AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn women’s basketball plays its final home game of the 2025-26 season Thursday night when the Tigers host No. 16 Kentucky at Neville Arena.
Game time is 6 p.m. CT and arena doors open at 5 p.m.
Thursday’s game is Senior Night as five Auburn seniors – Angena Belloso, Kaitlyn Duhon, Ja’Mia Harris, A’riel Jackson and Mya Petticord – will be honored in a pregame ceremony. The senior recognition will begin at approximately 5:40 p.m.
It’s also Auburn’s Play4Kay Pink Game and fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer research, survivors and awareness.
Tickets are available in advance by visiting AUBTix.com or via the Auburn Athletics app. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the arena ticket office on gameday. As always, members of the Aubie’s Kids Club receive free admission for home women’s basketball games.
ON THE AIR
›› Brit Bowen and Larry DiChiara will have the radio call on ESPN 106.7 FM beginning at 5:45 p.m. CT. The broadcast can also be heard on AuburnTigers.com and the Auburn Athletics app.
›› The game can be seen on SEC Network + with Lyn Rollins and JJ Jackson calling the action.
LAST TIME OUT
›› Ja’Mia Harris and Khady Leye combined for 29 points on 10-of-15 shooting, but No. 23 Georgia scored 18 straight first-half points to defeat Auburn 74-52 Monday at Neville Arena.
›› Leye led the Tigers with 16 points, making 6 of 7 shots from the field and going 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Harris made three of Auburn’s four 3-pointers and scored 13 points. Kaitlyn Duhon added 11 points.
›› Points off turnovers, normally a reliable source of scoring for Auburn, favored the visitors by a decisive 28-11 margin on 17 Tiger miscues.
AN AUBURN WIN WOULD...
›› Guarantee a .500 record for the regular season.
›› Be Auburn’s third win in four tries against Kentucky.
›› Be Auburn’s second top-25 win of the season.
›› Surpass Auburn’s SEC win total from last season.
AUBURN-KENTUCKY SERIES
›› This is the 57th meeting with Kentucky in a series that dates to 1980. The teams are tied 28-28 in the 56 previous meetings, and they are also tied 12-12 in games played in Auburn. The Tigers won the last meeting at home in 2024.
LAST MEETING: Jan. 12, 2025, in Lexington
#15 Kentucky 80, Auburn 61
›› Mar’Shaun Bostic scored a season-high 18 points, but Auburn was unable to overcome a hot-shooting No. 15 Kentucky team in a 80-61 loss at Memorial Coliseum.
›› Bostic matched her career-high in an SEC game, equaling the 18-point output she had at Florida in 2024. She also added seven assists, three steals and four rebounds. DeYona Gaston overcame early foul trouble to post a 23-point night along with seven rebounds. Celia Sumbane matched a season-high with eight rebounds.
›› Kentucky’s outside shooting and transition offense proved to be the difference as the Wildcats knocked down seven 3-pointers and scored 18 fast-break points. For the game, UK shot 53.6 percent (30-56) while the Tigers were at 34.8 percent (24-69), a season-low.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
›› Kentucky is 20-8 overall, 7-7 in SEC play. The Wildcats are ranked No. 16 in the AP Top 25 and No. 18 in the coaches’ poll.
›› The Wildcats average 76.5 points per game and hold opponents to 59.3. UK leads the SEC and is second nationally in blocked shots (6.8/game) and also makes 8.7 3-pointers per game, 3rd in the SEC and 20th nationally. The Cats take care of the ball with just 12.4 turnovers per game, 15th-best nationally.
›› Clara Strack leads Kentucky in scoring (16.5 ppg) and rebounding (10.4 rpg) and has 13 double-doubles this year. Tonie Morgan is the national leader in assists with 8.5 per game.
SCOUTING AUBURN
›› Auburn is 14-14 on the year, 3-11 in SEC play. The Tigers have SEC wins over Florida, Alabama and Missouri.
›› True freshman Harissoum Coulibaly averages a team-best 10.5 points per game; she has moved into the starting lineup for the bulk of SEC play. She was named SEC Freshman of the Week Dec. 23 after averaging 15.0 points in the two wins over MTSU and Alcorn. She also shoots a team-best 44.4% from the field. She led Auburn with 19 points, matching a season-best, in the win over Georgia State Nov. 17. She made a splash in her college debut Nov. 3 at Charlotte, scoring a team-leading 19 points with nine of those coming in the pivotal overtime period. She added 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists vs. MVSU.
