Kansas State basketball vs St. John’s: Scouting report, score prediction for Saturday game

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Kansas State basketball will face its first true road test on Saturday morning with a trip to Queens, New York, to face St. John’s in this year’s edition of the Big 12/Big East Battle at Carnesecca Arena.

The Wildcats are 6-2 after breaking the school scoring record at home last Sunday in a 120-73 blowout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Bramlage Coliseum. Before that, they went 2-1 at the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, capped by an 80-64 third-place victory over Longwood.

St. John’s also is 6-2 and coming off a 77-64 victory over Harvard last Saturday at home. The Red Storm has yet to play a road game, but did go 1-2 in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship in Nassau, Bahamas, falling in double overtime to Baylor (99-98), beating Virginia (80-55) and then losing to Georgia (63-66).

K-State is 1-3 all time in the Big 12/Big East Battle series but snapped a three-game losing streak last year with a 72-71 overtime victory over Villanova.

Here are three things to know, plus a prediction, for Saturday’s game.

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St. John’s coach Rick Pitino watches his team against Quinnipiac last month at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, N.Y.

Kansas State basketball and St. John’s have limited history

K-State and St. John’s have not seen much of each other in the past and not at all in the 21st century.

They split the only two previous meetings, back in the 1960s, with both games taking place in the state of Kansas. The Wildcats won 63-50 in Manhattan on Dec. 16, 1961, while St. John’s took a neutral-court decision, 72-65, on Dec. 10, 1965, in Lawrence.

K-State is 26-27 all time against Big East opponents but went 2-0 last year with victories over Providence and Villanova.

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Author : The Topeka Capital-Journal

Publish date : 2024-12-07 00:07:00

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