Kansas State Basketball vs. Drake Live Score Updates: Wildcats pay a visit to Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas State basketball ends a 10-day layoff Tuesday at home against undefeated Drake at the T-Mobile Center.

The Wildcats (6-3) will look to get back on track after a second-half collapse led to an 88-71 loss at St. John’s on Dec. 7 in the Big 12/Big East Bash series led. But they face a red-hot Drake team that is off to a 9-0 start under first-year coach Ben McCollum, including wins over Miami (Florida), Florida Atlantic and Vanderbilt.

McCollum, who won four NCAA Division II championships at Northwest Missouri State, brought four starters with him to Drake, including top three scorers Bennett Stirtz (17.8 points, 6.1 assists per game), Daniel Abreu (13.9 points ) and Mitch Mascari (12.2 points). ). The Bulldogs have five players from the Kansas City area on their roster.

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K-State will play its first game without backup forward Achor Achor, who left the team last week for personal reasons. Villanova transfer Brendan Hausen leads the Wildcats with 15.2 points per game, followed by super senior forward David N’Gussan with 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds.

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Kansas State vs. Drake results updates

This section will be updated when the game begins.

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Kansas State vs Drake Prediction

K-State is a slim favorite and is desperate for a win to build momentum heading into Big 12 play, but Drake has outscored its opponents by nearly 20 points per game and ranks second nationally in scoring defense. Give the Bulldogs a slight edge.

Forecast: Drake 70, Kansas State 65

Kansas State vs. Drake betting odds

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Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett Network. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @arnegreen.

This article originally appeared in the Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas State basketball vs. Drake live score updates