Georgia Southern Basketball Faces Eastern Michigan In MAC-SBC Challenge
6/22/2023 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball
Men's team will play at EMU on November 11; Women's team will host EMU on same date
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern men's and women's basketball will both face Eastern Michigan in November as a part of the initial MAC-SBC Challenge, announced today by league officials.
The challenge - a scheduling alliance between the two leagues - will kick off during the opening week of the 2023-24 season. The Georgia Southern men will play at EMU on Saturday, November 11, while the Georgia Southern women will host EMU on the same date, with game times to be determined later.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, February 10, 2024, with the matchups - based on real-time NET rankings - to be announced in January. The MAC women and the Sun Belt men will host the February matchups.
Scheduling assistance for the event is provided by Ordinal Sports Group. In addition to relevant NET data, geography and frequency of past contests are considered in determining the matchups.
The November 11 meeting between Georgia Southern men's basketball and Eastern Michigan will be the first in program history between the two schools.
Georgia Southern women's basketball has met Eastern Michigan once previously - on December 11, 1993, the Eagles defeated the EMU Eagles, 87-67, at the UAB Lady Blazer Tournament in Birmingham, Ala.
