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Robert Morris (1-2, 0-0) at Purdue-Fort Wayne (1-2, 0-2) – 7:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
We at Hoops HD would like to welcome you back from our holiday break with today’s UTR Game of the Day – the Robert Morris Colonials hit the road to take on the Mastodons of Purdue-Fort Wayne. RMU got off to a fairly late start and thus have only played two games against D-1 competition; both were losses at home against Bowling Green and on the road at Marshall. This will also be the Horizon League debut for Robert Morris. Through three games, AJ Bramah leads the Colonials with 18.7 points a game and 7.0 rebounds a game.
Purdue-Fort Wayne is the other newcomer to the Horizon League and has already gotten a pair of games under their belts. Unfortunately for the Mastodons, they were rusty after a COVID-19 induced layoff and lost a pair of games at home against Cleveland State. PFW opened their season with a 67-63 overtime win against Southeastern Louisiana and subsequently were forced to go 24 days between games as mentioned earlier. Jarred Godfrey (14.7 PPG) is one of five Mastodons to average in double figures for points.