Northern Colorado (11-7, 4-1) at Eastern Washington (11-7, 5-0) – 9:00 PM ET
There are four conferences that have matchups worthy of the UTR Game of the Day; we have undefeated UMass-Lowell and Vermont facing off in the America East, we have an Oakland-Green Bay matchup in the Horizon League, and we also have the Black and Blue rivalry between UC-Irvine and Long Beach State in the Big West.
But Hoops HD has a knack for highlighting rivalries that never get any love nationally, and the NoCoEWU Cup is such a game. Northern Colorado (NoCo) travels up to Eastern Washington (EWU) for a matchup of the top 2 teams in the Big Sky tonight. The Eagles completed a 3-game road trip in the Big Sky that includes wins against Idaho, Weber State and Idaho State. The big win was at Weber State; Cedric Coward had 24 points for EWU in that win.
Northern Colorado has been no slouch of late; the Bears have won seven out of their last eight contests. Their only slipup was a 90-81 loss in Bozeman against Montana State. Saint Thomas (not the school) has had back-to-back 20-point games in wins against Sacramento State and Portland State at home.