The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
No. 16 Kentucky
No. 4 Women’s Basketball preview: No. 16 Kentucky
02.08.2026 | Women's Basketball
Game 25
No. 4 Texas (22-2, 7-2) vs. No. 16 Kentucky (18-6, 5-5)
Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 – 6:30 p.m. Central
Moody Center | Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on SEC Network with Roy Philpott and Nell Fortner on the call.
RADIO: The game will be broadcast on AM 1300 The Zone and TexasSports.Com. Craig Way and Kathy Harston will have the call.
Notables
• PINK GAME: Texas encourages fans to wear pink on Monday in support of Breast Cancer awareness.
• HARMON BREAKS TEXAS STEALS RECORD: Texas point guard Rori Harmon broke the Longhorns all-time steals record on Thursday in the victory over LSU. Harmon tallied six steals in the game and now has 351 for her career. The previous record of 346 was established in 1980 by Linda Waggoner.
• HARMON BREAKS ASSIST RECORD: Rori Harmon tallied nine assists and the game-winning shot against South Carolina in Las Vegas. Harmon broke the 40-year record previously held by Kamie Ethridge with her 777th assist. Harmon now has 894 career assists. When Harmon reaches 900 career assists she will become the first player in NCAA DI women's basketball history to reach 1,500+ points, 900+ assists, 350+ steals and 600+ rebounds.
• BOOKER IN SEC PLAY: All-American and national player of the year candidate Madison Booker is averaging 19.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game in conference play and is shooting 46.2 percent from the field.
• CRUMP MAKING IT HAPPEN: Since returning from injury, freshman Aaliyah Crump has scored in double figures in each of her four games. Crump is the Longhorns second leading scorer in SEC play and is shooting 57.1 percent from the field and 53.8 on 3-pointers in conference action.
• NUMBER ONE RECRUITING CLASS: The Longhorns have inked the No. 1 recruiting class for 2026. Texas is the only program to sign multiple top-10 kids. The Longhorns recruiting class of Brihanna Crittendon, Addison Bjorn, Lizzy Spaight and Amalia Holguin has been ranked No. 1 by CBS Sports and ESPN. Bjorn, Crittendon and Spaight were named McDonald's All-Americans this week.
• RANKED OPPONENTS: This will be the Longhorns 11th game of the season against a ranked opponent. Texas is 8-2 on the season against ranked opponents with four wins against top-three teams (No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 UCLA, No. 5 LSU, No. 10 Oklahoma).
• WINNING AT HOME: The Longhorns are 64-5 all-time at Moody Center and have the nation's longest active home court winning streak at 39 games. The Longhorns are averaging over 9,000 fans in attendance and this game vs. Kentucky will be the 11th game in Moody Center history with over 10,000 fans, including the fifth this season.
