St Francis (PA) at Lehigh, 7:00 PM Eastern, patriotleague.tv
The Under the Radar Game of the Day heads to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania tonight as the hometown Lehigh Mountain Hawks welcome in cross-state opponent St Francis (Pennsylvania) for a non-conference battle. Lehigh, despite only a 4-5 overall record,, does enter tonight’s game with the best KenPom rating (107) in the Patriot League. The Mountain Hawks have already picked up a home win over Princeton and a road win at Mississippi State, plus gave Xavier a real tough battle in the season opener before eventually falling by 3 points. Tim Kempton has been leading the way so far this season for Lehigh, and is coming off an incredibly impressive 31 point, 18 rebound game last time out in a way over Mount St Mary’s.
The Red Flash of St Francis (PA) enter tonight’s game at only 3-4 overall and currently sitting all the way down at 310 in the KenPom ratings. They care coming off a tough 3 point loss last time out against Binghamton, but it has been 9 days since that game was played. Sophomore Jamaal King has been leading the way offensively for his team so far this year, including a career high 22 points in the Binghamton game. He and his teammates will need to play one of their best games so far, however, if they want to score the road victory over Lehigh tonight.
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-AUBURN VS BOSTON COLLEGE (Under Armour Reunion, MSG). This is the first half of a doubleheader at MSG. Auburn has quietly been racking up a quantity of wins. Tonight they continue to go solely for quanity – quality will have to wait another day.
-SOUTH CAROLINA vs SETON HALL (Under Armour Reunion, MSG). South Carolina remains unbeaten, and this is another opportunity to get a nice win away from home (along with an impressive win against Syracuse in Brooklyn). It’s a big game for Seton Hall as well, who is looking to add some meat onto their profile.
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-JACKSONVILLE STATE AT MARYLAND. Buy game
-LONGWOOD AT GEORGE MASON. Buy game
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