-point win of their season-opening matchup.

This can mark the primary all-time assembly between UNC-Greensboro and Kentucky.

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