Lady Flames to Meet Kentucky in NCAA 1st Round, Friday
3/16/2025 9:55:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LYNCHBURG, Va. – CUSA champion Liberty's first visit to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship since 2018 will begin on Friday in Lexington, Ky. The Lady Flames, the No. 13 seed in Region 4 - Spokane, will take on the No. 4 seed and host Kentucky Wildcats in the first round.
The game will tip off at Noon and will air on ESPN.
The winner of the Liberty-Kentucky clash will face the victor of the first-round meeting between No. 5 seed Kansas State and No. 12 seed Fairfield, Sunday in the second round. All three of those contests will be played at Kentucky's Historic Memorial Coliseum.
The Lady Flames (26-6, 16-2 CUSA) earned their 18th bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship with a 53-48 victory over Middle Tennessee in the CUSA Women's Basketball Championship title game, Saturday in Huntsville, Ala.
Kentucky (22-7, 11-5 SEC) leads the all-time series, 2-1. The Lady Flames won the first-ever meeting between these two teams, an 80-76 victory over the Wildcats on Dec. 12, 1998 in Lexington. That was Liberty's first win over an SEC team in program history.
These two teams will be meeting in the NCAA Tournament for the second time and first since March 20, 2010, a first-round game that Kentucky won, 83-77 in Louisville, Ky.
The Lady Flames went 1-1 against SEC opponents this season, defeating Arkansas 75-61 on Dec. 18 and falling 109-93 at Tennessee, Nov. 16.
Tickets are available at LibertyFlames.com/MarchMadness.
The game will tip off at Noon and will air on ESPN.
The winner of the Liberty-Kentucky clash will face the victor of the first-round meeting between No. 5 seed Kansas State and No. 12 seed Fairfield, Sunday in the second round. All three of those contests will be played at Kentucky's Historic Memorial Coliseum.
The Lady Flames (26-6, 16-2 CUSA) earned their 18th bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship with a 53-48 victory over Middle Tennessee in the CUSA Women's Basketball Championship title game, Saturday in Huntsville, Ala.
Kentucky (22-7, 11-5 SEC) leads the all-time series, 2-1. The Lady Flames won the first-ever meeting between these two teams, an 80-76 victory over the Wildcats on Dec. 12, 1998 in Lexington. That was Liberty's first win over an SEC team in program history.
These two teams will be meeting in the NCAA Tournament for the second time and first since March 20, 2010, a first-round game that Kentucky won, 83-77 in Louisville, Ky.
The Lady Flames went 1-1 against SEC opponents this season, defeating Arkansas 75-61 on Dec. 18 and falling 109-93 at Tennessee, Nov. 16.
Tickets are available at LibertyFlames.com/MarchMadness.
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