The Omaha Mavericks and the Kansas State Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night.
The Omaha Mavericks will look to rebound from a 73-69 loss at the hands of Ball State last time out. Frankie Fidler leads the Mavericks with 14 PPG and 4 RPG while Kyle Luedtke has 10 PPG with a team-high 5.5 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Omaha so far this season. Marco Smiah also has 9 PPG with 4.5 RPG while Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler and Felix Lemetti also have 4.5 RPG apiece this season. As a team, Omaha is averaging 68 PPG on 42.5% shooting from the field, 26.3% from three and 77.4% from the foul line while allowing 65 PPG on 37.9% from the field and 35.7% from three this season.
The Kansas State Wildcats will be out to build on a 67-57 win over Florida A&M to start the year. Nijel Pack led the Wildcats with 18 points on 6 of 11 shooting with 4 threes while Mark Smith had 12 points with 6 rebounds and Selton Miguel had 10 points with a team-high 7 rebounds to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for K-State in the opening win. Markquis Nowell also had a team-high 6 assists in the opening win for the Wildcats. As a team, Kansas State shot 42% from the field, 40.9% from three and 64% from the foul line in the win.
Omaha is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games following an ATS win. Kansas State is 4-13-1 ATS in their last 18 home games and 3-13-1 ATS in their last 17 home games against a team with a losing road record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a loss.
This is an interesting matchup as I think K-State is the better team but we haven’t seen a lot from them, and what we did see from the Wildcats was a narrow win in a game they probably should’ve won handily. I’m not a huge fan of Omaha, but this does feel like a ton of points. It’s a lean towards Omaha and the points but that’s about it.