ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Fighting Illini women's basketball team will host the Florida State Seminoles at State Farm Center in the 2021 Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge, as jointly announced Tuesday (Aug. 3) by Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conferences.

The matchup, slated for Thursday, Dec. 2, will mark just the second meeting in the series between the Illini and the Seminoles. FSU captured the first contest, 78-66, in a neutral-court battle played Dec. 7, 1990 in Charlottesville, Va., as part of the Cavalier Classic tournament.  

Tip times as well as television and streaming video coverage for the Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge games will be announced at a later date.

2021 BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE MATCHUPS

Wednesday, December 1
North Carolina at Minnesota
Nebraska at Wake Forest
Ohio State at Syracuse
Georgia Tech at Purdue
Rutgers at Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech at Wisconsin

Thursday, December 2 
Florida State at Illinois
NC State at Indiana
Iowa at Duke
Miami at Maryland
Michigan at Louisville
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Northwestern at Clemson
Penn State at Boston College

ILLINI IN THE BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE

Dec. 5, 2019 – North Carolina 85, Illinois 60 (Chapel Hills, North Carolina)
Nov. 28, 2018 - Clemson 69, Illinois 67 (OT) (Clemson, South Carolina)|
Nov. 30, 2017 – Virginia Tech 96, Illinois 49 (Champaign, Illinois)
Nov. 30, 2016 - Wake Forest 79, Illinois 70 (Champaign, Illinois)
Dec. 2, 2015 - Miami 73, Illinois 64 (Coral Gables, Florida)
Dec. 3, 2014 - Illinois 86, Virginia 63 (Champaign, Illinois)
Dec. 4, 2013 - Georgia Tech 93, Illinois 69 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Nov. 29, 2012 - Illinois 95, Wake Forest 82 (Champaign, Illinois)
Dec. 1, 2011 - Illinois 61, Clemson 50 (Clemson, South Carolina)
Dec. 1, 2010 - NC State 73, Illinois 57 (Champaign, Illinois)
Dec. 2, 2009 - Illinois 65, Wake Forest 50 (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Dec. 4, 2008 - #20 Virginia 63, Illinois 39 (Champaign, Illinois)
Nov. 29, 2007 - NC State 61, Illinois 47 (Raleigh, North Carolina)