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Belmont (13-1, 7-0) at Jacksonville State (8-4, 4-2) – 5:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Today’s top UTR matinee takes us to northeastern Alabama where the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State host the OVC leading Belmont Bruins. Belmont beat Tennessee Tech 88-67 two days ago thanks to a 30-point performance from their reserves; sophomore Ben Sheppard was responsible for 15 of those 30 points. The Bruins continue to look like a team that had one inexplicably bad day at home against Samford early in the season, but look very likely to win the auto-bid in Evansville come March.
Jacksonville State has taken care of business so far against the bottom half of the league thanks to a pair of wins against Tennessee Tech along with Tennessee State and UT-Martin. Their only losses thus far are against Eastern Kentucky and an improving Morehead State team. Darian Adams leads the Gamecocks with 13.9 points a game.