Power of Pink, Play4Kay Game: Alabama Women’s Basketball Hosts Kentucky Sunday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – One week after its overtime road win at Vanderbilt, the University of Alabama women's basketball team will look to ride its momentum when it returns home to host Kentucky Sunday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m. CT in Coleman Coliseum. The contest, which will serve as its annual Power of Pink and Play4Kay game, will be broadcast on SEC Network, with Eric Frede and Christy Thomaskutty on the call.

The first 250 fans will receive free t-shirts and the first 400 fans will receive free shakers.

Tickets to the conference contest start at just five dollars, while both single game tickets and season tickets are on sale now online or fans can call the TIDE PRIDE/Athletic Ticket office at 205-348-BAMA. Masks are strongly encouraged for all spectators.

Free parking is available to fans in the large parking lot adjacent to Coleman Coliseum.

The Crimson Tide is 12-10 this season, including 3-8 in the Southeastern Conference and 1-4 in SEC home games. Alabama will look to ride its momentum after pulling out an overtime win against Vanderbilt, 77-71, in Nashville, Tenn., last Sunday. It marked the Tide's second SEC road dub of the season and allowed it to rise to 10th in the current league standings.

Brittany Davis fired off her second straight 20-plus point game against the Commodores, recording 25 points, nine rebounds and a couple of assists and steals in Music City. The senior is averaging 18.6 points over the last eight games, which featured five 20-plus point performances in that timeframe. JaMya Mingo-Young added 20 points, six rebound and six steals to the Crimson Tide's effort.

Since the conference schedule began, Davis has led the team in scoring average (16.5) and in rebounding average (7.1). Mingo-Young follows with 11.9 points per game, while Abrams adds 10.1 points per game.

About Alabama

Alabama will return home to host Kentucky Sunday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m. CT in Coleman Coliseum for its annual Power of Pink and Play4Kay game.
The Crimson Tide is 12-10 this season.
- The Tide is 3-8 in the Southeastern Conference.
- The Tide is 1-4 in SEC home games.
Alabama is coming off an overtime win at Vanderbilt, 77-71, Sunday, Feb. 6 in Nashville, Tenn.
- It snapped a two-game losing streak.
- It marked the Crimson Tide's second third road win and second SEC road win.
- It was Alabama's first overtime game this season.
In SEC games, the Crimson Tide is shooting 37.7 percent from the field and 31.8 percent from long range, averaging 63.5 points per game.
- In conference action, the Tide is holding its opponents to shooting 47.4 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from long range, averaging 74.6 points per game.
In SEC games, three players are averaging double-figure scoring in Brittany Davis (16.5), JaMya Mingo-Young (11.9) and Megan Abrams (10.1).
- Overall this season, Davis is ninth in the conference in final points (356), while she is eighth in the conference in points per game (16.2).
- Overall this season, Both Davis and Hannah Barber are ranked in the SEC top six in three-point field goals made and three-point field goals per game (54 and 2.45, and 47 and 2.24, respectively).
In SEC games, Brittany Davis is leading Alabama in rebounds per game (7.1), followed closely by JaMya Mingo-Young (6.0).
Khyla Wade-Warren made her first Alabama start (coaching decision, not illness related) at Vanderbilt Sunday, Feb. 6. She scored six points on 3-of-4 from the field, grabbed one rebound and made one assist in 28 minutes of action.

About Kentucky

Kentucky is 9-11, including 2-8 in the SEC and 1-4 in SEC road games.
- Kentucky is coming off a loss against No. 1/1 South Carolina, 59-50, in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Feb. 10.
  - In that game, the Gamecocks led, 50-35, with 5:17 to go in the game before Kentucky went on a 13-5 run to cut the South Carolina lead to seven, 55-48, with 1:30 remaining. Rhyne Howard led all scorers with 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting and 4-of-5 from long range, while 16 of her 21 points were scored in the fourth quarter. She also recorded nine rebounds, four assists and four steals. Both teams shot under 40.0 percent.
In SEC games, Kentucky is shooting 38.8 percent from the field and 28.6 percent from long range, averaging 60.9 points per game.
- In conference action, the Wildcats are holding its opponents to shooting 41.7 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from long range, averaging 70.4 points per game.
In SEC games, two players are averaging double-figure scoring in Rhyne Howard (22.1) and Dre'una Edwards (10.0).
- In conference action, Howard is also leading the team in rebounds per game (8.8).
Overall this season, Kentucky ranks in the SEC top five in assists per game (14.6), blocks (110), blocks per game (5.5), fewest fouls (316), fewest turnovers (307), field-goal percentage (43.1) and turnovers forced (18.0).
- Overall this season, Rhyne Howard leads the SEC and ranks 14th nationally in points per game (20.4).
- Overall this season, Jazmine Massengill is ranked second in the SEC and 34th nationally in assist-turnover ratio (2.18).

Inside the Series

Kentucky leads Alabama in all-time meetings, 34-17, in a series that began in 1978.
The Wildcats have won the last 10 straight games against the Crimson Tide.
In the last matchup, UK defeated UA, 81-68, Jan. 28, 2021 in Lexington, Ky.
In that game, Jasmine Walker led all players with 27 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.
The last time the two teams met in Tuscaloosa, Kentucky defeated Alabama, 81-71, Jan. 9, 2020.
In that game, Rhyne Howard set the Crimson Tide's home-game record for most individual points scored with 43.

Last Time Out

The Crimson Tide broke some hearts in Nashville last weekend, as the University of Alabama women's basketball team defeated Vanderbilt, 77-71, on the road in overtime, Sunday, Feb. 6. The Crimson Tide improved to a 12-10 (3-8) record on the season, while the Commodores fell to 12-12 (3-7) in 2021-22.
Alabama improved its winning streak over Vanderbilt to seven straight.
Two Crimson Tide players eclipsed 20 points in the same game for the second time this season, as Brittany Davis paced the team with 25 points (9-of17) and JaMya Mingo-Young added 20 points (5-of-11).
It marked Davis' second straight game of scoring 20 points or more and her seventh instance this season. She added nine rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block in 42 minutes of action. Mingo-Young had her third game of scoring 20 points or more, while the junior added six rebounds, six steals and an assist in 43 minutes of action.
Megan Abrams tacked on 14 points, four off the glass, dished out three assists and made a trio of steals.
Alabama shot 55.1 percent on 27-of-49 from the field, knocking down seven three-point field goals and 16 of its 25 attempts at the line. Vanderbilt had one more make and nearly 20 more attempts, shooting 41.2 percent on 28-of-68 from the field, making four three-point field goals and 11 of its 21 attempts at the stripe.
The team's 55.1 percent from the field is UA's best shooting percentage in a road game in the Kristy Curry era, and the the third-best in all games in the Curry era.
The Crimson Tide collected just 29 rebounds, compared to the Commodores' 41. Alabama committed 17 turnovers and Vanderbilt committed 15 turnovers, while the Tide outscored the Dores, 19-14, off those miscues.

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