Kansas St. (25-11) is scheduled to matchup against Loyola Chicago (31-5) this Saturday, March 24th. Tip-off is at 6:09pm ET and the game will be playing live on TBS, streaming available on FuboTV (Free Trial). The opening line favors Kansas State to win at -1.5, 70% have picked Kansas State to cover the spread. The total number of points scored for the over/under is listed at 126.5, 64.3% have picked the under.
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Last Game's Starting Lineups
These were the starting lineups from each team's last game.
| Kansas State | Loyola Chicago |
|---|---|
| Barry Brown Jr. (G) | Clayton Custer (G) |
| Cartier Diarra (G) | Ben Richardson (G) |
| Kamau Stokes (G) | Marques Townes (G) |
| Makol Mawien (F) | Donte Ingram (F) |
| Xavier Sneed (F) | Cameron Krutwig (C) |
Kansas St. Game Summary
Kansas State won their last game against Kentucky, 61-58 on Thursday, March 22nd. Kansas State's Xavier Sneed led his team to a win with a team-high 22 points. He went 7 for 14 from the field, shooting 50%. In 30 minutes, Xavier collected 22 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 5 threes with 0 turnovers. Although Kentucky was defeated, PJ Washington fought to keep his team in the game with 18 points, shooting 71.4% from the field (making 5 of 7 attempts). In 40 minutes, he added 18 points, 15 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block with 2 turnovers.
Loyola Chicago Game Summary
Loyola Chicago won their last game against Nevada, 69-68 on Thursday, March 22nd. Loyola Chicago's Marques Townes led his team to a win with a team-high 18 points. He went 6 for 10 from the field, shooting 60%. In 31 minutes, Marques collected 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 threes with 4 turnovers. Although Nevada was defeated, Caleb Martin fought to keep his team in the game with 21 points, shooting 44.4% from the field (making 8 of 18 attempts). In 34 minutes, he added 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 3 blocks and 5 threes with 4 turnovers.
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Prediction
Can Loyola stay alive as the lowest seed ledt in the tournament? only one 11-seed in the past decade has made it to the Final Four, and this Ramblers squad has the lineup to be the second.
But they'll need to get by a Kansas State team that is riding high after a big victory over Kentucky. Dean Wade could be the difference in this one. He didn't play much against Kentucky, and if he's unable to be a significant contributor again, Loyola might be able to shoot past the Wildcats.
Loyola: 62
Kansas State: 60
Season Averages
- 3672.630.68.422.214.23.07.811.547.135.374.5
- GPPPGREBOREBDREBASTBLKSTLTOPGFGP3PTPFTP
- 3673.832.16.225.915.82.66.512.751.841.573.4
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