WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's basketball team will host Penn State at Capital One Arena on Thursday, November 14 as part of the fifth annual Gavitt Tipoff Games, the BIG EAST and Big Ten Conferences announced today. Game time and television information will be announced at a later date.
Georgetown and Penn State have faced each other 42 times in program history, most recently a home-and-home series in 2003-04 and 2004-05. The Hoyas have won the last five meetings dating back to Feb. 2, 1973, a 63-58 GU victory.
Penn State went 14-18 overall last season and 7-13 in the Big Ten.
The 2019 Gavitt Tipoff Games Schedule
Monday, Nov. 11
DePaul at Iowa
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Minnesota at Butler
Creighton at Michigan
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Villanova at Ohio State
Purdue at Marquette
Providence at Northwestern
Thursday, Nov. 14
Penn State at Georgetown
Michigan State at Seton Hall
Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days early in the college basketball season. The series will span eight years, with games played at home sites. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in the upcoming seasons.
In addition to hosting Penn State in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, the Hoyas have already announced that they will also host longtime rival Syracuse in the Nation's Capital to renew a four-year home-and-home series, play in the Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden, take on Oklahoma State as part of the BIG EAST/Big 12 crossover and face SMU in Dallas to close out a home-and-home series with the Mustangs.
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