UC-Riverside (6-2, 5-2 D1) at Cal Baptist (2-4, 3-4 D1) – 10:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to the Battle of Riverside – this year Cal Baptist will host the rivalry for the first time as a member of Division 1. The Lancers are in their second year of transitioning up to D1 play. CBU completes a 4-game homestand tonight that saw them beat Central Arkansas in the UTR portion of the 2K Empire Classic before a loss to Georgia State in the championship game (followed by a loss to South Dakota). Milan Acquaah leads the Lancers with 18.1 points a game and 7 assists a game.
The Highlanders of UC-Riverside also started their season with a win at Nebraska and have remained on solid ground since that game. They went 3-1 in the round-robin College Roadshow MTE event with wins against Redlands (non-D1), Longwood and SIU-Edwardsville along with a loss at Pacific. Callum McRae averages 12.3 points a game and 9 rebounds a game for Riverside.