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Miami (14-13, 6-8 MAC) at Bowling Green (19-8, 11-3 MAC) – 7:00 PM (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Bowling Green, Ohio where the hometown Falcons will play host to the Miami RedHawks in a matchup of teams in the MAC West Division. Miami won the first matchup between both teams at Millett Hall in January; it snapped a 10-game winning streak for Bowling Green at that time. It was also the beginning of an odd 8-game win-loss streak for Miami since that time. If the season ended today, Miami would be seeded 8th in the MAC Tournament and would be the last team to host a first-round tournament game on campus. Nike Sibande averages 15.3 points a game for the RedHawks.
Bowling Green is coming off of a surprising loss at Ohio on Friday; the Falcons ended up losing 92-87 in overtime. Their only other loss in conference play was at home against Toledo; they had won three straight games prior to the OU loss. They are currently a game behind Buffalo in the league standings (and are two games up on third-place Toledo) and will finish the season with a homestand against Miami and Kent State and a 2-game road trip against Akron and Buffalo. Justin Turner leads the Falcons with 18.9 points a game; he scored his 1,000th career point with a game-winning shot at home against Akron last week.