The Villanova Wildcats will travel to Manhattan, Kansas to face the Kansas State Wildcats at Fred Bramlage Coliseum with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 PM on Tuesday and the game will air on ESPN 2.

Villanova enters this game with a record of 6-3 but is on a two-game losing streak following a 55-57 loss at home against the Drexel Dragons. Before the two-game losing streak the Wildcats won the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament by defeating the Texas Tech Red Raiders by a score of 85-69 in the 1^st round, the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Semifinals by a score of 83-81 in overtime, and the Memphis Tigers in the Championship by a score of 79-63. Villanova has struggled offensively over their last two games as they are averaging 60 points per game during their losing streak which has also dropped their scoring average to 74.33 points per game which is below the national average of 74.72 points per game for the rest of college basketball. The Villanova Wildcats will look to end their two-game losing streak when they travel to face the Kansas State Wildcats.

The Kansas State Wildcats enter this game with a record of 6-2 and are on a three-game winning streak following a 75-74 win in overtime against the North Alabama Lions on Saturday. Both of the losses for Kansas State have come against Power-5 teams with a 69-82 loss at home against the USC Trojans and an 83-91 loss at home against the Miami Hurricanes by a score of 83-91. However, they remain one of the highest-scoring teams in college basketball as they enter this matchup averaging 82.75 points per game. The Wildcats have three players averaging double-digits this season on offense Tylor Perry, Cam Carter, and Arthur Kaluma with Perry averaging 17.3 points, Carter averaging 16.5 points, and Kaluma averaging 15.1 points per game. The Kansas State Wildcats will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they host the Villanova Wildcats on Tuesday night.

BookMaker has the Villanova Wildcats listed as 2.5-point favorites on the road against the Kansas State Wildcats on Tuesday night. This will be the first time in the history of these two programs that they will face each other in college basketball. The Villanova Wildcats are 5-4 ATS overall, 0-1 ATS on the road, and 4-4 ATS as a favorite this season while the Kansas State Wildcats are 3-5 ATS overall, 2-3 ATS at home, and 1-2 ATS as an underdog on the year.

Despite entering this game on a two-game losing streak, Villanova is still the more talented team this season and is in desperate need of a win as they have fallen out of the Top 25 following their two-game losing streak. Kansas State has struggled to cover the spread this season as they are 3-5 ATS overall while Villanova is 5-4 ATS overall. I look for the Villanova Wildcats to bounce back in a big way when they travel to face the Kansas State Wildcats on Tuesday night which is why I am buying the .5 point and laying the points with Villanova in this matchup.