Bradley (7-1, 0-0) at Southern Illinois (3-5, 0-0) – 8:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day features the Missouri Valley Conference opener between the Bradley Braves and the host Southern Illinois Salukis. Bradley’s season has been highlighted with a championship in the Myrtle Beach Invitational with wins against Texas State, Wright State and Middle Tennessee State. Duke Deen is averaging 14.3 points a game and 4.9 assists a game for the Braves.
While Southern Illinois does have a losing record, they have played a much more difficult schedule with road losses at Charleston, Oklahoma State and Florida on their ledger. They also had a rocky appearance in the Gulf Coast Showcase with losses to Louisiana Tech and Eastern Kentucky; their only win was against non-D1 Florida Tech. Kennard Davis leads the Salukis with 15.3 points a game.