South Carolina Upstate faces No. 13 Kansas State, aims to halt 3-game skid

South Carolina Upstate Spartans (2-8) at Kansas State Wildcats (8-1)

New York; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina Upstate looks to end its three-game skid with a victory against No. 13 Kansas State.

The Wildcats are 7-0 in home games. Kansas State is second in college basketball with 23.0 assists per game led by Serena Sundell averaging 5.9.

The Spartans are 1-4 on the road. South Carolina Upstate is the Big South leader with 24.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Rebekah Gordon averaging 6.2.

Kansas State makes 50.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.9 percentage points higher than South Carolina Upstate has allowed to its opponents (39.9%). South Carolina Upstate averages 5.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 more made shot on average than the 4.6 per game Kansas State gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ayoka Lee is scoring 17.8 points per game with 6.0 rebounds and 0.3 assists for the Wildcats.

Gordan is averaging 10.1 points and 9.6 rebounds for the Spartans.

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