Belmont at Middle Tennessee, 7:30 PM Eastern, Stadium Facebook page – Live
The Under the Radar Game of the Day once again features a battle between one of the top Ohio Valley Conference teams and Conference USA’s Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders tonight as this time they host the Belmont Bruins. Middle Tennessee enters tonight’s game at 2-0, coming off a strong road win at Murray State on Monday night. Nick King was a dominant force in that game, scoring 31 points. Giddy Potts only scored 7 points, but led the team in rebounding, with 8, and steals, with 4. If head coach Kermit Davis’ team can get similar numbers from their stars tonight, they could pick up another strong non-conference win.
Belmont enters tonight’s game at 1-1, having lost a close 4 point game at Washington before pulling off a huge home win over Vanderbilt on Monday night. Dylan Windler scored 24 points and pulled down 11 boards in that game, while Amanze Egekeze added 22 points of his own. Austin Luke added 6 assists, after having 7 in the loss at Washington. The Bruins have established themselves, in just the first few days of the season, as one of the teams to beat in the OVC this year. If they can pick up the huge road win tonight, against a team that has made back-to-back NCAA Tournaments (and won a game there each time), they will send a very strong message to the rest of their conference.
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