Mississippi State Draws Georgia Tech For 2024 SEC/ACC Challenge, Network and Tipoff Time Announced
June 12, 2024 | Women's Basketball
STARKVILLE – ESPN released the network schedule for the previously announced 2024 SEC/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge matchups on Monday with Mississippi State slated to face Georgia Tech inside McCamish Pavilion on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 6:15 p.m. CT on ACC Network.
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The SEC/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge will follow the Men's Challenge and take place on consecutive days, Wednesday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 5. Both events will air games across ESPN platforms.Â
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It will be the second edition of the Challenge after it was introduced in November 2023 and the inaugural edition finished with a 7-7 tie last season. The Challenge name will rotate on an annual basis and each school will split two home and away games over a four-year period.Â
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Mississippi State and Georgia Tech will tip off for the sixth series meeting overall and second under Head Coach Sam Purcell. Mississippi State recently defeated Georgia Tech, 84-47, in the 2024 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament First Round last season inside Humphrey Coliseum on March 21, 2024.Â
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Mississippi State leads the all-time series 5-1 and 2-0 in Atlanta. It will be the first time that Mississippi State has played Georgia Tech in Atlanta since a 62-56 win in the Georgia Tech Holiday Tournament on Dec. 30, 2006, and the first time that the two programs will tip off inside McCamish Pavilion.Â
The Bulldogs are 4-3 in interconference challenge games dating back to 2015-16 and 2-2 against ACC opponents under Purcell.Â
2024 SEC/ACC WOMEN'S CHALLENGE SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4
Oklahoma at Louisville, 4 p.m., ESPN2
Vanderbilt at Miami (Fla.), 4 p.m., ACC Network
Virginia Tech at Georgia, 4 p.m., SEC Network
Syracuse at Texas A&M, 6:15 p.m., ESPNU
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech, 6:15 p.m., ACC Network
Florida State at Tennessee, 6:15 p.m., SEC Network
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THURSDAY, DEC. 5
Kentucky at North Carolina, 4 p.m., ESPN2
Auburn at Virginia, 5 p.m., ACC Network
Texas at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ESPN
Ole Miss at N.C. State, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Boston College at Arkansas, 6 p.m., SEC Network
Florida at Clemson, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Duke at South Carolina, 8 p.m., ESPN
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The SEC/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge will follow the Men's Challenge and take place on consecutive days, Wednesday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 5. Both events will air games across ESPN platforms.Â
Â
It will be the second edition of the Challenge after it was introduced in November 2023 and the inaugural edition finished with a 7-7 tie last season. The Challenge name will rotate on an annual basis and each school will split two home and away games over a four-year period.Â
Â
Mississippi State and Georgia Tech will tip off for the sixth series meeting overall and second under Head Coach Sam Purcell. Mississippi State recently defeated Georgia Tech, 84-47, in the 2024 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament First Round last season inside Humphrey Coliseum on March 21, 2024.Â
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Mississippi State leads the all-time series 5-1 and 2-0 in Atlanta. It will be the first time that Mississippi State has played Georgia Tech in Atlanta since a 62-56 win in the Georgia Tech Holiday Tournament on Dec. 30, 2006, and the first time that the two programs will tip off inside McCamish Pavilion.Â
The Bulldogs are 4-3 in interconference challenge games dating back to 2015-16 and 2-2 against ACC opponents under Purcell.Â
2024 SEC/ACC WOMEN'S CHALLENGE SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4
Oklahoma at Louisville, 4 p.m., ESPN2
Vanderbilt at Miami (Fla.), 4 p.m., ACC Network
Virginia Tech at Georgia, 4 p.m., SEC Network
Syracuse at Texas A&M, 6:15 p.m., ESPNU
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech, 6:15 p.m., ACC Network
Florida State at Tennessee, 6:15 p.m., SEC Network
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THURSDAY, DEC. 5
Kentucky at North Carolina, 4 p.m., ESPN2
Auburn at Virginia, 5 p.m., ACC Network
Texas at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ESPN
Ole Miss at N.C. State, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Boston College at Arkansas, 6 p.m., SEC Network
Florida at Clemson, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Duke at South Carolina, 8 p.m., ESPN
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