The South Dakota State University women’s basketball team will compete against three other perennial postseason qualifiers at the 2019 Women’s Cancun Challenge, officials from event organizer Triple Crown Sports announced Thursday.
Highlighting the three-day Mayan Tournament, which will be played Nov. 28-30 at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, is a Nov. 29 matchup between the Jackrabbits and Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have played in each of the last two NCAA championship games, winning it all in 2018 before falling to Baylor in the 2019 title tilt.
SDSU opens the tournament with a game Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28) against the University of South Florida, in what will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. The Bulls completed the 2018-19 season with a 19-16 overall record and advanced to the second round of the WNIT.
Completing the tournament slate is a Nov. 30 contest versus Florida Gulf Coast.
