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Northern Colorado (17-9, 11-4 Big Sky) at Montana (20-6, 13-2 Big Sky) – 9:00 PM EST (Pluto TV)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Missoula, Montana where the Grizzlies will be hosting the Northern Colorado Bears in a 1-2 matchup of the Big Sky Conference. Montana currently has a 2-game lead in the standings and can clinch the #1 seed in the Big Sky Tournament with a victory tonight. Since a brief two-game swoon that saw the Grizzlies lose to Portland State and Eastern Washington, they have won ten straight games to take control of the conference race. Jamar Akoh leads Montana with 15.5 PPG and 8.7 RPG; Ahmaad Rorie also averages 15.2 PPG and 3.8 APG for the Grizzlies.
Northern Colorado comes into tonight’s game with a game and a half lead on Weber State for the #2 seed in the Big Sky Tournament. However, they already lost at Weber State earlier this season, so Weber would have a tiebreaker edge at the moment should both teams tie in the standings. Prior to a loss at Eastern Washington, Northern Colorado had won six out of seven games in conference play. Jordan Davis averages 23.5 points a game for the Bears.