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KC Hits the Road to Take on Montana State
12/6/2024 2:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Roos and Bobcats will play tomorrow at 8 p.m. CT
- Kansas City Men's Basketball looks to pick up its first road win of the season as it closes out the Big Sky-Summit Challenge at Montana State on Saturday. So far on the season, the Roos are 0-3 in true road contests with losses to Iowa State, Creighton and SEMO.
- Anderson Kopp has been a scoring leader for the Roos recently, averaging 21.8 points per game across the last four games and surpassing 20 points in three of the four. He is the first Roo to go for 20 points three times in a four-game span since Shemarri Allen did so from Jan. 28-Feb. 9, 2023.
- Jamar Brown made his awaited return for the Roos against Idaho on Wednesday, playing 26 minutes in the first non-starting appearance of his Kansas City career. He needed no time to return to form, scoring 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting alongside seven rebounds and two steals.
- Kasheem Grady II has provided an offensive spark for KC, averaging 11.2 points on 51.3% shooting and 44.7% three-point shooting. He went for three triples against the Vandals, his fourth game with three-or-more three-pointers made this season.
- The Roos have had success getting to the charity stripe through the first third of the season. KC takes 22.0 free throw attempts per game and knocks down 75.0% of those shots. KC has attempted more free throws than its opponent in 6-of-10 games.
Scouting Montana State
- Montana State enters Saturday's meeting with a 4-5 record and the 114th ranking in the NET system. The Bobcats have won three of their last four games.Â
- The Bobcats are in their second year under Head Coach Matt Logie after winning three games in three days at the Big Sky Tournament and qualifying to the NCAA Tournament last season.
- Brandon Walker averages just 19.8 minutes per game but leads the team with a 14.1 points per game average.
- Montana State has one of the best three-point defenses in the nation, holding opponents to 27.7% shooting, the 33rd-best mark in the nation.
- This is the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
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