BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Tickets for the December 22 game between WKU and Louisville at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., are now on sale and can be purchased through the WKU Ticket Office by phone at 1-800-5-BIG RED or 745-5222 locally.

Tickets in the lower level and club level are $35, and upper level tickets are $20. On the day of the game, the first 100 WKU students with a valid WKU ID card will enter free.

All tickets ordered before October 1 will be fulfilled by HAF priority rank. Tickets will be allocated and mailed after the October 1 deadline.

WKU and Louisville begin a new four-year series with the game. The Bluegrass State rivals have played in each of the last four seasons, and WKU leads the all-time series 39-36. Louisville finished last season with a 30-10 record and advanced to the Final Four, dispatching Davidson, New Mexico, Michigan State and Florida before losing to Kentucky in the national semifinals.

The last time WKU and Louisville played in Nashville, the Hilltoppers upset the third-ranked Cardinals, 68-54, on November 30, 2008.

The game wraps up a week of three games away from home against teams that won games in the 2012 NCAA Tournament and had a combined record of 90-19 a season ago.