Morehead State (16-10, 9-4) at Southeast Missouri State (13-13, 8-5) – 5:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day heads to the Bootheel of Missouri for a matchup of OVC heavyweights (or flyweights when you consider the conference winner is likely headed to Dayton for the First Four) between the Morehead State Eagles and the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks. The Eagles recently had a 6-game winning streak and looked like they were starting to gain separation from a 6-way tie for first place a few weeks ago. However, they stumbled at Little Rock 72-68 to fall to 1 game above 3 teams for second place in the OVC. Mark Freeman leads Morehead with 16.1 points a game and 3.7 assists a game.
SEMO is another team that looked like they were starting to get momentum with a 4-game winning streak that included wins against Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State at home. However, thanks to back-to-back losses on the road against both of the above-mentioned Tennessee schools, the Redhawks are now a game back of Morehead in the standings. Phillip Russell averages 19.0 points a game and 5.7 assists a game for SEMO.