Kansas State Wildcats vs Arizona State Sun Devils Prediction, 2/4/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas State Wildcats vs Arizona State Sun Devils

Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Location: Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, AZ

TV: ESPN+

The Arizona State Sun Devils (12-9) will play the Kansas State Wildcats (10-11) at Desert Financial Arena on Tuesday.

The Kansas State Wildcats played Iowa State and went home with a win by a final score of 80-61 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Wildcats left the arena with 22 and Iowa State racked up 16 personal fouls. They also buried 8 of 18 shots from long range. Iowa State ended up going 78.9% at the free throw line by knocking down 15 of their 19 shots. On top of that, Iowa State grabbed 28 rebounds (10 offensive, 18 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Iowa State earned 10 assists and had 8 steals in this contest. In terms of the defense, Kansas State allowed the other team to go 36.5% from the floor on 19 of 52 shooting. They also doled out 12 dimes for the matchup in addition to creating 18 turnovers and having 11 steals. When talking about hauling in rebounds, they compiled 34 with 12 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Wildcats converted 18 of their 21 shots for a percentage of 85.7%. Kansas State finished the contest with a 44.8% field goal percentage (26 out of 58) and knocked down 10 out of their 20 shots from 3-point land.

Dug McDaniel is one player who played a role in this matchup. He was able to score 20 points on 8 of 17 shooting. He played for 34 minutes and pulled down 2 rebounds. He walked away from this one shooting 47.1% from the floor and distributed 5 assists.

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Kansas State will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 10-11 on the season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 12.4 times per contest and as a team they are committing 15.7 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Kansas State is grabbing 33.8 boards per contest and has totaled 339 assists on the year, which ranks 88th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Wildcats are shooting 35.2% on shots beyond the perimeter (180 of 512) and 69.1% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 73.6 pts per contest (210th in Division 1) while going 45.4% from the field.

On defense, the Wildcats have forced 12.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.3 personal fouls. They give up 35.6% on shots from downtown and they are ranked 129th in college hoops in points per game from their opponents (70.0). The Wildcats defense is allowing a FG percentage of 43.6% (538 of 1,234) and they surrender 34.2 rebounds per contest as a squad. They rank 149th in college in giving up assists with 280 conceded so far this year.

In their last game, the Arizona State Sun Devils walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 81-72 against Arizona. Regarding cleaning up the glass, Arizona State allowed Arizona to pull down 46 in all (15 offensive). They finished 33.3% from three-point range by shooting 8 out of 24 and finished the game at 21 of 22 from the charity stripe (95.5%). The Sun Devils allowed Arizona to knock down 26 of their 70 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 37.1% for the matchup. At the conclusion of this game, the Sun Devils finished 25 for 68 from the field which had them at 36.8%. In reference to 3-point shots, Arizona State buried 12 of 34 tries (35.3%). They were able to convert 10 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 71.4%. Arizona was called for 20 fouls for the contest which took the Sun Devils to the charity stripe for a total of 14 tries. They also turned the ball over 11 times, while recording 2 steals in the matchup. The Sun Devils were able to snag 23 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 31 for the matchup.

BJ Freeman was important for the Sun Devils for the contest. He converted 7 of 17 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 41.2%, and had 3 rebounds. He scored 19 points in his 31 mins on the court and accumulated 3 dimes in this game.

Arizona State has a record of 12-9 for the year. The Sun Devils have committed 16.7 fouls per contest and they go 70.5% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 13.4 times per game (210th in Division 1) and they turn it over 13.7 times per game. Arizona State has tallied 1,539 pts this year (73.3 per game) and they pull in 36.2 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Sun Devils are hitting on 44.1% from the floor, which ranks 224th in the nation.

The Sun Devils on defense are ranked 204th in college in PPG given up with 72.0. They have forced 11.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 41.3% from the floor (74th in the country). The Arizona State defense concedes 30.1% from downtown (154 of 511) and their opposition knocks down 76.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 13.3 dimes and 36.3 boards per contest, which is 206th and 289th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas State

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