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Oral Roberts at Weber State, 9:00 PM Eastern, watchbigsky.com
Welcome to the inaugural 2014-15 season Under the Radar Game of the Day (formerly known in prior years as the Small Conference Game of the Day or SCGD). The UTR Game of the Day will focus on fun and/or intriguing matchups taking place among teams that are not in the major conferences. In other words, we will not be focusing on the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or SEC. We will also probably not be featuring any games from the American, Big East, Atlantic Ten or Mountain West. Instead, we will be looking at the little guys, the teams that are Under the National Radar, but certainly on ours.
Tonight we begin our season in Ogden, Utah as the defending Big Sky champion Weber State Wildcats will be hosting the Summit League’s Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. Weber State has gotten off to a slow start so far this season, with only 2 wins in 5 contests, and one of those wins coming against a non-D1 foe. They finished in 7th place in the Paradise Jam, losing games to Illinois State and LSU before finally scoring a win against Nevada. The Wildcats have been led so far this season by Jerome Bolomboy who averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds during the trip to the Virgin Islands.
Weber will be welcoming in Scott Sutton’s ORU team that has returned to the Summit League this year after two rather disappointing seasons in the Southland Conference. The Golden Eagles were our preseason pick to win the Summit, though they are also out to a slow start at 2-3, including a 24-point loss to Louisiana-Lafayette during the MGM Grand Main Event in Las Vegas. The Golden Eagles’ other two losses were at Oregon State and at Missouri, though they do have a home win over Tulsa to their credit. Keep an eye on Obi Emegano, who has been leading the way so far for the Golden Eagles, averaging 18.4 points per game.
This game could be exactly what both teams need in 0rder to begin turning their seasons in the right direction. Weber State has a trip to Texas-Arlington followed by an intriguing home matchup against BYU coming over the next two weeks while ORU will return home after this game for contests with Missouri State and New Mexico State. Whoever wins this game will certainly have momentum as we move into the month of December.
OTHER ACTION
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-NEBRASKA AT FLORIDA STATE. Florida State comes in at a rather disappointing 3-3, and although Nebraska is 4-1, they haven’t played a tough schedule and could use a win away from home.
-TEXAS SOUTHERN AT BAYLOR (Buy Game)