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03/19 03:43 CDT Kentucky and Santa Clara meet in opening round of NCAA
Tournament
Kentucky and Santa Clara meet in opening round of NCAA Tournament
By The Associated Press
Santa Clara Broncos (26-8, 17-4 WCC) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (21-13, 12-9 SEC)
St. Louis; Friday, 12:15 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -3.5; over/under is 160.5
BOTTOM LINE: Kentucky and Santa Clara meet in the NCAA Tournament opening round.
The Wildcats are 12-9 against SEC opponents and 9-4 in non-conference play.
Kentucky scores 80.8 points and has outscored opponents by 7.0 points per game.
The Broncos' record in WCC games is 17-4. Santa Clara is second in the WCC
scoring 82.9 points per game and is shooting 46.8%.
Kentucky averages 8.1 made 3-pointers per game, 1.1 more made shots than the
7.0 per game Santa Clara gives up. Santa Clara averages 10.1 made 3-pointers
per game this season, 2.7 more made shots on average than the 7.4 per game
Kentucky gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Collin Chandler averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the
Wildcats, scoring 9.9 points while shooting 42.7% from beyond the arc. Otega
Oweh is averaging 18.2 points and 1.8 steals over the last 10 games.
Christian Hammond is averaging 15.8 points for the Broncos. Allen Graves is
averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 4-6, averaging 78.8 points, 32.6 rebounds, 15.1
assists, 6.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 79.8 points per game.
Broncos: 7-3, averaging 81.1 points, 30.4 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 8.0 steals
and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 76.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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