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Drake (18-7, 7-5 MVC) at Southern Illinois (13-12, 6-6 MVC) – 8:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Carbondale, Illinois – home of the Southern Illinois Salukis and the legendary Barry Hinson’s BBQ Sauce. They play host to the Drake Bulldogs in a matchup of teams in the top half of the Missouri Valley Conference. Drake won the first game between both teams back in January by 12 points. Drake has gone 6-3 in the stretch after that game and is currently 2 games behind conference leader Loyola-Chicago. Drake avenged one of those losses against Northern Iowa last Saturday; Nick McGlynn led the Bulldogs with 22 points in that game.
Southern Illinois had a four-game losing streak that began with the loss against Drake back in January, but they have managed to win four out of their last six games, however. Five Salukis scored in double figures in their last win against Evansville; Kavion Pippen led the way with 18 points in that game.