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By: Ana Kieu

San Jose State University will be one of 10 Mountain West schools participating in the eighth annual Mountain West-Missouri Valley Men’s Basketball Challenge Series during
the 2018-19 non-conference season.

The Spartans will host Indiana State University on Wednesday, November 28, at The Event Center. The game time and television assignment will be announced at a later date.

“We’re excited to be a part of the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Men’s Basketball Challenge Series this season and are looking forward to hosting Indiana State at The Event Center,” says SJSU head coach Jean Prioleau.

Indiana State was sixth in the Missouri Valley last season with an 8-10 conference record. The Sycamores were 13-18 overall.

This non-conference home game will be the second time these schools are facing each other in men’s basketball. These two teams faced each other in the 1948 NAIB Championship Tournament (now the NAIA Championship) in Kansas City, Missouri. Coached by the legendary John Wooden, Indiana State pulled out a 59-52 win in the quarterfinal round of the 32-team tournament.

The Challenge Series consists of each conference hosting five games each season. This year’s series runs from November 27 through December 1. Matchups are based on the previous season’s records and RPI rankings and projections for the upcoming season. Games from the previous year’s Challenge series aren’t returned.