By DAVID’LEARY

Marshall Athletics

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Marshall women’s basketball team will compete in the inaugural WBCA Showcase this November at Walt Disney World Resort, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced Thursday.

The four-game, two-day college women’s basketball event will be held Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 21 and 23, 2024, at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Coach Juli Fulks’s Herd will be facing Penn State on Thursday, Nov. 21 and Tulsa on Saturday, Nov. 23. Georgia will also be in attendance at the MTE.

“We are excited to announce Georgia, Marshall, Penn State and Tulsa as the four teams that will participate in the inaugural WBCA Showcase,” said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew.

Season ticket deposits for the 2024-25 Marshall women’s basketball season are now being taken through Marshall Ticket Office.

The complete 2024-25 schedule for Marshall women’s basketball will be released at a later date.

2024 WBCA Showcase (Orlando/Disney –  MTE games) – tentative game schedule

• The first team listed will be the HOME team and will wear WHITE game uniforms.

Thursday, November 21, 2024 (MTE games)

• Game one:  5:00 pm ET tip:  Georgia vs. Tulsa

• Game two:  7:30 pm ET tip:  Penn State vs. Marshall

Saturday, November 23, 2024 (MTE games)

• Game one:  1:00 pm ET tip:  Marshall vs. Tulsa

• Game two:  3:30 pm ET tip:  Penn State vs. Georgia

About ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, located at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, is the home of Disney Soccer and Disney Spring Training and one of the premier sites for amateur sports in the nation.

Designed to provide professional, amateur and youth athletes with championship-level experiences, the complex has accommodated 70 different sports featuring athletes from 70 different countries.

The 220-acre facility features a 9,500-seat stadium; a state-of-the-art indoor arena in addition to two field houses for competitive cheerleading, gymnastics, dance, basketball, volleyball, eSports and other indoor sports; plus 12 baseball/softball fields and 17 multi-purpose outdoor fields for soccer, football and field hockey.

An on-site professional production center also produces content for the Disney family of networks for global distribution.

For more information, visit www.disneysportsnews.com for news releases, photos and videos and www.espnwwos.com for upcoming events.

About the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association

The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women’s and girls’ basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.

NOTE: To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall women’s basketball, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall women’s basketball team.