AUBURN, Ala.— The Auburn women’s basketball team plays its final game of the 2025-26 regular season Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as the Tigers take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. Game time is 1 p.m. CT at Bud Walton Arena.
The Tigers (14-15, 3-12 SEC) look to finish with a .500 regular season record and win in Fayetteville for the first time since 2019. Arkansas (11-19, 0-15) seeks its first conference victory of the season.
A win for the Tigers coupled with a Missouri loss to Oklahoma would secure the No. 14 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament.
ON THE AIR
›› Brit Bowen will have the radio call on ESPN 106.7 FM beginning at 12:45 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 Dorian Craft and Charli Turner-Thorne calling the action.
LAST TIME OUT
›› Khady Leye tied her career high with 20 points and Harissoum Coulibaly added 13, but No. 16 Kentucky capitalized on a fast start to beat Auburn 63-56 Thursday on Senior Night at Neville Arena.
›› Behind five steals from Kaitlyn Duhon, Auburn forced 17 turnovers while committing a season-low eight, outscoring Kentucky 15-9 in points off turnovers. The bigger Wildcats outrebounded Auburn 37-26.
›› Leye led the Tigers with eight rebounds and scored 16 points in the second half, making 9 of 12 shots against primary defender Clara Strack, who stands 6-foot-5.
›› In a pregame ceremony, Auburn honored five seniors: Angena Belloso, Duhon, Ja’Mia Harris, A’riel Jackson and Mya Petticord.
ROAD TO GREENVILLE
›› With a win at Arkansas and a Missouri loss to Oklahoma, Auburn would be the No. 14 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament and would play at approximately 7:30 p.m. CT Wednesday against the No. 11 seed, which could be Texas A&M or Alabama.
›› With a loss at Arkansas or a Missouri win over Oklahoma, Auburn would be the No. 15 seed and would play at 5 p.m. CT against the No. 10 seed. Potential opponents include Georgia, Alabama, Texas A&M, Kentucky or Ole Miss.
AN AUBURN WIN WOULD...
›› Guarantee a .500 record for the regular season.
›› Be Auburn’s second SEC road win of the year.
›› Snap an 8-game regular-season skid against Arkansas.
›› Surpass Auburn’s SEC win total from last season.
›› Be Auburn’s first win in Fayetteville since 2019.
›› Give Auburn back-to-back SEC road wins for the first time since 2019.
›› Secure the No. 14 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament.
AUBURN-ARKANSAS SERIES
›› This is the 48th meeting with Arkansas in a series that dates back to 1984. Auburn leads the series 24-23, but Arkansas owns an 11-10 edge in Fayetteville.
›› The last five regular-season meetings have been decided by five points or less. The last seven meetings in Fayetteville have been decided by 10 points or less.
LAST MEETING: Jan.9, 2025, in Auburn
Arkansas 59, Auburn 58
›› SEC leading scorer Izzy Higginbottom scored 36 points and hit a game-winning free throw with 2.4 seconds remaining to lead Arkansas to a 59-58 victory over Auburn Thursday at Neville Arena.
›› The Tigers’ chance for a buzzer-beater ended when Arkansas blocked Mar’shaun Bostic’s shot in the paint as time expired.
›› Gaston led three Tigers in double figures with 16 points while grabbing a game-high nine rebounds. Celia Sumbane scored 12 points and added seven rebounds. Bostic added 10 points and a game-high five assists.
SCOUTING THE RAZORBACKS
›› Arkansas is 11-19 overall, 0-15 in SEC play. The Razorbacks will be the No. 16 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament.
›› The Razorbacks average 70.6 points per game but allow 76.5 per game. Arkansas is a top-40 rebounding team nationally, averaging 40.7 boards per game.
›› Taleyah Jones, a transfer from Oral Roberts, leads Arkansas with 16.9 points per game, 9th-best in the SEC. Freshman Bonnie Deas is the Razorbacks’ top rebounder with 9.0 per game, which ranks sixth in the league.
SCOUTING AUBURN
›› Auburn is 14-15 on the year, 3-12 in SEC play. The Tigers have SEC wins over Florida, Alabama and Missouri.
›› True freshman Harissoum Coulibaly averages a team-best 10.6 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 9.9 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 11th nationally. In SEC play, she averages 3.0 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 9.4 points and a team-best 4.7 rebounds. Most recently, she tied a career-high with 20 points on 9-12 shooting vs. Kentucky; this was just three days after scoring 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 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 11 more over her next three games, she now has 94 this season.
›› Through games of Feb. 26, she has the most steals of any player in the SEC this year and seventh-most of any player in the country. In SEC play, she has the second-most (45) behind only Texas A&M’s Ny’Ceara Pryor (52).
UP NEXT
›› Auburn will play in the first round of the 2026 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina on Wednesday, March 4. Auburn’s seed, opponent and game time will be determined following Sunday’s slate of games.