RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University women's basketball team will open the 2025-26 season on Monday when the Colonels host Transylvania University at the Seabury Center on the campus of Berea College. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
 
Single-game tickets are available for purchase online here. All seating will be general admission at the Seabury Center. Fans can find additional game day information, including parking, entrances, and ticketing on EKUSports.com here.
 
The game will stream live on ESPN+ with Wes Chandler (PxP) and Kent Miller (Color) on the call. Fans can also listen on the Colonel All-Access page, featuring the Voice of the Colonels, Greg Stotelmyer with the KY811 pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m.
 
Monday marks the program's 55th season of varsity basketball. EKU enters the year under fifth-year head coach Greg Todd. Todd has recorded more than 730 career wins, including over 330 at the NCAA level, and has guided the Colonels to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2000-02.
 
EKU returns five players from last year's squad, which finished 21-11 and reached the Atlantic Sun Conference semifinals.
 
Sophomore guard Liz Freihofer was named Preseason All-ASUN after averaging 11.5 points per game with 70 made three-pointers last season. She finished as the runner-up for ASUN Freshman of the Year, Freshman All-ASUN, and collected 10 weekly conference honors.
 
Senior guard Althea Kara Angeles, junior forward Kailani Lindsey, junior guard Love Mays, and redshirt-freshman guard Savannah Gardner also return for the Colonels.
 
EKU added seven newcomers during the offseason, including six transfers:

• Zyniah Thomas, senior guard (Arkansas–Fort Smith) — averaged 9.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

• Joseana Vaz, senior forward (Colorado State) — appeared in 25 games last season.

• Ndidiamaka Ndukwe, senior guard (Georgia Southwestern) — Michigan native averaged 19.3 points per game.

• Madison Lewis, junior guard (Wabash Valley College) — NJCAA first-team All-American, averaged 16.3 points.

• Jasmine Jordan, sophomore forward (Rio Grande) — Ashland, Kentucky native averaged 18.2 points and 14.0 rebounds; River States Conference Freshman of the Year.

• Ella Bradley, senior guard (Texas–Tyler) — averaged 10.7 points and 3.6 rebounds.
 
The Colonels' lone true freshman is Kentucky native Kenleigh Woods of Ashland Blazer High School, a three-time KHSAA All-State selection and 2025 Kentucky Miss Basketball candidate who totaled 1,839 career points.
 
EKU and Transylvania last met in an exhibition ahead of the 2023-24 season, with the Colonels earning a 65-42 win over the defending NCAA Division III national champions.
 
The Pioneers went 22-6 last season and reached the NCAA Tournament under then-first-year head coach Hannah Kline, who is now entering her second season. Thirteen of the 17 players on Transylvania's 2025-26 roster are Kentuckians.