Arkansas Faces Iowa State In Big 12/SEC Challenge

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas women’s basketball team faces Iowa State in the 2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge the Southeastern Conference announced today.

This is the fifth season of the conference challenge and Arkansas has a 2-2 record in the event. The match up with the Cyclones is the first since 1980 and just the third in program history.

Arkansas picked up a 56-39 win over Iowa State in Fayetteville in 1979, and the Cyclones got the 71-60 win in Ames in 1980.

Iowa State returns honorable mention All-American junior Bridget Carleton this season. Carleton is a two-time All-Big 12 first-team selection and leads what should be a good 3-point shooting team this season.

Arkansas counters by returning four starters including the team’s leading scorer in Malica Monk. The Razorback roster is bolstered by the addition of two redshirt players in Chelsea Dungee and A’Tyanna Gaulden as well as four newcomers this season. Arkansas’ other returning starters include Bailey Zimmerman, Jailyn Mason, and Kiara Williams.

The remainder of the Razorbacks’ schedule will be released as soon as it becomes final. Fans can purchase season tickets online by clicking here.

The inaugural challenge was held in 2014 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and featured a top 5 showdown with No. 3 Texas squaring off against No. 4 Texas A&M. Oklahoma and Arkansas, who were both receiving votes, played in the second game. The conferences split the Challenge with the two games decided by a total of nine points.

The 2015 version was contested in Oklahoma City with the opponents reversed as No. 5 Texas played Arkansas while No. 17 Oklahoma competed against No. 18 Texas A&M. Each league again claimed a win.

In 2016, the SEC edged the Big 12, 6-4, in the first 10-game slate, while in 2017 the conferences split 5-5.

2018 SEC/Big 12 Women’s Basketball Challenge Matchups

Thursday, November 29

Kansas at LSU

TCU at Ole Miss

Sunday, December 2

Baylor at South Carolina

Arkansas at Iowa State

Vanderbilt at K-State

Oklahoma at Auburn

Tennessee at Oklahoma State

Mississippi State at Texas

Texas Tech at Florida

Missouri at West Virginia

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