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Austin Peay (20-10, 14-3) at Murray State (21-8, 14-3) – 8:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day could take place in either the NEC (Robert Morris/Saint Francis U) or the Ivy League (Princeton/Yale), but we choose the Ohio Valley tonight where the Governors of Austin Peay travel northwest to take on the Racers of Murray State in the Battle of the Border. Depending on tonight’s game between Belmont and Tennessee State, we could see either co-regular season champions with a Belmont win or a winner-take-all game with a Belmont loss tonight. The Govs started league play with 11 straight wins, but have gone 3-3 in their last six games thanks to a loss at Belmont and somewhat surprising losses at Tennessee State and Eastern Illinois. It is worth noting that Austin Peay won their first matchup against Murray 71-68 thanks to a 20-point performance from Jordyn Adams and 16 points from OVC Player of the Year candidate Terry Taylor.
Murray State, oddly enough, also had a 3-point loss at Eastern Illinois last week. Their game was much more eye-opening considering they blew a 27-point loss in the 2nd half on the road and will more likely than not deny them at a minimum the outright league title (and potential NIT invite should they not win the conference tournament). Tevin Brown leads Murray State with 17.7 points a game, and he is also shooting at a 41% clip (77-for-187) from 3-point range.