The Baylor Bears and the Kansas Jayhawks meet in college basketball action from Allen fieldhosue on Saturday night.
The Baylor Bears will try to remain unbeaten after improving to 18-0 with a 77-72 win over Iowa State last time out. Jared Butler leads the Bears in scoring and assists with 17.1 PPG and 5.1 APG with 2.4 steals while MaCio Teague has 14.6 PPG with 4 RPG. Davion Mitchell has 13.5 PPG with a team-high 5.7 APG and Adam Flagler has 10.9 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Baylor up to this point in the season. Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoue has 7.8 PPG and 6.4 RPG as well for the Bears on the year to lead Baylor on the glass. As a team, Baylor is averaging 86.4 PPG on 50.3% shooting from the field, 43.2% from 3-point range and 70.5% from the foul line wihle allowing 63.3 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 32.8% from 3-point range this season.
The Kansas Jayhawkswill bt out to bounce back from a 75-72 loss to Texas last time out. Ochai Agbaji has a team-high 13.8 PPG while David McCormack has 13 PPG with 6 RPG as well on the year. Jalen Wilson has 12.8 PPG with a team-high 8.2 RPG to lead the Jayhawks on the glass while Christian Braun has 10.3 PPG and 5.1 RPG as well. Marcus Garrett has 10 PPG and a team-high 3.7 APG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Kansas up to this point in the season. As a team, Kansas is averaging 73.6 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 34.9% from 3-point range and 71.5% from the foul line while allowing 66.4 PPG on 40.8% shooting from the field and 32.7% from the 3-point line.
Baylor is 13-5 ATS in their last 18 games overall and 44-20-1 ATS in their last 65 road games while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall. Kansas is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games as an underdog. The underdog is 8-2 ATS in the last 10 meetings between these two teams.
I like what Baylor’s done to this point in the season I mean it’s really hard to complain about an ubeaten team if we’re being honest. However, The Bears looked rusty against Iowa State of all teams in their first game back and while Allen Fieldhouse isn’t as scary without fans, this Kansas team has a history of turning it on at the right time around this time of year so I’ll take the points with Kansas in a game the Jayhawks could win outright.