Marshall (12-13, 7-5) at Appalachian State (20-5, 10-2) – 6:30 PM ET (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day heads to Boone, North Carolina for a Sun Belt matchup between the visiting Marshall Thundering Herd and the hot, hot, hot Appalachian State Mountaineers. App State had their 8-game winning streak snapped at Texas State a week ago, but they bounced back in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge with a double-OT win against Toledo 109-104 last Saturday. They were led by Donovan Gregory’s 24 points.
Marshall was one of two odd teams out from the Sun Belt in their challenge series with the MAC; they did win at Miami University back in November in their lone appearance. The Thundering Herd are in a brutal stretch of 5 games where 4 of the games will come against conference leaders App State, Troy and James Madison. This is the first of two games against App State in the next 2 weeks. Obinna Anochili-Killen leads the Herd with 16.6 points a game and 6.6 rebounds per game.