K-State Wildcats vs. Bowling Green: Basketball game time, TV, odds and pick
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- K-State hosts Bowling Green at Bramlage Coliseum, 7 p.m. Monday, TV on ESPN+.
- Wildcats lean on scoring: PJ Haggerty 26.3 ppg; team hits 42.9% from deep.
- Odds favor K-State by 12.5; projection lists K-State 97, Bowling Green 82.
The Kansas State basketball team will be back in action when it hosts Bowling Green at 7 p.m. Monday inside Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State (5-2) is coming off a pair of losses against Nebraska and Indiana. But neither of those games were played in Manhattan. Bowling Green (5-2) has won consecutive games against Bucknell and VMI.
Here’s everything you need to know before tipoff ...
K-State vs. Bowling Green: Game details
When: 7 p.m. Monday
Where: Bramlage Coliseum
TV: ESPN+
Radio: KCSP (610 AM) in Kansas City, KFH (1240 AM and 97.5 FM) in Wichita
Odds: K-State by 12.5 with an O/U of 160.5
Probable starters
Bowling Green (5-2)
- F (16) — Tory Glover, 6-10, Sr., 6.7 ppg
- F (14) — Sam Towns, 6-9, Sr., 11.3
- G (2) — Javontae Campbell, 6-2, Sr., 17.4
- G (25) — Justin Thomas, 6-7, Sr., 5.0
- G (11) — Javon Ruffin, 6-5, Sr., 10.1
Kansas State (5-2)
- F (21) — Khamari McGriff, 6-9, Sr., 10.3
- F (0) — Elias Rapieque, 6-9, Jr., 3.9
- G (34) — Nate Johnson, 6-3, Sr., 13.6
- G (1) — Abdi Bashir, 6-7, Jr., 12.7
- G (4) — PJ Haggerty, 6-4, Jr., 26.3
About Bowling Green:
The Falcons are off to a 5-2 start with their best wins coming against Texas State and Bucknell. Their losses have come against Davidson and William & Mary. Javontae Campbell leads the team in scoring.
Bowling Green is at its best on defense, as it forces a turnover on 25.4% of all possessions and limits teams to 29.4% from 3-point range. Current K-State basketball player Marcus Johnson played for Bowling Green last year. He has not seen any action with the Wildcats.
About K-State:
The Wildcats are coming off a pair of losses to Nebraska and Indiana in games that were played away from home. They will look to bounce back on Monday against a team they are favored to beat by double digits. PJ Haggerty remains one of the nation’s leading scorers.
The Wildcats are also still hot from 3-point range, as they have made 42.9% of their shots from beyond the arc. But they have been weak on defense on the inside. Teams are making 58.8% of their shots inside the arc against K-State.
K-State game prediction:
This could be a get-right game for the Wildcats.
Nebraska and Indiana had enough size and athleticism to exploit Kansas State’s defensive weaknesses. They were also able to slow down PJ Haggerty and make Jerome Tang choose between offensive-minded players, like Abdi Bashir and Andrej Kostic, and defensive-minded players, like CJ Jones.
Things should be different against Bowling Green. K-State will have a big enough talent edge to lean on its best scorers and flirt with 100 points.
Bowling Green does some things well on defense, but its offense is mediocre at best. The Falcons shouldn’t have enough firepower to keep up with the Wildcats.
K-State 97, Bowling Green 82
Last game prediction: Indiana 92, K-State 84 ✅ (actual score: Indiana 86, K-State 69)
Season record: 6-1.
Season record ATS: 5-2.
Season record O/U: 6-1.