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Saint Peter’s (10-11, 7-5) at Monmouth (13-9, 7-4) – 2:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day takes place in the jumbled Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference just off the Jersey Shore – the Monmouth Hawks play host to the Peacocks of Saint Peter’s today. They call this game the hOURglass Rivalry since Monmouth joined the MAAC in 2013-14; Saint Peter’s won the first matchup 66-63 this season and are 7-7 against the Hawks overall in MAAC play (with SPC leading the overall series 26-15). The Peacocks had a four-game winning streak snapped with a surprising loss to Marist on Friday night. SPC has been a much more defensive-oriented team in conference play; they are allowing only 63 points a game on average in conference play.
Monmouth looked like they were headed for overtime after erasing a 5-point Fairfield lead in the final minute on Friday night, but Fairfield’s Allen Jeanne-Rose hit a layup with 0.2 seconds remaining to stun the Hawks and deny them a chance to gain some separation in the conference standings. Prior to that game, Monmouth defeated Rider at home in another game that involved the leading teams in the conference. Both Ray Salnave and George Papas had 21 points apiece in that win against the Broncs.