Under the Radar Game of the Day: Sacred Heart at Yale, 7:00 PM Eastern
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The UTR Game of the Day heads to the state of Connecticut tonight. On Friday, Sacred Heart and Yale played on the same court, at Central Connecticut’s campus in New Britain, but did not play each other. Sacred Heart defeated Quinnipiac while Yale knocked off Fairfield as part of the Connecticut 6 event featuring all six noteworthy schools from the state of Connecticut (Central Connecticut and Hartford was the third matchup. Noone else of note plays in that state, right Huskies fans?) Tonight, the Pioneers and Bulldogs meet head to head on Yale’s home court in another in-state matchup.
Sacred Heart went 15-17 last season, ending their year with a loss to Bryant in the quarterfinals of the Northeast Conference tournament. Keep an eye on Cane Broome for the the Pioneers, their top returning player. Broome had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals against Quinnipiac, leading or tieing for the team lead in all three categories. If the Pioneers are going to pull off the upset tonight, they will need him to post these types of numbers again, while getting even more help from the rest of his teammates.
Yale went 22-10 last year, tieing Harvard for first place in the Ivy League at the end of the regular season. The Bulldogs fell to the Crimson, however, in a thrilling one-game playoff for the league crown and automatic bid, 53-51, and chose not to play in the CBI or CIT when the NIT did not come calling. They should be led by Justin Sears and Jack Montague this season, though it was Makai Mason (23 points) and Brandon Sherrod (20 points) that led the way in the win over Fairfield. In fact, Sears was held scoreless in the first half of that game and to only 6 points overall. He will need to play much better as Yale moves through the season if they seriously want a shot at their first NCAA tournament bid since 1962.