Troy (11-7, 5-1) at Southern Miss (10-8, 4-2) – 3:30 PM ET (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Hattiesburg, Mississippi for a matchup of two of the top teams in the Sun Belt NOT named either Appalachian State or James Madison. Rather, the Troy Trojans travel west to visit the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Troy had shot to the top of the conference standings with wins against App State, Louisiana and Southern Miss in their first meeting of the year at Troy. In that matchup, the Trojans hammered Southern Miss 82-56. More recently, South Alabama ended Troy’s 5-game winning streak down in Mobile. Christyon Eugene leads the Trojans with 15.4 points a game and 3.9 assists per game.
Southern Miss had a 3-game winning streak earlier this month; their most notable result was an 81-71 win over James Madison that knocked the Dukes out of the remaining unbeaten teams in Division 1 at the time. Following the blowout loss at Troy, the Golden Eagles rebounded with a 69-66 win at home against Arkansas State. Austin Crowley led Southern Miss with 25 points in that victory against the Red Wolves.