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Bowling Green Falcons @ Kansas City Roos
Current Records: Bowling Green 4-5, Kansas City 5-7
How To WatchWhen: Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 8 p.m. ETWhere: Swinney Recreation Center -- Kansas City, MissouriFollow: CBS Sports AppOnline Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)What to Know
After two games on the road, Kansas City is heading back home. They will welcome the Bowling Green Falcons at 8:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Swinney Recreation Center. The Roos are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 77.2 points per game this season.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Kansas City finally turned things around against Portland on Tuesday. They walked away with a 69-64 victory over the Pilots.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Kansas City to victory, but perhaps none more so than Babacar Diallo, who had eight points plus eight assists and five steals. The dominant performance gave Diallo a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamar Brown, who scored 20 points in addition to two steals.
Meanwhile, Bowling Green made easy work of Morgan State on Saturday and carried off a 102-81 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Among those leading the charge was Derrick Butler, who went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc en route to 35 points plus six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Javontae Campbell, who went 6 for 8 en route to 13 points plus eight rebounds and five assists.
Bowling Green was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Kansas City's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-7. As for Bowling Green, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-5.
Saturday's game is shaping up to be a scrappy matchup: Kansas City has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 36.8 rebounds per game. It's a different story for Bowling Green, though, as they've been averaging only 33.2. Given Kansas City's sizable advantage in that area, Bowling Green will need to find a way to close that gap.
Kansas City came up short against Bowling Green when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 79-69. Will Kansas City have more luck at home instead of on the road?
Series History
Kansas City and Bowling Green both have 1 win in their last 2 games.
Dec 16, 2023 - Bowling Green 79 vs. Kansas City 69Nov 19, 2016 - Kansas City 71 vs. Bowling Green 69