2024 ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge Score Updates | UVA Basketball
This week marks the second-annual ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge, pitting the Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference against one another. Keep track of all of the scores for each game as well as the overall score for the 2024 ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge below. This page will be updated following the conclusion of each game.
UVA Women's Basketball in the ACC/SEC Challenge
Virginia will host Auburn in the second edition of the ACC/SEC Challenge on Thursday at 6pm at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Cavaliers lead the all-time series with the Tigers 5-1, most recently picking up a couple of wins over Auburn in 2014 and 2015. Virginia defeated Missouri 87-81 in overtime in the inaugural edition of the ACC/SEC Challenge last season in Charlottesville.
Note: 9 wins are needed to win the Challenge.
2024 ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge: SEC leads 10-6
*The SEC has clinched the 2024/2025 ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge.
Wednesday, December 4th
Virginia Tech 70, Georgia 61 | ACC leads 1-0
Vanderbilt 88, Miami 70 | Tied 1-1
Oklahoma 78, Louisville 72 | SEC leads 2-1
Mississippi State 75, Georgia Tech 78 | Tied 2-2
Syracuse 45, Texas A&M 57 | SEC 3-2
Florida State 77, Tennessee 79 | SEC 4-2
Thursday, December 5th
Kentucky 53, North Carolina 72 | SEC leads 4-3
Auburn 66, Virginia 57 | SEC leads 5-3
Boston College 64, Arkansas 75 | SEC leads 6-3
Ole Miss 61, NC State 68 | SEC leads 6-4
Texas 70, Notre Dame 80 (OT) | SEC leads 6-5
Florida 77, Clemson 64 | SEC leads 7-5
Duke 70, South Carolina 81 | SEC leads 8-5
SMU 61, Missouri 68 | SEC leads 9-5
Alabama 65, California 69 | SEC leads 9-6
Stanford 88, LSU 94 | SEC 10-6
Note: Due to the ACC having more teams than the SEC, two ACC teams will not participate in the Challenge. This year, Wake Forest and Pittsburgh are not participating in the ACC/SEC Challenge.
Both conferences expanded this past summer, with the SEC adding Texas and Oklahoma to get to 16 total members, while the ACC brought in Cal, SMU, and Stanford to reach 18 total members for basketball.
The 2023 ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge ended in a 7-7 tie. The ACC won jumped out to a 6-1 lead with Notre Dame, NC State, Miami, Louisville, Duke, and Virginia all winning their games by fewer than 10 points. The SEC proceeded to win six of the final seven matchups to salvage a 7-7 draw.
This year's ACC/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge features 11 teams that are currently ranked in the AP Top 25. No. 11 Oklahoma will visit No. 22 Louisville on Wednesday evening in the only ranked game on the first night of the Challenge. Then comes the main event on Thursday night, as No. 14 Kentucky will take on No. 16 North Carolina in Chapel Hill, No. 10 Notre Dame will host No. 4 Texas in South Bend, No. 18 Ole Miss will visit NC State in Raleigh, No. 8 Duke will visit the reigning champs No. 3 South Carolina, Stanford travels to take on No. 5 LSU, and No. 19 Alabama heads west to take on California. Those games will have significant ramifications not just on this ACC/SEC Challenge but also on the landscape of the women's college basketball season.
See score updates for the 2024 ACC/SEC Men's Basketball Challenge here: 2024 ACC/SEC Basketball Challenge Score Updates