Under the Radar Game of the Day – Friday, December 29th

Northern Kentucky (7-6, 2-0) at Purdue-Fort Wayne (11-2, 2-0) – 7:00 PM (ESPN+)

Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day goes up to Fort Wayne where the hometown Mastodons host the perennial Horizon League contender NKU Norse. The Norse are not only coming off of a big loss at Saint Mary’s prior to the holiday break, they also learned that one of their leading players Sam Vinson suffered a torn ACL in the game and is now out for the remainder of the season. Marques Warrick becomes even more pivotal – he’s averaged over 18 points a game for the Norsw and will likely be the first, second and third priority on opposing teams’ scouting reports.

Fort Wayne comes into tonight’s game having gone 1-2 against power conference foes; they beat DePaul in their season opener and also had losses to San Francisco and Pittsburgh along the way. They already have wins against Green Bay and Oakland in conference play, but now begin a 3-game homestand against a pair of contenders in NKU and Wright State. The Mastodons have a more balanced attack with four players averaging at least 12 points a game.