Maryland-Eastern Shore (12-8, 5-1) at Morgan State (11-10, 4-2) – 7:30 PM ET
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day features a pair of Maryland rivals as Eastern Shore travels to Baltimore to face off against the Morgan State Bears. The Hawks are on a tear right now where they have won 9 out of their last 10 games; it was highlighted in the beginning with an 86-78 win at Temple. In conference play, UMES is tied for first with Howard; they beat the Bison by 9 and their only loss has come on the road at Norfolk State. Zion Styles averages 11.4 points a game and 3.4 rebounds a game for the Hawks.
Morgan State came into conference play winning their first three games; after getting a nonconference tuneup win against Hartford, the Bears have lost two of their last three games. They appeared to get back on track with a home win against Norfolk State, but they lost in the closing seconds at Delaware State 64-62 on Saturday. Isaiah Burke averages 20 points a game for the Bears.
DAILY RUNDOWN (Monday, Jan 30th):
-For Jon Teitel’s latest Bracket Projections – CLICK HERE
-After a crazy Saturday (that you can read about by CLICKING HERE) yesterday was rather un-cataclysmic. Purdue, Providence, and Penn State all won games they were expected to win, Iowa got a nice win at home against Rutgers, and Memphis held serve on the road to beat Tulsa.
-VIRGINIA AT SYRACUSE (ACC). This could be a bit of a road challenge for Virginia, but they’ve answered pretty much every challenge they’ve faced this season and should be able to knock off an NIT-ish looking team on the road.
-CHICAGO STATE AT THE CITADEL. I’m highlighting this because I am genuinely impressed with the progress Chicago State has made this year and how they continue to play hard. This would be their 7th overall win of the season if they can pull it off on the road. This will be Chicago State’s 19th road game.
-BAYLOR AT TEXAS (Big 12). Texas is looking to rebound from their loss at Tennessee over the weekend and has a hard but winnable game tonight against a Baylor team that’s been playing really well. Oh yeah, and it’s yet another Big 12 game where both teams are within range of a protected seed.
-IOWA STATE AT TEXAS TECH (Big 12). Texas Tech is perhaps the weakest team in the league, but they’re still good enough to where it’s hard to win on the road. Iowa State is in the hunt for a protected seed and is looking to bounce back from a loss this past weekend.