Kansas State vs Albany 12/1/21 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Albany Great Danes and the Kansas State Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night.

The Albany Great Danes will look to build on their 64-62 win over Eastern Illinois in their last game. De’Vondre Perry leads Albany in scoring and rebounding with 12.7 PPG and 5.2 RPG while Matt Cerruti has 11.3 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Albany so far this season. Trey Hutcheson has 8.2 PPG and Jamel Horton’s chipping in 7.5 PPG and a team-high 4 APG this season. As a team, Albany is averaging 60.3 PPG on 39.1% shooting from the field, 29.7% from three and 66.3% from the foul line while allowing 71.5 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field and 34.1% from three this season.

The Kansas State Wildcats will try to build on an 84-42 dismantling of North Dakota last time out. Nijel Pack leads the Wildcats in scoring with 15.6 PPG while Markquis Nowell has 12.8 PPG and a team-high 3.2 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for K-State so far this season. Mark Smith also has 8.4 PPG and a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Wildcats on the glass this season. As a team, Kansas State is averaging 71.6 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 35% from three and 72.3% from the foul line while allowing 61.4 PPG on 38.2% shooting from the field and 26.4% from three this season.

Albany is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Wednesday games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following an ATS loss while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. Kansas State is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Wednesday games and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games after allowing 50 points or less in the previous game while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400.

This feels like a lot of points to give up with a Kansas State team that’s not necessarily known for pouring it in offensively, but the reality is that the Wildcats have done a good job sitting down whatever competition has been in front of them that’s not on their level and the only stumbles for K-State have been against teams above them like Illinois and Arkansas. Albany’s had their battles, but the Great Danes still have major scoring issues and I’m just not sure they can score enough to keep this one reasonably close. Give me the Wildcats to win this one by 20+.