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Bucknell (17-9, 11-3 Patriot) at Colgate (17-10, 9-5 Patriot) – 7:00 PM EST (WatchStadium.com)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day presents a potential matchup previewing the upcoming Patriot League championship – the Bucknell Bison hit the road to upstate New York tonight to take on the hometown Colgate Raiders. Bucknell had a surprising loss at Holy Cross over the weekend – it has left the door open for either Lehigh or Colgate to potentially climb up to the #1 spot in the league. However, a win by the Bison tonight would give them season sweeps of both 2nd place Lehigh (one game back of Bucknell as of today) and 3rd place Colgate (two games back of Bucknell as of today). Nate Sestina averages 16.4 PPG and 8.1 RPG for Bucknell; Kimbal McKenzie leads the Bison with 17.2 PPG.
On the other hand, Colgate can things more interesting should they manage a win tonight and come within a game of first place themselves. They would win any potential tiebreaker with Lehigh for seeding given a season sweep over the Mountain Hawks, and if American finishes 4th in the league standings, Colgate would own a tiebreaker edge over Bucknell should the Bison end up tied with Colgate in the standings (although Bucknell wins the tiebreaker if Army finishes in 4th, however). Colgate does have a current four-game winning streak in progress following a tough road win at American over the weekend. Jordan Burns had 20 points in the Raiders’ overtime win.