Under The Radar Game of the Day – Thursday, February 16th

Liberty (21-6, 12-2) at Kennesaw State (20-7, 12-2) – 7:00 PM ET (ESPN+)

A lot of leagues have potential Top 2 matchups tonight (Big South, Horizon and the OVC come to mind), but our UTR Game of the Day goes down south for a matchup in the Atlantic Sun between the Liberty Flames and the host Kennesaw State Owls. Liberty came into conference play with faint NCAA Tournament at-large hopes; they beat Bradley and Bryant as some of their notable at-large victories, and their only nonconference losses came against Alabama, Northwestern, Southern Miss and Oral Roberts. Darius McGhee continues to be a handful to defend; he averages 21.1 points a game for the Flames.

Both Kennesaw State and Liberty had losses in the regular season against Eastern Kentucky, but both teams are 2 games ahead of the Colonels at this point. More recently, the Owls had a pair of heart-stopping wins against their travel partner Jacksonville State by a grand total of 5 points. Chris Youngblood leads the Owls with 14.5 points a game.