›› Redshirt junior Kaitlyn Duhon averages 10.0 points per game and scored a career-high 23 points at Texas A&M (2/15). She followed that up with a 19-point, 7-rebound, 4-steal performance at Missouri (2/19). One of the top defenders in the SEC, she leads the Tigers with 3.2 steals per game, which ranks second in the SEC and 15th nationally. In SEC play, she averages 2.9 steals per game, second-best in the league. Duhon scored a then-career high 20 points and was 5-of-5 from 3-point range at Seton Hall Dec. 14. She also had a career-best 7 steals in the win over Cal on Nov. 26, then had 15 points and six steals at Syracuse Dec. 3. She matched her career-high in steals with 7 at Mississippi State on Jan. 1.
›› Sophomore Khady Leye has been steady, averaging 9.0 points and a team-best 4.7 rebounds. Most recently, she matched her SEC-best with 16 points vs. Georgia. She also recorded a career-high five blocks against Ole Miss on Feb. 2. Her 16-point, 9-rebound performance led the Tigers to a win over No. 21 Alabama Jan. 15. She scored a career-high 20 points in the win over MVSU, then she recorded her first Auburn double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Georgia State. She added a team-leading 14 points in the win over Rutgers Nov. 20 and matched that 14-point total against Tennessee Jan. 4.
›› Ja’Mia Harris scored 18 points with 7 rebounds at Florida (2/5). Her first matchup with the Gators, she flirted with a double-double, scoring 8 points with a career-high 9 rebounds in the win over Florida Jan. 11. She shared the team lead with 19 points and led the Tigers with 8 rebounds in the win at Charlotte Nov. 3, then scored 16 with four 3-pointers in the win over Alabama State.
›› Mya Petticord, a senior transfer from Rutgers, matched a season high with 21 points, hitting 4-of-5 3s to lead Auburn in the win over Jackson State. She hit the game-winning shot against her former team, hitting a driving layup with 10 seconds left to clinch the Tigers’ win Nov. 20. She had her best game in two years with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting (3-4 3FG) in the win over Alabama State. She followed that up with a team-leading 18 points (4-7 3FG) in the win over UNCG.
›› Senior guard A’riel Jackson matched a career-high with 19 points and 5 assists vs. Oklahoma, knocking down three 3-pointers for the third time this season. She scored a then-season high 17 points, going 7-11 from the field and 3-3 from 3-point range to lead the Tigers in their win over Cal Nov. 26. Jackson knocked down three first-half treys, scoring 9 points with a team-best 4 assists vs. UNCG. She then had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists against Alabama State.
›› Sophomore Syriah Daniels dazzled in her first start of the season at MTSU, setting or matching career-highs with 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in the win. She also scored 10 points with four rebounds and two steals vs. MVSU. Daniels helped seal the win over No. 21 Alabama in the final seconds, taking a charge to give Auburn the ball back with a two-point lead. She led Auburn with 11 points off the bench vs. South Carolina.
›› Freshman Sania Richardson had the best game of her young career with 12 points in the win over Jackson State. She leads the Tigers in assists in SEC play with 1.8/game and had a career-high six assists, the most by an Auburn player this year, at Florida on Feb. 5.
›› 6-9 redshirt freshmen Arek Angui notched her first career double-double with career-highs 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Mississippi Valley State. She made her first appearance for Auburn against Alabama State Nov. 8 and pulled down a team-leading 8 rebounds along with 3 points. Originally from South Sudan, she played one season of high school basketball at Greenforest Academy in Georgia.
›› Senior guard Angena Belloso transferred from FIU where she played in 57 games the last 2 years. She scored a season-high 10 points, all in the second quarter, in Auburn’s game with Oregon Nov. 30.
›› Junior college transfer Clara Koulibaly had one of her best games of the year against LSU, leading the Tigers with a season-best 10 rebounds along with making her first career 3-pointer. She scored a season-high 5 points in the win at Missouri.
BACKCOURT BANDIT
›› With four steals in the Texas A&M game, Kaitlyn Duhon has moved into second place in single-season steals at Auburn. With four more at Missouri and two vs. Georgia, she now has 89 this season.
›› Through games of Feb. 23, she is tied for the most steals by an SEC player this year with LSU’s MiLaysia Fulwiley. In SEC play, she has the second-most (40) behind only Texas A&M’s Ny’Ceara Pryor (49).
UP NEXT
›› The Tigers close out the regular season Sunday, March 1, at Arkansas. Game time is 1 p.m. CT at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.