North Texas (14-3, 5-1) at Florida Atlantic (15-1, 5-0) – 2:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day offers a rematch of the top 2 teams in Conference USA as North Texas begins their Florida road trip with a visit to Boca Raton and the Florida Atlantic Owls. FAU won the first matchup 50-46 in the Super Pit at North Texas. More recently, the Owls needed overtime to beat FIU 77-73 earlier in the week. 4 players average double figures for the Owls; Alijah Martin averages 13.1 points a game and 5.3 rebounds a game.
UNT has won 4 straight games since their home loss against FAU. They did need a game-winning shot from Kai Huntsberry with 4 seconds remaining to get a 67-65 win at home against Louisiana Tech. Prior to that game, the Mean Green swept one of the harder road trips in conference play with wins at Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee.