Halftime Report
Just one extra half stands between Santa Clara and the win they had been favored to gather coming into this night. They’ve a little bit of a cushion as they at the moment lead Kennesaw State 42-29.
Santa Clara entered the matchup having received three straight and so they’re only one half away from one other. Will they make it 4, or will Kennesaw State step up and spoil it? We’ll know quickly.
Who’s Taking part in
Kennesaw State Owls @ Santa Clara Broncos
Present Data: Kennesaw State 7-3, Santa Clara 6-5
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The Kennesaw State Owls’ highway journey will proceed as they head out to face the Santa Clara Broncos at 10:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Leavey Heart. The Owls pulled off an upset win of their final outing, and are hoping to drag that off as soon as extra towards the 14.5-point favourite Broncos.
Two weeks in the past, Kennesaw State did not have an excessive amount of respiration room of their recreation towards Georgia State, however they nonetheless walked away with a 81-77 victory.
Kennesaw State relied on the efforts of Adrian Wooley, who scored 28 factors plus two steals, and Simeon Cottle, who scored 27 factors. Wooley had some bother discovering his footing towards Kent State again in November, so this was a step in the best path.
In the meantime, Santa Clara waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins… however they left with three. They walked away with an 84-74 win over the Braves.
A number of gamers turned in stable performances to guide Santa Clara to victory, however maybe none extra so than Christoph Tilly, who went 6 for 8 en path to 21 factors plus 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Tilly continues to roll, besting his earlier level complete in every of the final 4 video games he is performed. Carlos Stewart was one other key participant, going 7 for 11 en route to twenty factors plus three steals.
Kennesaw State’s victory bumped their file as much as 7-3. As for Santa Clara, they’ve been performing nicely lately as they’ve received 4 of their final 5 contests, which offered an enormous bump to their 6-5 file this season.
Some high-performance offense is probably going on the agenda as each are a few of the highest scoring groups within the league. Kennesaw State hasn’t had any drawback working up the rating this season, having averaged 80.3 factors per recreation. Nonetheless, it is not like Santa Clara struggles in that division as they have been averaging 76.4. With each groups so simply in a position to put up factors, the one query left is who can run the rating up larger.
Santa Clara and Kennesaw State happy each followers and bettors of their final matchups by profitable and masking the unfold. Going ahead, Santa Clara is the favourite on this one, because the consultants anticipate to see them win by 14.5 factors. For these trying to play the unfold, preserve Kennesaw State in thoughts: they’ve a stable 6-3 file towards the unfold this season.
Odds
Santa Clara is an enormous 14.5-point favourite towards Kennesaw State, in accordance with the newest school basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had a very good really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Broncos as a 14-point favourite.
The over/underneath is 158.5 factors.
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