Under the Radar Game of the Day: UC-Davis vs Weber State

UC-Davis vs Weber State, Midnight Eastern, CBS Sports Network

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Anchorage, Alaska is the site for tonight’s Under the Radar Game of the Day as the Big West’s UC-Davis Aggies will be taking on the Big Sky’s Weber State Wildcats in the fourth and final quarterfinal of the Great Alaska Shootout.  On Wednesday night, Buffalo and Nevada picked up victories to advance to the semifinal round.  Tonight, Drake and Iona will be battling in the first quarterfinal (9:30 PM Eastern, CBS Sports Network), while a huge day of basketball (after all, isn’t that what Thanksgiving is all abut?) concludes with our Under the Radar matchup.

UC-Davis enters tonight’s game with a record of 4-1, having only lost to a very good Tennessee State team so far this season.  The two players to particularly pay attention to for the Aggies are Brynton Lemar and Chima Moneke.  Lemar led the team with 23 points last time out in a win over Sacramento State.  Moneke picked up a double-double in that same game, scoring 15 points while pulling down 13 rebounds.  The two of them form a deadly combination, especially when added to the balance of veteran leadership on this team.  UC-Davis certainly has the talent and ability to win this game and make a serious run in this event.

Weber State entered the season as our pick to win the Big Sky conference.  They have struggled so far this season, as their only win was against non-D1 Antelope Valley.  The Wildcats’ losses were both on the road, at Pepperdine by one point and at Stanford by 18.  Jeremy Senglin has led the team inn scoring each game so far this season, including an impressive 29 point effort in the Pepperdine game.  The Wildcats do need to find a way too spread out the offense more, as only one other player has hit the double-digit mark in their two losses.  If they can do that, Weber State has a real chance to make a statement to the rest of their conference by making a run to the championship in Alaska.