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Northern Colorado (2-1, 0-1 D1) at Denver (1-3, 0-3) – 8:00 PM EST
We at Hoops HD do indeed love the Front Range, and with a thin slate of UTR games on tap today, we will highlight this as our UTR Game of the Day. Northern Colorado has struggled to get games in against D1 competition, but finally got one underway and were summarily pummeled by Colorado 81-45 back on Monday. Nonetheless, the Bears have engineered a nice turnaround in recent years and could potentially challenge Eastern Washington for the Big Sky title this year. Bodie Hume has averaged 18.7 points a game for UNC in their first three games.
Both UNC and Denver have a win over Regis University, although both will go in the books as non-D1 wins. The Pioneers have lost all three contests against D1 competition that include home losses to UC-Riverside and Dixie State and a loss to Wyoming. Jase Townsend scored 21 in the loss to Dixie State, and that was the second time he eclipsed the 20-point plateau in a game this year.