Under the Radar Game of the Day: Western Kentucky at Indiana State

Western Kentucky at Indiana State, 4:30 PM Eastern, espn3

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The Under the Radar Game of the Day heads to Terre Haute, Indiana this afternoon as the Sycamores of Indiana State play host to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.  Indiana State enters today’s game at 5-4 overall, though all four of their losses have been by three points or less, including losses to Iowa State and Stanford in the Advocare Invitational.  Although the Trees have suffered quite a few close losses, they have begun to make up for it, winning each of their past two games by one point, including a huge upset home victory on Wednesday evening over nationally-ranked Butler.  Brenton Scott led the way in that win with 25 points, while Matt Van Scyoc added 23 of his own.

This afternoon, Indiana State will go for their fourth straight win as they host head coach Rick Stansbury’s Western Kentucky team.  WKU has been a bit of a disappointment so far this season, with a record of 3-5 that includes losses to UNLV, Eastern Kentucky and Missouri.  Pancake Thomas, the graduate transfer from Hartford who we expected to be a scoring machine this year after an extremely impressive year at his former school last season, has not topped 15 points yet this season and has not even broken into double-digits his last two times out.  The Hilltoppers will need him to start picking up more offensively if they want to get back on the winning side of things as non-conference play nears its conclusion.