Game is part of MVC/Mountain West Challenge
 The Missouri Valley Conference and the Mountain West Conference have announced next season’s pairings for the Challenge Series between the two conferences. Nine of the 10 games will take place on the same date (Dec. 3, 2016). The agreement between the Mountain West and Missouri Valley conferences is in the second year of a four-year term.
Evansville, who earned an 85-77 win over Fresno State in this year’s series, will face Boise State on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the Ford Center.
This year, the Mountain West Conference won the series, 6-4, with the final games being played this past Sunday. The MW has an all-time series edge of 3-1-1 in five previous Challenge seasons, which includes an overall advantage of 28-17 in games played in association with the series.
