Colorado State basketball will play at Missouri State on Nov. 28 as part of the annual Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge, the leagues announced Wednesday.  The two teams met once previously, a 76-61 CSU victory in the 2014 Great Alaska Shootout. 

“We are excited that the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge continues,” CSU coach Larry Eustachy said in a statement. “ Playing on the road against a Missouri State team that is rich in tradition will be a great early-season challenge for our team next year.” 

The Rams are 3-3 all-time in the MW/MVC Challenge after last year’s home loss to Wichita State, which is now in the American Athletic Conference.  Missouri State is coming off a 17-16 campaign in 2016-17, including a 7-11 mark in conference play. 

Other challenge matchups include Loyola (Chicago)-Boise State, Utah State-Valparaiso, UNLV-Northern Iowa, Air Force-Indiana State, Illinois State-Nevada, Evansville-New Mexico, San Jose State-Southern Illinois, Drake-Wyoming and Bradley-San Diego State.