Manhattan – The Kansas state basketball team ends its regular season at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday with a home match against Iowa State 10 at Bramlage Coliseum.
The striated wildcats (15-15, 9-10) won their last two games and now have a chance to finish 0,500 in the Big 12. They beat Colorado at home last Sunday, 65-56, then won a 54-49 victory at Cincinnati.
The Iowa State has experienced difficulties in the section, abandoning three of its last four games, including a decision of 88-85 in overtime against Brigham Young on Tuesday.
K-State defeated Iowa State, 80-61, during their first meeting on February 1 in Ames, ending a losses of 15 games. The victory was part of a sequence of six best consecutive victories for the Wildcats, while cyclones N ° 3 lost for the first time in 29 games at the Hilton Coliseum.
Here are three things to know, plus a prediction, for the match on Saturday:
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K-State will honor his four seniors before their last home game in Bramlage. Stronger David N’Cuessan ended his third season with the Wildcats after being transferred from Virginia Tech and led the team with 13.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
The versatile striker 6 feet 10 inch Coleman Hawkins, a super-senon transfer from Illinois, returned to alignment against Cincinnati after missing the three previous games with a right knee injury. It has an average of 10.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists.
Goalkeeper Max Jones was transferred to K-State by Cal State Fullerton and started 30 games, on average 10 points and 4.0 rebounds.
Frozcats appeared in five games for the Wildcats.
A more in -depth look at the cyclones of Iowa State
The cyclones have been classified as high as n ° 2 on a national scale before disappearing the last two weeks. They have lost their last two games on the road but are still 4-5 from Hilton Coliseum in Big 12 Play.
The Curtis Jones goalkeeper leads the iowa state in a score, leaving the bench at 16.7 points on average. Keshon Gilbert adds 13.8 points and 4.3 assists, and Joshua Jefferson 12.7 points with 7.5 rebounds. The cyclones also obtain 11.2 points from Milan Momcilovic, who missed the first match of K-State with an injury, and 10.8 points and 3.1 assists from Tamin Lipsey.
K-State playing for a possible big 12 bye tournament
K-State goes to the last regular season match in equality for three for the eighth in the Big 12 ranking with TCU and Virginie-Western at 9-10. They drag Kansas and Baylor, both 10-9, by a match.
According to the way the other teams are doing well on Saturday, a victory over the state of Iowa could propel the Wildcats into a top seed and a goodbye in the first round during the Big 12 tournament next week in Kansas City. Given their overall record, they should most likely win everything in Kansas City to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
Prediction: Iowa State 75, Kansas State 70
The Iowa State is locked as a seeded n ° 5 in the Big 12 tournament, but after losing three of his last four, he needs a victory to recover on the track forward the playoffs. Cyclones should also be motivated for even the scoring after a defeat against K-State in Ames.
Arne Green is based in Salina and covers the sports of Kansas State University for the Gannett network. It can be reached at granted@gannett.com or on x (formerly twitter) at @arnegreen.
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