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Stony Brook (7-3, 6-3 D1) at Hofstra (6-4, 5-4 D1) – 7:00 PM EST (FloHoops)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes place in Hempstead, New York – home of the Hofstra Pride and the Long Island Rivalry with the Stony Brook Seawolves. The Pride also own a 22-5 series lead against Stony Brook. Hofstra is coming into the game with a blowout loss at St. Bonaventure over the weekend, but nonetheless did collect some hardware last week when they won the Naismith Bracket portion of the Boca Raton Beach classic with wins against Holy Cross. Both Desure Bule and Eli Pemberton average over 16 points a game for Hofstra.
There were some fears that the Seawolves might drop off a little bit after Jeff Boals left to take over the head coaching job at his alma mater Ohio, but it appears that Geno Ford (a fellow Bobcat alum) is a worthy successor and yet another byproduct of the OU coaching pipeline. They lost their first two games of the year against Yale and Seton Hall, but they have won six of their last seven games against D1 competition. Elijah Olaniyi averages 19.7 points a game and 5.6 rebounds a game for the Seawolves.