Ball State (12-9, 5-3) at Kent State (16-6, 6-3) – 7:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Kent, Ohio where the Golden Flashes of Kent State will play host to the Ball State Cardinals. Ball State has become a homecourt hero in conference play with home wins against Toledo, Buffalo, Miami and Ohio. However, they are only 1-3 on the road in league play – their lone win was at Eastern Michigan. Tahjai Teague is averaging 15.4 points a game and 9.0 rebounds a game.
Kent State is coming off of a win against Akron in the Wagon Wheel Rivalry (where the schools are eight miles apart and have never met in the NCAA Tournament); Philip Whittington hit a shot with 20 seconds remaining in the game to give the Golden Flashes the 68-67 victory. Kent State also has a pair of three-game winning streaks sandwiched around a three-game losing streak in MAC play. Besides Akron, their current winning streak also includes critical road wins at Buffalo and at Toledo.
Our sources tell us that our colleague Rocco Miller will be in attendance tonight – tune in to Bracketeer.org for game coverage and his current NCAA Tournament projections.