CONWAY, Ark. _ The University of Central Arkansas Bears will face the Ole Miss Rebels after all.

    The teams were scheduled to open the season on Nov. 25 in the four-team Justin Reed Ole Miss Classic in Oxford, Miss., but that was canceled due to covid-19 issue in the Ole Miss program. The Bears and Rebels will now play on Tuesday, Dec. 14. The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. at The Pavilion in Oxford and will be televised on the SEC Network. UCA head coach Anthony Boone is a former Ole Miss player and assistant coach.

    The game will be the middle one of a three-game stretch for the Bears against Southeastern Conference opponents. UCA, which opens the delayed 2020-21 season on Friday night at Memphis, plays at Arkansas on Dec. 12 and at Mississippi State on Dec. 16.