The waning days of the small college basketball seasons deliver big games, and tonight's schedule is loaded with them for Erie-area teams.
No. 8-ranked Gannon University plays host to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania at 7:30 p.m. at the Hammermill Center in a game that has PSAC West and PSAC Tournament implications.
Penn State Behrend has eyes for another AMCC title, and the Lions can guarantee themselves a shot at it by winning tonight at La Roche.
Gannon's women's team could clinch a spot in the PSAC Tournament with a victory over Edinboro. The Fighting Scots want to keep their postseason plans alive by beating the Knights. Game time is 5:30 p.m. at the Hammermill Center.
Read on for the day's full schedule:
HIGH SCHOOLS
GIRLS BOWLING
Metro League position round, 3:45 p.m. (at Eastland Bowl)
Central Tech, East, McDowell, Mercyhurst Prep, Strong Vincent, Villa Maria
COLLEGES
MEN’S BASKETBALL
PSAC West
Edinboro at Gannon, 7:30 p.m.
Mercyhurst College at Clarion, 8 p.m.
NCAC
Wooster at Allegheny College, 7:30 p.m.
AMCC
Penn State Behrend at La Roche, 8 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PSAC West
Edinboro at Gannon, 5:30 p.m.
Mercyhurst College at Clarion, 6 p.m.
AMCC
Penn State Behrend at La Roche, 6 p.m.
NCAC
Allegheny College at Wooster, 7:30 p.m.
NBA
Denver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Memphis at Portland, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
NHL
St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Washington, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Top 25 men
No. 3 North Carolina vs. N.C. State, 8 p.m.
No. 5 Memphis vs. SMU, 8 p.m.
No. 7 Louisville vs. Providence, 7:30 p.m.
No. 8 Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m.
No. 15 Kansas vs. Iowa State, 8 p.m.
No. 18 Illinois vs. Penn State, 7 p.m.
No. 21 Butler at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
No. 23 LSU at Arkansas, 8:05 p.m.
Top 25 women
No. 1 Connecticut at Providence, 7 p.m.
No. 12 Texas vs. Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.
No. 16 Kansas State at Missouri, 7:30 p.m.
No. 17 Xavier vs. La Salle, Noon
No. 19 Pittsburgh vs. Villanova, 7 p.m.
No. 21 Iowa State vs. Nebraska, 8 p.m.