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Butler Women’s Basketball will tip off the 2025-26 regular season Monday, Nov. 3, hosting the program’s annual Kids Day Game in an early tip. Wright State is the opponent who will visit Hinkle Fieldhouse.
The game is in conjunction with the NCAA’s educational program centered around literacy and reading to achieve.
Last year’s Kids Day Game saw 2,941 fans at Hinkle Fieldhouse for an early tip with many coming from local elementary and middle schools. It was the first of three times last season that the single-game attendance record for Butler women’s basketball was broken.
Additional games on Butler’s non-conference schedule will be announced soon.
Wright State is a familiar foe for the Bulldogs as the two programs were members of the Horizon League/Midwestern Collegiate Conference together for nearly two decades. They have played 47 times previously, but not since the 2015-16 season.
Butler enters the 2025-26 season off an appearance in the WNIT. Coach Austin Parkinson and his staff have signed seven transfers who will join the Bulldog program for the upcoming campaign. Lily Zeinstra, who started 22 of the team’s 34 games a season ago and made 41 percent of her attempts from three-point range, is the top returning scorer for the Bulldogs.
Season tickets for the 2025-26 basketball season are on sale now. The Bulldogs will once again host nine BIG EAST rivals at Hinkle Fieldhouse, including national champion UConn. Fans can email tickets@butler.edu or call the ticket office at 317-940-3647 for more information on securing season tickets.
