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Morgan State (8-10, 2-1) at Bethune-Cookman (8-9, 2-1) – 7:30 PM EST
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Daytona Beach, Florida for a game between the hometown Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman and the Morgan State Bears. Bethune-Cookman had their highlight of the season back in November when they won 3 games against Incarnate Word, Eastern Illinois and Saint Francis-Illinois in San Antonio to claim the MTE-San Antonio tournament championship. They are currently on a 2-game winning streak in conference play with wins at Howard and at home against Coppin State. Cletrell Pope averages 13.8 points a game and 11.8 rebounds a game for the Wildcats.
In addition to three non-D1 wins this season, Morgan State also managed to get a few notable buy game wins this season – two of them came at George Washington and Loyola Marymount. The Bears opened conference play with wins against Delaware State and at South Carolina State. Unfortunately, they lost their last game against Florida A&M at home back on Saturday. Six players average in double figures for Morgan State – they are led by David Syfax Jr (15.0 PPG).