Hampton (13-15, 8-7) at Gardner-Webb (12-15, 8-7) – 7:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Tonight, we give you two games for the price of one for Under The Radar – the first game actually started back on January 20 where Gardner-Webb was leading Hampton 39-31 at halftime. However, this game never progressed beyond halftime since there was a “permanent shot-clock malfunction” at Gardner-Webb that forced the postponement of this Big South contest. All stats from the suspended game will carry over; Josh Perez had 19 points for G-W and Ben Stanley had 16 points for Hampton.
Norfolk State (13-14, 9-3) at Bethune-Cookman (14-13, 8-5) – 7:00 PM EST
Our regularly scheduled UTR Game of the Day gets underway in Daytona Beach where the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats host the Spartans of Norfolk State. The Wildcats have won four out of their last five games and are a very respectable 8-1 at home so far this season; their only home loss so far came against North Carolina Central. Isaiah Bailey (15.4 PPG) and Cletrell Pope (14.1 PPG/11.8 RPG) lead the way for Bethune-Cookman.
Norfolk State won the first meeting between both teams by an 85-72 score back in January; Joe Bryant led the Spartans with 21 points in that game. NSU started conference play 6-0 before leveling off a bit and going 3-3 in their last six contests. Losses to North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central were hardly unexpected, but a loss to Florida A&M was quite a surprise. The Spartans have the advantage of playing the conference tournament in their hometown at the Scope Arena, but first must navigate a stretch of 3 of 4 games on the road that begins tonight.