Hogs will host Kansas State as part of Big 12-SEC Challenge in women’s hoops

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas hosts Kansas State in the Big 12-SEC Challenge on Dec. 4, the league office announced Monday.

The Razorbacks will play in the Challenge for the sixth time, and currently sport a 2-3 all-time record.

The Hogs and the Wildcats will square off for just the sixth time, and the ‘Cats currently own a 3-2 advantage in the all-time series. However, Arkansas has never lost to K-State at home, going a perfect 2-0, including a 60-58 win in the teams’ most recent meeting (12/02/09).

Kansas State is coming off of a solid season, as they went 21-12 and 11-7 in the Big 12. The ‘Cats parlayed that success into a NCAA Tournament berth, returning to the Big Dance after advancing to the third round of the 2018 WNIT the season before.

The Wildcats will return their leading scorer from a season ago, as senior Peyton Williams, who averaged 15.8 points per game, is back for her senior season.

The first-team All-Big 12 selection powered Kansas State last season, and will present a challenge for the Hogs down on the block.

The first 10-game Big 12-SEC Challenge slate came back in 2016, and the Big 12 held a slight advantage, taking six of the games. The conferences split the games, 5-5, in both 2017 and in 2018.

The complete Challenge schedule is below:

2019 Big 12-SEC Women’s Basketball Challenge Schedule

Wednesday, December 4
Georgia at Baylor

Thursday, December 5
Iowa State at Alabama
Ole Miss at Texas Tech

Saturday, December 7
LSU at Oklahoma
Auburn at TCU
Kansas State at Arkansas
Oklahoma State at Texas A&M

Sunday, December 8
Texas at Tennessee
West Virginia at Mississippi State
Florida at Kansas

The remainder of the Razorbacks’ schedule will be released as soon as it becomes final.