St Josephs at Duquesne (-1) - 4:00pm Pacific - Game #723-724
The Dukes are having a breakthrough type season under well liked head coach Everhart. Tonight they have a great opportunity for an elusive signature win. Duquesne suffered a disappointing home loss two games back vs UMass and that may have carried over to their bad loss at St Bonnie over the weekend, as they shot near season lows in both games. The Dukes will definitely be sky high for this game as they host the A-10's first place team, look to rebound from an embarrassing loss, and look to avenge a ridiculous 48 point loss to the Hawks last season. St Josephs is 2-1 in their last three conference road games but the two wins came by just 1 at Temple, and by just 2 at George Washington. The Hawks are coming off a big win over city rival Villanova on Monday and will be playing their fourth game in an eight day span tonight. St Josephs is not a deep team, they primarily use a seven man rotation, but tonight will be without top minute getter Ahmad Nivins due to an ankle injury suffered in last game. Nivins is second on the team in scoring and rebounding. Little used reserve center Moody unexpectedly left the team before last game as well. Duquesne's platoon substitutions and uptempo style of play is designed to wear down opponents which makes SJU's fatigue and depth a major concern tonight. Take the home team.

Play: Duquesne -1  0.5 UNIT  |  WIN 102-88
UNLV at Utah (-3) - 5:30pm Pacific - Game #787-788
Big home game for Utah tonight as they look for a breakthrough win and seek revenge for five straight losses to the Rebels. The Utes showed class in non-conference play winning at Cal and losing by just 2 at Gonzaga. They have been snakebitten by a 3 point loss to BYU and two overtime road losses at SDSU and New Mexico in conference play. They are coming off a businesslike win at Colorado State last Saturday and should be primed for a top effort tonight. In conference games, Utah leads the MWC in both FG% shooting and FG% defense. UNLV meanwhile ranks just 5th and 6th respectively. Even last years more talented sweet 16 team only went 4-4 in MWC road games. They are off to a 3-1 start this year but struggled with lowly Colorado State, lost at Air Force by 12, won at SDSU by just 3 with some luck, and beat TCU by 12 after the Frogs lost their leading scorer to injury early in the game. This will be UNLV's toughest conference road test yet and the first against a team with a legitimate big man. UNLV's lack of size has been an issue all season as they have a -5.4 rebounding margin in conference play entering this game. Utah boasts an 87-11 record in conference home games over the past 13 seasons. Give the points.

Play: Utah -3  0.5 UNIT  |  WIN 81-73

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