Kansas State Wildcats (7-2) at LSU Tigers (5-3)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Saturday, 1:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Kansas State visits the LSU Tigers after Arthur Kaluma scored 26 points in Kansas State's 72-71 overtime win against the Villanova Wildcats.
The Tigers are 3-1 in home games. LSU is eighth in the SEC in team defense, allowing 68.6 points while holding opponents to 38.6% shooting.
The Wildcats play their first true road game after going 7-2 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Kansas State averages 13.9 turnovers per game and is 2-1 when winning the turnover battle.
LSU makes 46.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.7 percentage points higher than Kansas State has allowed to its opponents (41.8%). Kansas State averages 13.0 more points per game (81.6) than LSU gives up (68.6).
TOP PERFORMERS: Will Baker is scoring 14.9 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Tigers. Jordan Wright is averaging 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 34.8% for LSU.
Kaluma is averaging 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds for the Wildcats. Cam Carter is averaging 16.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.3 steals for Kansas State.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
