K-State Wildcats vs. Creighton Bluejays: Basketball game time, TV, odds and pick
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- Saturday 2 p.m. at CenturyLink Center in Omaha; FOX broadcasts; Creighton -5.5.
- Creighton unbeaten at home, strong inside shooting; K-State seeks first true road win.
- PJ Haggerty must approach 30 points and perimeter support; Creighton projected 84-77.
The Kansas State men’s basketball team will return to action against Creighton at 2 p.m. Saturday at CenturyLink Center in Omaha.
K-State (6-4) is coming off a home victory against Mississippi Valley State. The Wildcats now face a challenging road contest against Creighton (5-4), which is fresh off a blowout loss to Nebraska.
Here’s everything you need to know before tipoff:
K-State vs. Creighton Game details
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
Where: CenturyLink Center in Omaha
TV: FOX
Radio: KCSP (610 AM) in Kansas City, KFH (1240 AM and 97.5 FM) in Wichita
Odds: Creighton by 5.5 with an O/U of 156.5.
Probable starters
Creighton (5-4)
- F (0) — Jasen Green, 6-8, Jr., 9.3 ppg
- F (32) — Owen Freeman, 6-10, Jr., 9.0
- G (2) — Blake Harper, 6-7, So., 9.8
- G (5) — Nik Graves, 6-2, Sr., 9.7
- G (4) — Josh Dix, 6-6, Sr., 11.7
Kansas State (6-4)
- F (21) — Khamari McGriff, 6-9, Sr., 10.1
- F (0) — Elias Rapieque, 6-9, Jr., 3.2
- G (34) — Nate Johnson, 6-3, Sr., 12.4
- G (1) — Abdi Bashir, 6-7, Jr., 12.3
- G (4) — PJ Haggerty, 6-4, Jr., 24.0
About Creighton:
It has been a mostly disappointing season so far for the Bluejays. Outside of a decent win against Oregon, they have lost to every notable team on their schedule, including a 71-50 defeat in their last outing against Nebraska. But all four of the Bluejays’ losses have come away from home, and Creighton has won each of its home games by at least 15 points. Josh Dix is the team’s leading scorer. The Bluejays are at their best around the basket, where they are making 56.9% of their shots. On defense, they don’t force many turnovers, but they are good at limiting fouls.
About K-State:
The Wildcats snapped a four-game losing streak, but the victory came against one of the worst teams in the country. So it’s hard to take much away from that result, other than a confidence boost for K-State players. K-State lost its first true road game of the season 86-69 at Indiana. PJ Haggerty leads the team in scoring. David Castillo is expected to remain on the bench as the team’s sixth man. That means Elias Rapieque should start in a big lineup for the Wildcats on Saturday.
K-State game prediction:
Creighton and K-State share a common opponent in Nebraska.
The Wildcats played the Cornhuskers to the final buzzer on a neutral court and lost 86-85. The Bluejays failed to compete with the Huskers and lost big — 71-50 — in Lincoln.
What does that mean for Saturday’s game between K-State and Creighton? Probably not much.
While those results should give the Wildcats hope as they look to win their first true road contest of the season, much has changed since each team played Nebraska. K-State has lost three of four. Creighton has had a week off to fix what went wrong the last time it took the floor.
K-State can win this game if PJ Haggerty flirts with 30 points and his teammates make a good number of 3-pointers. But it’s been a while since those two things happened against a quality opponent.
Creighton is good enough on defense to slow down K-State and take advantage of its home-court advantage.
The Bluejays are understandably favored in this game.
Creighton 84, K-State 77
Last game prediction: K-State 105, Mississippi Valley 74 ✅(actual score: K-State 108, MVSU 49)
Season record: 7-3.
Season record ATS: 5-5.
Season record O/U: 7-3.