La Salle (13) vs. Kansas St. (4) meet up Friday afternoon and we have the live stream available. Watch the game free online as these teams make their bids for a third round spot. Let's look at what they bring to the table.
The La Salle Explorers advanced to the tournament second round after defeating Boise St. Now, they will go head-to-head versus Big 12's Kansas St. who finished the year 27-7, dominating their conference posting a 14-4 record in the regular season. La Salle, who comes out of the A 10 conference, went 22-9 in their season.
Why are Kansas St. the favorite? Maybe it's because they move the ball very well which will eventually lead to easy buckets. They averaged 16 assists per game, that being their forte, placing them 13th in the nation. Aside from this however, the Wildcats are a pretty average team. They score just under 70 points per game, grab about 35 rebounds and hit about 44 percent of their shots.
For La Salle, this could be good news. They are not new to facing teams that are currently in the tournament. They played Villanova, Bucknell, Iona Miami, Butler, VCU, Temple and SLU. They posted a 4-4 record against these teams. However, they defeated Butler and VCU in back-to-back games.
Similar to Kansas St., La Salle does a great job sharing the ball averaging 14 assists per game and they also score a lot averaging just over 72 points per game, while shooting 45 percent from the floor.
Players to Watch
La Salle's Ramon Galloway will keep the Wildcats on their toes as he averages 17 points per game, while averaging close to four assists per game.
For the Wildcats, they will rely on Rodney McGruder to disrupt the Explorers' defense as he's averaged close to 16 points per game. Angel Rodriguez will be running the offense as he's averaged just over five assists per game.
