FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 10, 2026

The 2026 Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls’ Basketball Sweet 16® will tip off its 65th installment this week inside Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in Lexington, beginning with the first of back-to-back days of first-round matchups on Wednesday.

Here are your first round matchups starting Wednesday, March 11
*11:00 am - Henderson County (24-9) vs. Frederick Douglass (24-7)
*1:30 pm - Calloway County (33-2) vs. Assumption (24-5)
*6:00 pm - Pikeville (22-8) vs. Notre Dame (24-7)
*8:30 pm - West Jessamine (22-12) vs. Taylor County (27-6)

First round matchups on Thursday, March 12
*11:00 am - Franklin-Simpson (24-7) vs. Bullitt East (19-12)
*1:30 pm - Simon Kenton (31-2) vs. Ashland Blazer (26-5)
*6:00 pm - Letcher Co. Central (23-10) vs. Owensboro Catholic (26-9)
*8:30 pm - North Laurel (25-6) vs. George Rogers Clark (29-2)

The quarterfinals will take place on Friday at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The tournament will conclude Saturday, beginning with semifinal action at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and ending with the championship game at 7:30 p.m.

To order or manage tickets for the Sweet 16®, visit khsaa.org/ruppgirls. Each game of the tournament will be broadcast live on khsaa.tv to subscribers of the NFHS Network, with free audio-only streams available on khsaa.net.

2026 CLARK’S PUMP-N-SHOP GIRLS’ BASKETBALL SWEET 16®

• khsaa.org/ruppgirls
• khsaa.tv
• khsaa.net
• Live Stats
• KHSAA/Riherds Scoreboard
• Tournament Bracket
• Tournament Program

37-19 Douglass in the 4th.

Calloway County vs. Assumption getting ready to start. 

18-9 Assumption after one. 

I thought this might be a better game after I saw Calloway County Smoke Cooper earlier this year… not the case. Assumption is dominating every aspect of this one. 

1 minute ago, 1992Rebel said:

I thought this might be a better game after I saw Calloway County Smoke Cooper earlier this year… not the case. Assumption is dominating every aspect of this one. 

Assumption has superior athletes and it is on full display.  With that said, Calloway looks solid!

42-19 A in the 3rd.

52-21 Assumption start of the 4th quarter. 

Lady Pioneers left earlier today for Lexington. They play tomorrow. 

Holtzapfel opens Game 3 with a trey. PaNDAs up 3-0, Q1.

Pikeville's first lead of the game.

7-6 3:23 Q1

Notre Dame closes on a 13-0 run.

• End of 1st ~

Notre Dame 19

Pikeville 7

Holtzapfel 3 threes.

25-14 NDA, 4:00 Q2

All of the PaNDAs made field goals are 3s.

• Halftime ~

Notre Dame 36

Pikeville 16

NDA on fire from beyond the arc, steals, points off turnovers . . .

53-26 with 257 in the 3rd.