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Radford (20-9, 12-3 Big South) at Campbell (18-11, 11-4 Big South) – 2:00 PM EST (ESPN3)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Buies Creek, North Carolina – home of the Campbell Fighting Camels. They will play host to the Radford Highlanders in a game that will determine the #1 seed in the conference and home court advantage during the conference tournament. Campbell won the first meeting in Radford 68-67; in that game, Chris Clemons scored 39 points and hit the game-winning 3-point shot as time expired. As for the remainder of conference play. only Winthrop has managed to win on Campbell’s home floor.
Radford currently leads the conference by a full game, but because of the aforementioned loss against Campbell, today becomes winner-take-all for home-court implications until at least the semifinal round (the highest remaining seed would actually host the Big South Championship). The Highlanders started 10-1 in conference play, but two losses in their last four games (at Charleston Southern and at home against Hampton) have put them in today’s position. Ed Polite Jr. averages 13.5 PPG and 9.9 RPG for the Highlanders.