Under the Radar Game of the Day – Tuesday, December 9

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Evansville at Belmont, 8:00 PM, live streaming at ovcsports.com

The UTR Game of the Day heads to Nashville, Tennessee tonight as the best team so far this season in the Ohio Valley Conference hosts one of the top teams in the Missouri Valley.  Belmont enters tonight’s game with a 7-1 record, including wins over Ohio U and Denver, and only a season opening loss at Wright State against them.  The Bruins’ wins include a sweep of the Battle of the Boulevard against Lipscomb.  Belmont has been led so far by far Craig Bradshaw, who is averaging 21.3 points per game, while Evan Bradds and Taylor Barnette are both averaging over 13 points per game.

Evansville enters tonight’s game with a record of 6-1, only having lost to Green Bay in the semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase.  However, none of the Purple Aces’ wins to date have been of note, and with no major conference teams on their nonconference schedule, every quality road win for this team will count.  Luckily, the MVC regular season will give them a few chances, with two games against both Wichita State and Northern Iowa (who broke into the top 25 this week as well).  The Aces have been led so far by D.J. Balentine’s 19.9 points per game and Egidiju Mockevicious, who is averaging almost a double-double at 13.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.  Needless to say, whichever team wins this game will certainly be able to hold it out as a very good win when the committee discusses them this March, whether it be for at-large consideration or seeding.