Stephen F. Austin (13-6, 5-1) at Sam Houston (13-5, 3-3) – 7:30 PM ET (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day features the Battle of the Piney Woods between the SFA Lumberjacks and the Sam Houston Bearkats. Both teams were old conference rivals in the Southland Conference before migrating to the WAC. Sam Houston had gotten off to a terrific start in nonconference play with wins at Utah and Oklahoma, but they have leveled off in WAC play. It is worth noting that all 3 teams that beat the Bearkats (Utah Valley, Grand Canyon and Southern Utah) are all at or near the top of the conference. Qua Grant averages just under 14 points a game for Sam Houston.
Things did not start promising for SFA in their out-of-conference schedule; the Lumberjacks were 8-5 in conference play. They also won their first five WAC games before finally losing at Southern Utah 67-58 in their last game. The loss left the Jacks in a 3rd-place tie with Southern Utah in the conference standings. Sadaidriene Hall averages 13.5 points a game and 6.6 rebounds a game for SFA.