The game is one of 10 being contested between the two conferences on Saturday, five at Big 12 sites and five on SEC home courts. The Sooners game with Mississippi State will be played at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City and will be televised, beginning at 1 p.m., on ESPN2.
Both teams come into the game with identical 12-6 records and 3-3 marks in conference play. The Sooners are 4-2 in the six seasons of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, but are 0-3 all-time against Mississippi State.
The two teams last played each other in 2002 in New Orleans with the Bulldogs claiming a 54-45 victory.