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Youngstown State (11-7, 4-1) at Northern Kentucky (12-6, 4-2) – 7:00 PM EST (ESPN3)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Highland Heights, Kentucky where the Norse of Northern Kentucky will host the surging Youngstown State Penguins. Youngstown State had a pair of heart-stopping wins at home last weekend against Oakland and Detroit. Against Oakland, Darius Quisenberry hit a cross-court layup with under 2 seconds remaining to give the Penguins a 61-60 victory. Against Detroit, Naz Bohannon hit a jumper with 22 seconds remaining in the game for a 69-67 victory.
NKU had a couple of early stumbles in league play at home against Green Bay and on the road at Detroit to get off to a 2-2 start in league play. They were buoyed by a 30-0 run at Illinois-Chicago to blow that game open en route to a 68-52 win. Another win followed at IUPUI with relative ease (96-71 over the Jaguars). Tyler Sharpe leads the Norse with 15.4 points a game.