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N Kentucky at E Kentucky

Women's · Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 6:00 PM ET at Baptist Health Arena. N Kentucky our rank 270 · 2-2; E Kentucky our rank 172 · 4-1.

Who will win N Kentucky vs E Kentucky?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Eastern Kentucky a 86% chance to beat Northern Kentucky, with a projected score of E Kentucky 72, N Kentucky 59.

To winE Kentucky 86%N Kentucky 14%
Projected score59–72N Kentucky, then E Kentucky
Margin13.4E Kentucky · no line posted
Total131.3no line posted
First half27–35E Kentucky ahead 77%
N Kentucky by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30E Kentucky by 40Model: E Kentucky by 13.4N Kentucky by 20Evenby 20E Kentucky by 40Model: E Kentucky by 13.4

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 80–90% have been right 85.0% of the time in 7,719 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 9.5 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
E Kentucky
WoodsG · 31 min11.53.22.710+ 59%
Lewis-WilliamsG · 29 min11.34.91.910+ 57%
FreihoferG · 33 min10.86.72.010+ 54%
UedaG · 30 min10.02.82.410+ 48%
N Kentucky
CastelliG · 28 min9.44.32.710+ 44%
LaytonG · 28 min9.24.11.910+ 42%
HubertG · 27 min7.83.01.010+ 32%
BasaranF · 28 min6.35.51.25+ 59%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit her

Without Nicole Fritea: N Kentucky 17%E Kentucky 83%

The white mark is the call with her: E Kentucky 86%.

PlayerPoints a game she addsE Kentucky without herChangeProjected score
E Kentucky
Nicole Fritea1.783%−360–71
Liz Freihofer1.583%−360–72
Kailani Lindsey1.384%−260–72
Kenleigh Woods0.984%−259–72

Change is in E Kentucky's win chance, in points. Scores read N Kentucky, then E Kentucky. A player's value is what the team is better by with her than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    N Kentucky 2-2WLWL

    1. Nov 12L 67-75vs Chattanooga
    2. Nov 7W 61-58vs Kent State
    3. Nov 5L 28-79at KentuckyDidn't cover +40.5 · Under 135.5
    4. Nov 2W 84-49vs Defiance
    Last 4
    2–2, scoring 60.0 and allowing 65.2
    Against the spread, this season
    0–1
    Totals, this season
    0 over, 1 under

    E Kentucky 4-1LWWWW

    1. Nov 12W 71-57vs S Illinois
    2. Nov 10W 94-48vs Midway
    3. Nov 7W 65-56vs Radford
    4. Nov 5W 63-58at Morehead St
    5. Nov 2L 89-90at UT Martin
    Last five
    4–1, scoring 76.4 and allowing 61.8

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 363
    N KentuckyE Kentucky
    Points scored per 100 possessions83.2 281st89.3 189th
    Points allowed per 10097.3 245th92.3 135th
    Possessions a game72.4 144th73.9 51st
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)42.3% 333rd44.6% 236th
    Opponents' shooting44.7% 133rd43.5% 64th
    Turnovers, share of possessions26.8% 336th23.2% 158th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses31.5% 253rd30.2% 307th
    Free throws per shot0.22 106th0.24 49th

    The widest gap: E Kentucky's defense (135th) against N Kentucky's offense (281st), of 363 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    N Kentucky 27, E Kentucky 35
    First-half margin
    E Kentucky by 7.7
    First-half points, both teams
    62.2
    Projected second half
    N Kentucky 32, E Kentucky 37
    Second-half points, both teams
    69.0
    Tied at the half
    4%
    N Kentucky, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 4 · 26.5 scored, 31.5 allowed
    E Kentucky, first halves so far
    Led 4 of 5 · 39.8 scored, 29.6 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 10,911 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 73.0% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.0 points on average. This season: 404 of 492 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    N Kentucky

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Maya LaytonG289.24.11.91.3
    10+ pts 42% · 4+ reb 54% · 2+ ast 54%
    Gaia CastelliG289.44.32.71.9
    10+ pts 44% · 3+ ast 49% · 2+ threes 50%
    Sara BasaranF286.35.51.20.6
    5+ pts 59% · 6+ reb 45% · 1+ threes 44%
    Noelle HubertG277.83.01.01.6
    10+ pts 32% · 3+ reb 52% · 2+ threes 42%
    Dženifera RiekstaF225.44.31.10.3
    5+ pts 51% · 4+ reb 58% · 2+ ast 29%
    Kennedy YounkinF203.54.10.50.0
    5+ pts 30% · 4+ reb 55%
    Anna HamiltonG185.82.50.60.5
    5+ pts 54% · 3+ reb 42% · 1+ threes 35%
    Alma RashelbachG132.82.30.60.3
    5+ pts 23% · 2+ reb 61% · 1+ threes 28%

    E Kentucky

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Liz FreihoferG3310.86.72.01.8
    10+ pts 54% · 7+ reb 49% · 2+ threes 49%
    Kenleigh WoodsG3111.53.22.70.7
    10+ pts 59% · 3+ ast 48% · 1+ threes 49%
    Luna UedaG3010.02.82.41.2
    10+ pts 48% · 3+ reb 49% · 3+ ast 41%
    Kirsten Lewis-WilliamsG2911.34.91.90.5
    10+ pts 57% · 5+ reb 51% · 2+ ast 52%
    Kailani LindseyF218.17.01.20.2
    10+ pts 34% · 7+ reb 51% · 2+ ast 31%
    Michelle UgwahF187.24.41.00.0
    5+ pts 67% · 5+ reb 44% · 2+ ast 25%
    Brooke NichelsonG154.42.90.90.4
    5+ pts 40% · 3+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 32%
    Kiera HealyG112.61.60.50.4
    5+ pts 21% · 2+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 31%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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