Kansas State basketball vs Mississippi Valley State live scores today, start time, TV, prediction

MANHATTAN — Kansas State basketball is back on its home court for the fourth straight time to start the season at 7 p.m. Tuesday to take on Mississippi Valley State at Bramlage Coliseum.

The Wildcats (2-1) will try to get back on track after a disappointing 76-65 loss to LSU at home last Thursday. They face a Mississippi Valley State team (1-3) that has faced a brutal early road schedule with lopsided losses at Iowa State (83-44), Missouri (111-39) and most recently Texas (89-43) on Saturday.

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K-State trailed LSU by 12 points and halftime and never got closer than nine the rest of the way. Coach Jerome Tang said Monday that the Wildcats have focused in practice on rebounding and transition defense after LSU clobbered them on the boards, 43-25, and had a 12-6 advantage in fast break points.

Graduate forward David N’Guessan leads K-State in scoring with 16.3 points per game and rebounding at 7.7. Brendan Hausen adds 15.7 points, Max Jones 10.7 and Dug McDaniel 9.3 to go with a team-high 5.7 assists.

Forward Alvin Stredic leads Mississippi Valley state with 10 points and 6.3 rebounds per contest.

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Kansas State guard Dug McDaniel (0) dribbles past Fort Hays State’s Kaleb Hammeke during an exhibition game last month at Bramlage Coliseum.

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Three other Power Four teams have had their way with Mississippi Valley State at home and there is no reason to think that will change, especially with K-State motivated to bounce back after a poor showing against LSU last week.

Prediction: Kansas State 90, Mississippi Valley State 50

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Author : The Topeka Capital-Journal

Publish date : 2024-11-19 23:02:00

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