WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the second straight season an SEC opponent will come to Mackey Arena, as the Purdue women's basketball team announced a home-and-home series with Kentucky starting in 2024-25.
The Boilermakers will host the Wildcats at Mackey Arena for the first time on Dec. 14 with the return leg scheduled for 2025-26 in Lexington.
Purdue holds a 2-0 all-time record against the Wildcats with the last meeting coming back on Dec. 1, 2000, an 87-67 win in Lexington.
The two clubs first met on Dec. 18, 1999, in the Boilermaker Blockbuster at then-Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Purdue won a defensive slugfest 48-40 in front of a then-program record crowd of 17,752.
Purdue head coach Katie Gearlds and associate head coach Kelly Komara will welcome back former Boilermaker teammate and current Kentucky associate head coach Lindsey Hicks. Hicks was a four-year letterwinner for Purdue, reaching three Sweet 16s, two Elite 8s and the national title game in 2001.
Gearlds enters her fourth season at the helm of her alma mater after guiding the Boilermakers to the postseason in each of her first three campaigns.
TV designation and tip time will be announced later.
Season ticket renewals and new season tickets will go on sale in early June.