By Cord Rankin
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Raiders to play in South Carolina November 21, 22 and 24 |
DAYTON/CONWAY, SC – The Wright State men’s basketball team is headed to the beach this November, as the 2024 Myrtle Beach Invitational officially announced its participating teams on Thursday afternoon.
Wright State will play three contests inside the HTC Center on the Coastal Carolina campus November 21, 22 and 24 ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. All games of the sixth annual event will be available across the ESPN platforms.
The field for the Myrtle Beach Invitational includes Bradley (Missouri Valley), Middle Tennessee (Conference USA), Ohio (Mid-American), Portland (West Coast), Princeton (Ivy), South Florida (American Atlantic) and Texas State (Sun Belt) in addition to the Raiders. Owned and operated by ESPN Events, the Myrtle Beach Invitational will make tickets available for purchase later this summer following the announcement of the complete tournament schedule.
This will be Wright State’s first time participating in the Myrtle Beach Invitational, however the Raiders have played in the Myrtle Beach area once before, facing Coastal Carolina on November 19, 2006 in the schools’ previous arena. The HTC Center opened for the 2012-13 basketball seasons and seats approximately 3,600 spectators.
Wright State has previously announced its season-opening contest against Kentucky on November 4 and a home matchup inside the Nutter Center against Air Force on November 30.
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