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UNC-Asheville (4-2, 2-2 D1) at Western Carolina (6-2, 5-2 D1) – 4:00 PM EST (ESPN3)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Cullowhee, North Carolina – home of the Western Carolina Catamounts. They will be hosting UNC-Asheville in what is known locally as the Mountain Rivalry. Asheville is coming off of a win at Charlotte – something that Wake Forest and Charleston were not able to pull off this season. Taijon Jones (16.3 PPG) and DeVon Baker (15.7 PPG) lead the Bulldogs in scoring; Jones is also shooting over 41% from 3-point land this season.
The Catamounts have won the last two games in the Mountain Rivalry – they will be playing this game at the Ramsey Center for the first time since 2015. WCU opened SoCon play with an 87-77 victory against Chattanooga in which they were led by an amazing 29 points in the first half from Mason Faulkner (he would finish with 31). The Catamounts are a perfect 3-0 at home in D1 play with wins against Gardner-Webb, North Carolina A&T and Chattanooga; a win today would match their win total from all of last season.