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Middle Tennessee (0-0) vs. Omaha (0-1) – 11:00 AM EST (FloHoops.com)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Estero, Florida for a matchup in the Gulf Coast Shootout between the Blue Raiders of MTSU and the Omaha Mavericks. MTSU was originally scheduled to play Akron in the tournament opener, but Akron was forced to withdraw from the tournament because of COVID-19. This will be a revamped roster for the Blue Raiders with eight players transferring in from other programs, although they do have a returning player in Tyson Jackson who started 22 games as a freshman last season.
Omaha has already played a game in what is being called the #BeachBubble – unfortunately they came out on the losing end of a 72-66 finish against Austin Peay yesterday. Marlon Ruffin (last year’s Summit League 6th man of the year) had 20 points off the bench for the Mavs, including 14 points in the 2nd half. Matt Pile also had 6 points and a team-high 14 rebounds in yesterday’s game as well.