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North Carolina A&T (14-11, 9-2 MEAC) at Norfolk State (15-11, 10-1 MEAC) – 8:00 PM EST (FloHoops.com)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Norfolk, Virginia for a showdown between the top 2 teams in the MEAC – the Norfolk State Spartans will host the North Carolina A&T Aggies. A&T has won three games in a row in conference play after a brief 2-game slide against both Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman on the road. In their last outing at Howard, A&T had 5 guys in double figures; they were led by Ronald Jackson’s 16 points in an 85-81 victory.
The one variable between both teams is the trip to Florida A&M – unlike the Aggies, the Spartans did win in Tallahassee last week, and did so by a fairly comfortable 66-54 margin. Two of their last four games have been thrillers – they beat rival North Carolina Central in overtime in their last outing and also erased a 24-point deficit when they won at Howard a couple of weeks ago. Nic Thomas leads Norfolk State with 14.5 PPG.